Accounting & Finance

Quant Trader

Quant Capital

London · Greater London · United Kingdom

Overview

In this role you will research and implement automated quantitative trading strategies across assets like futures, equities, options and currencies. You’ll work within a high-performance team on scalable infrastructure to maximise PnL within risk limits. The role combines hands-on research, backtesting, and live deployment, with a focus on longevity and continuous optimization. You join a tech-forward trading environment that values speed, accuracy, and a calm, open culture.

Pay / Benefits
  • relocation package
  • market-leading PnL share or bonus
  • transparent costs
  • permanent role with established team
  • investment in infrastructure
  • calm, open company culture
Responsibilities
  • Research and implement automated trading strategies using data-driven methods
  • Backtest, validate, and reconcile production strategies
  • Scale strategies to maximise PnL within risk tolerances
  • Ensure longevity and robustness of strategies
  • Investigate applicability of strategies to additional markets
  • Provide reporting and performance metrics for strategies
  • Collaborate with infrastructure to take models to market
Key requirements
  • 2 years of quant trading experience in bank, fund, or prop shop
  • Experience with low to medium frequency futures, options, or equities
  • Relative value modelling and trading
  • Academic background in a relevant field
  • Experience with research and development in quantitative trading
  • Experience with backtesting and production deployment
  • strong analytical thinking
  • calm under pressure
  • team collaboration
  • quantitative modelling
  • backtesting and optimization
  • relative value trading

Reference: WJ-747_31159245

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