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Alpha Researcher / ML Feature Engineer

4 days ago

PayCompetitive
LocationNew York/New York
Employment typeFull-Time
  • Job Description

      Req#: 744000103681005
      Employer Industry: Algorithmic Trading Firm

      Why consider this job opportunity:
      - Opportunity for professional growth and self-realization within a modern international technology company
      - Work remotely from anywhere in the world with a flexible schedule
      - Collaborate with industry-leading professionals from top firms
      - Compensation for health insurance, sports activities, and non-professional training
      - Engage in rigorous, impactful research that translates into real trading profits

      What to Expect (Job Responsibilities):
      - Perform rigorous, time-sensitive applied research across diverse data sources to uncover systematic anomalies
      - Design and engineer predictive features for rapid testing and deployment into production strategies
      - Lead and contribute to end-to-end signal research workflows, including data sourcing, cleaning, feature engineering, signal generation, backtesting, and validation
      - Partner closely with modeling and execution teams to ensure signals are integrated and monetized efficiently

      What is Required (Qualifications):
      - Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Engineering, Financial Engineering, Computer Science, or related field from a top-tier institution
      - 5+ years of quantitative research experience with systematic strategies in liquid markets, with intraday trading expertise strongly preferred
      - Proven ability to deliver alpha: signals that translate to real trading profits
      - Expert-level Python skills (Pandas, SciPy, NumPy, Polars) with the ability to write clean, efficient, and scalable code
      - Strong collaborative mindset and high sense of ownership, urgency, and accountability

      How to Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications):
      - Experience in high-frequency trading and familiarity with alternative datasets

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