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Position Overview
As a Quantitative Analyst at The Ladders, your primary responsibility will be to uncover trading opportunities through rigorous analysis. Your strong quantitative skills and coding knowledge will enhance the innovation process, enabling your colleagues to leverage your findings effectively.
Project Collaboration
During your tenure, you will engage in diverse projects alongside various collaborators, enriching your understanding of market dynamics, trading methodologies, and our proprietary research systems.
Impactful Contributions
We have removed barriers to access and engagement within our organization, allowing you to learn the complexities of our industry while making significant contributions that will impact our performance from the outset.
Team Composition
While an interest in trading is essential, a finance background is not a prerequisite. Our team is predominantly composed of individuals from academic backgrounds, including professors, postdoctoral researchers, PhDs, and undergraduates, fostering a culture of mental diversity.
Compensation Package
We offer a competitive salary complemented by quarterly bonuses based on individual performance and contributions to the success of the team and the organization.
Desired Qualifications
We seek highly analytical individuals with backgrounds in mathematics, physics, computer science, statistics, electrical engineering, or related fields who aspire to contribute to the evolution of a research-driven trading firm.
Essential Qualities
To excel in this role, you should possess the following attributes:
- Persistent Drive to Improve: A natural inclination to strive for excellence, even after achieving significant milestones.
- Creative Problem Solving: A passion for learning and applying new concepts swiftly, integrating knowledge from various fields to generate innovative ideas.
- Team-Oriented Mindset: A commitment to enhancing team performance through collaboration and idea-sharing.
- Mental Flexibility: The ability to adapt based on new data, results, and feedback.
- Profit Orientation: A focus on practical outcomes, prioritizing high-value projects while discarding those with limited potential.
Research and Quantitative Skills
Ideal candidates will possess or be eager to develop the following skills:
- Strong analytical intuition and the ability to navigate complex data sets.
- A demonstrated aptitude for data exploration to identify empirical relationships.
- Familiarity with classical statistical methods and a willingness to learn new techniques.
- A questioning mindset regarding financial data, motivated to seek answers even when results are inconclusive.
- Experience in establishing research frameworks and executing projects.
- An understanding of financial products, market dynamics, and microstructure.
- Proficiency in programming languages such as C++, Python, or Java, with the ability to tackle complex problems through a deep understanding of these languages.
