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Quant Trading Strategist – Equity Execution Algorithms (Vice President)

A senior researcher role on an electronic trading desk building equity execution algorithms for institutional clients. It combines microstructure research, machine learning and low-latency implementation.

What you’d work on

Our reading of the posting: what a new hire in this role would most likely spend their first months on.

Research and build equity execution algorithms, smart order routing and high-frequency strategies
Model market impact and optimal trading schedules with statistics and machine learning
Study order book dynamics, venue behaviour and dark or lit routing
Maintain backtesting frameworks and performance analytics, and mentor juniors

What they ask for

Required

Equity market microstructure
Execution algorithm R&D
Stochastic calculus and statistical modelling
Python or R
Production trading algorithms
Machine learning in trading
5+ years in trading or real-time algorithms

Preferred

Java
Q/KDB
C++
Distributed systems
Publications in algorithmic trading

Education: MS or PhD in computer science, financial engineering, maths, statistics, physics or a related field
Experience: 5+ years in trading or real-time algorithms, including at least 3 in execution or HFT R&D
Languages and tools: Python
R
Java
KDB+/q
C++
Markets: equities

How to prepare

Build a limit order book backtester and test a simple execution algorithm such as TWAP or POV
Study market impact models and optimal execution theory
Practise research on order book signals using tick data and the q language
Review MiFID II best execution and Reg NMS rules

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