Research Engineer

ansatzcapital · NY

Full-timeR&DFinance & Insurance$102,000–$138,000/yr

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We are looking for a research engineer to research, test, and deploy new trading strategies, as well as to design and build research infrastructure to test trading ideas. Candidates focusing on strategy development should be strong quantitative problem solvers interested in identifying and monetizing statistical patterns in the financial markets and also adept at implementing their ideas in Python. We are looking for someone who is both intellectually curious and also self-sufficient to help maintain and develop various trading strategies. Candidates with software implementation skills and comfort in implementing both performant code and designing user-friendly tools will also be strongly considered. We are looking for someone who is effective at building usable software quickly and correctly to extend the scope of our quantitative research and coverage of our trading strategies. Compensation consists of base salary, discretionary performance bonus, and possible participation in longer-term incentive schemes.

Salary estimate

$102,000 – $138,000/yr

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Skills for this role

Python

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