Quantitative Trader

1 month ago


Chicago, Illinois, United States DRW Full time
DRW: A Leader in Trading and Innovation

DRW is a pioneering trading firm with over three decades of experience in harnessing cutting-edge technology and exceptional talent to operate in global markets. We value autonomy and the ability to quickly adapt to new opportunities, allowing us to operate with our own capital and trading at our own risk.

About Us

We are headquartered in Chicago with offices across the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia, trading a diverse range of asset classes including Fixed Income, ETFs, Equities, FX, Commodities, and Energy across major global markets. We have also leveraged our expertise and technology to expand into non-traditional strategies such as real estate, venture capital, and cryptoassets.

Our Team

You will join a trading team responsible for managing systematic strategies across futures, equities, and options. The team focuses on both latency-sensitive and non-latency-sensitive investment opportunities across geographies and holding periods. We are responsible for the complete lifecycle of quantitative investment processes, from research and development to trading of systematic strategies.

Responsibilities

The main responsibility of this role will be to research, design, and implement new quantitative trading strategies. This will involve generating alphas from various traditional and alternative datasets using rigorous statistical methods. To be successful in this role, you will need to build a deep understanding of the underlying datasets and apply the latest scientific algorithms for statistical model development.

Qualifications
  • Master's or Ph.D. in a technical discipline with a focus on Financial Mathematics, Statistics, Artificial Intelligence, or related fields
  • At least 3 years of experience in quantitative investment research in High Frequency Trading and/or Equity/Futures/Options Markets
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills to report research results/methodologies
  • Research publications focused on trading or articles in top-tier journals are a plus
  • Strong programming skills with the ability to explore large datasets

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