Quant Research Head/ London

Role :-

Your role will involve managing the current quant research team as well as working hands on your own algorithmic trading strategies.

Creating and implementing strategies into production which means your findings are expected to be a direct revenue driver for the company.

Efficiently processing, storing, and retrieving huge amounts of market data to identify trading opportunities

Generating novel ways of analysing and interpreting our proprietary data

Requirements :-

Deep understanding of time series analysis techniques and proven ability to innovate in a high-pressure environment .

Prior work experience in strategy development within (high frequency) trading .

Advanced programming skills acquired at university or through practical application

PhD from a leading University .

5+ years’ experience in algorithmic trading including running your  own risk/trading book

Ability to build whole data analysis pipelines from data preparation and feature selection to efficient training, hyper-parameter optimisation, validation, and testing .

Proven ability to operate in high pressure situations while successfully handling multiple priorities and projects simultaneously in a timely manner.

This job is ideal for someone who wants a step up in their career and who would be interested in working in a managerial role whilst being fully involved in strategy generation / development .

Based in London.

These guys have a very thorough interview process .

Apply:-

Please send a PDF resume to quants@ekafinance.com