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Quantitative Researcher – Full-Time Campus Hire

A graduate researcher role designing investment models for global markets at a quantitative investment firm. The firm hires from all degree levels and teaches finance on the job.

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.

Build and test investment models on a wide range of datasets
Apply machine learning to market data
Work with engineers to test ideas at scale
Join reading circles and seminars to keep up with research

What they ask for

Required

Degree in statistics, maths, physics, electrical engineering or CS
Intermediate skills in a language such as Python or C++
An in-depth research project on real data
Independent, creative data analysis
Clear communication

Education: Degree in a technical or quantitative discipline; all levels from bachelor's to doctorate welcome.
Experience: New graduates
Languages and tools: Python
C++
Java
C

How to prepare

Do a substantial data-driven research project and write it up
Learn core statistics and machine learning with proper validation
Practise Python on large messy datasets
Read a few quant research papers and replicate a result

What to study

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