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Quantitative Researcher

A researcher role at a proprietary electronic trading firm, focused on finding trading opportunities in market data. The first six months rotate through several projects to learn market dynamics and the in-house research platform.

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.

Explore market datasets to separate real signal from noise and propose new alphas
Run short research projects with different collaborators across the first six months
Set up research code and frameworks so others can reuse your analysis
Test ideas statistically and drop the ones that fail quickly

What they ask for

Required

Strong quantitative background (maths, physics, CS, statistics or engineering)
Classical statistics applied rigorously
Probabilistic, data-driven thinking
Coding in C++, Python or Java
Understanding of market microstructure and financial products

Preferred

Experience setting up research frameworks

Education: Quantitative degree such as maths, physics, computer science, statistics or electrical engineering; level not stated.
Experience: Experience level not stated; aimed at people who can contribute to research quickly
Languages and tools: C++
Python
Java

How to prepare

Build a small signal-research project on public trade or quote data and report honestly when no signal exists
Revise classical statistics: hypothesis testing, regression, multiple-testing and overfitting
Read an introduction to market microstructure (order books, spreads, queues)
Write clean research code in Python and practise a lower-level language such as C++

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SelfMadeQuant wrote this summary from the employer’s public posting, last checked 6 November 2026. SelfMadeQuant isn’t affiliated with Radix Trading and doesn’t handle applications.