Quantitative Analyst

Role Summary

We are recruiting for our proprietary trading desk and looking for a quantitative analyst.

The role would involve:

As a Quantitative Analyst at iRage you will be involved in analysing market behaviour from both micro and macro perspective by:

  • Trading a vast portfolio.
  • Analysing hundreds of gigabytes of data to ascertain micro behavioural patterns (at the microsecond timeframe) to trade such signals.
  • At the same time analysing information across time + assets to build macro signals.
  • Building automated trading signals.
  • Building engineering solutions to manage the complexity.
  • Discovering and imitating the logic and thereby automating the process of setting the hundreds of parameters that
    traders do on a daily basis.

Skills

  • Basic awareness of financial markets and fundamentals
  • Strong logical & quantitative aptitude
  • Strong educational background with a focus on finance
  • Experience of working with big data analytical tools like R, etc. is preferred
  • Prior experience of trading is an advantage but not necessary
  • Previous experience with algorithmic trading platforms is an advantage but not necessary