Quant jobs / Susquehanna International Group (SIG)

Quantitative Researcher – PhD 2026

A graduate research role studying market data to find signals and improve electronic trading strategies. A taught orientation and a secondment to the Philadelphia office are part of the programme.

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.

Investigate ideas in market data using maths, statistics and code
Backtest candidate signals with developers and help move them into production
Keep researching live strategies to improve their performance
Share findings with researchers, strategists and traders and start follow-up projects

What they ask for

Required

Strong mathematical problem solving
Practical computing skills in any language
In-depth research project experience
Strong communication
PhD in a quantitative field

Education: PhD in a quantitative field such as maths, physics, statistics, engineering, CS, operations research or economics
Experience: New graduates; finance experience not required
Markets: options

How to prepare

Complete a research-style project from hypothesis to written findings using real market data
Learn option pricing basics, which the orientation covers
Write clean, tested code for data processing and backtests
Revise statistics, especially inference on noisy time series

What to study

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SelfMadeQuant wrote this summary from the employer’s public posting, last checked 6 November 2026. SelfMadeQuant isn’t affiliated with Susquehanna International Group (SIG) and doesn’t handle applications.