Junior Quant Researcher
SilverStrand recruits a researcher for an unnamed automated-trading client. The role researches signals and monitors strategies during market sessions.
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.
- Analyse datasets for trading ideas.
- Implement statistical strategies.
- Prepare data and monitor live behaviour.
What they ask for
Required
- Statistical analysis
- Programming
- Market-structure understanding
- Communication
- Pressure management
- Education
- An advanced quantitative degree is requested; exact level unspecified.
- Experience
- No minimum years stated.
- Languages and tools
How to prepare
- Research and validate a statistical signal.
- Build pre-session data checks.
- Compare live behaviour with backtest expectations.
What to study
- Quantitative Research, Data and Backtesting
- Probability, Statistics and Financial Data
- Market Microstructure and Execution
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SelfMadeQuant wrote this summary from the employer’s public posting, last checked 6 November 2026. SelfMadeQuant isn’t affiliated with SilverStrand Executive Search Limited and doesn’t handle applications.