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Jump Trading · 21 hours ago

Quantitative Researcher | Trading Team

Chicago, IL

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$300K/yr - $300K/yr

Jump Trading Group is committed to world class research and seeks experienced Quantitative Researchers to join their collaborative trading team. The role involves collecting and analyzing large data sets to identify patterns and develop market insights for equity markets.

Financial ServicesTrading Platform

Comp. & Benefits

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Collect and analyze tens of thousands of data sets (some clean, some noisy, some very noisy)

Identify patterns and develop insights into market complexities

Develop forecasts to be realized in equity markets

Qualification

C++PythonStatistical ArbitrageMachine LearningPortfolio ConstructionSTEM Research FoundationsResilienceCreativity

Required

Creativity. Seeing things where others do not requires creativity and a willingness to try new things in ways others may not have thought of, yet

Resilience. Successful research is the result of lots of failure, and intellectual risk taking

STEM Research foundations: Undergraduate and graduate work in Computer Science, Statistics, Physics, Mathematics (or adjacent)

Our work welcomes expertise in C++ and Python…either works…and both is better. Applied programming skills in our research teams means breaking down data sets, and machine learning

Prior experience in stat arb equities: all disciplines in new feature creation, portfolio construction and optimization, and execution are relevant and attractive

Preferred

Prior work in portfolio trading and experience in a direct market access environment

Benefits

Discretionary bonus eligibility

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

HSA, FSA, and Dependent Care options

Employer Paid Group Term Life and AD&D Insurance

Voluntary Life & AD&D insurance

Paid vacation plus paid holidays

Retirement plan with employer match

Paid parental leave

Wellness Programs

Company

Jump Trading

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Jump Trading is a globally-positioned, proprietary trading firm.

Founded in 1999

Chicago, Illinois, USA

1001-5000 employees

http://www.jumptrading.com/

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