XR Trading

Quantitative Researcher, Machine Learning – Entry Level

XR Trading

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $100,000 - $300,000 per year

Job Level

Entry Level

Tech Stack

AirflowDockerJavaScriptLinuxPython

About the role

  • Quant Researcher to join our Data Science Team
  • Designing, developing, and enhancing our python data science tools and frameworks
  • Working collaboratively with multiple trading teams, conducting alpha research, identifying new trading opportunities, and monitoring models in production
  • Develop predictive models to maximize strategy performance and identify new trading opportunities
  • Design and implement robust and scalable CI/CD data pipelines
  • Translate machine learning algorithms into code
  • Support current strategies and help develop new strategies utilizing our proprietary software
  • Stay up to date on cutting-edge machine learning techniques
  • Work in a collaborative team with the potential to deliver significant contributions through data-driven insights and by providing high-quality research tools enabling reproducible and well-tested research to take place across the firm.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s in mathematics, physics, computer science, or a related quantitative field
  • Masters/PhD in mathematics, physics, computer science, or a related quantitative field
  • Strong GPA (3.5 or higher)
  • Strong knowledge of probability, statistics, and machine learning for time-series data
  • Excellent programming skills in Python (C++ familiarity is a plus)
  • Experience with software engineering best practices including TDD and CI/CD
  • Experience with distributed computing
  • Prior experience developing on a Linux stack
  • Practical experience applying machine learning techniques for trading applications
  • Experience with high-performance computing (HPC) environments such as SLURM
  • Experience with orchestration and containerization tools (e.g. Singularity, Docker, Airflow, Prefect, etc.)
  • Effective prioritization while being mindful of long-term objectives
  • Able to take ownership of projects in a fast-paced collaborative environment
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Outstanding communication skills to collaborate with different stakeholders across multiple geographical locations
  • XR Trading does not hire candidates who are currently on a student visa or who now or in the future will require XR to sponsor them for employment visa.