Lead Alpha Researcher, Systematic Equities

📋 Description

• Lead research, development, and deployment of alpha signals and models.
• Manage and grow the European alpha research team.
• Prioritize the alpha research agenda.
• Drive improvements in production trading through robust research and validation.
• Establish best practices for research methodology and deployment.
• Foster rigorous, collaborative research across research, trading, and engineering teams.

🎯 Requirements

• Master’s or PhD in ML, statistics, mathematics, CS, engineering, or physics.
• 5+ years building systematic intraday trading strategies and alpha signals.
• Proven track record generating profitable signals in production trading.
• Experience mentoring or leading researchers in high-performance environments.
• Strong Python programming skills and ML techniques with robust validation.
• Deep knowledge of statistics, experimental design, and hypothesis testing.

🎁 Benefits

• Role integrated within a global trading firm with cross-office collaboration.
• Work with traders, researchers, developers across London, US, Europe, Asia Pacific.
• Access to cutting-edge ML and data science infrastructure.