Quantitative researcher

Quantitative Researcher | Amsterdam

Industry: Proprietary Trading / Systematic Trading

Experience: 3+ years in quantitative research or research-driven trading

Employment Terms: Full-time

Compensation: Competitive base + performance bonus

Any Special Requirements: Experience with Indian markets and options/volatility-based strategies is a plus.

This is a high-impact opportunity to join a deeply collaborative, high-performance trading team focused on alpha research, execution, and portfolio optimization in Indian markets. You'll be embedded in a small, focused group responsible for advancing short-hold and intraday signals, improving delta management, and optimizing execution within a complex options portfolio. Success in this role means directly contributing to trading edge through robust, scalable research and deeply integrated teamwork. If you're passionate about markets, driven by data, and energized by ownership, this role offers both challenge and reward.

The Opportunity:

You’ll join a team that focuses on India-specific strategies and takes full ownership of research and execution tooling across equity, futures, and options markets. Your work will span signal research, statistical validation, delta exposure management, and alpha deployment.

Responsibilities And Priorities:

• Enhance and scale existing Indian-market strategies with a focus on intraday signals and short-hold structures
• Conduct statistical research using time series modeling, regression, and cross-sectional validation
• Manage delta exposure in a live options portfolio using systematic approaches
• Source, clean, and analyze large-scale financial and alternative datasets
• Design and maintain robust backtesting systems with strong out-of-sample and risk analysis discipline
• Optimize signal combination, portfolio construction, and execution under realistic market constraints
• Collaborate closely with technologists to productionize research and build automated validation infrastructure
• Deliver clear, concise research insights to portfolio managers and traders

Requirements:

You’re a quantitative researcher or research-driven trader with hands-on experience developing models, owning research pipelines, and shipping alpha into production in a trading environment.

Experience, Ability And Knowledge:

• 3+ years in quant research or trading at a fund, prop shop, or hedge fund
• Demonstrated ability to take research projects from concept to live deployment
• Experience improving and critiquing backtest frameworks to align with real-world & market conditions

Experience And Skills:

• Python expertise in a production research context
• Working knowledge of C++ and/or Java
• Familiarity with delta management and execution challenges in options portfolios
• Experience applying ML/optimization tools to systematic trading problems

Tools, Tech And Platform Capabilities:

• Python for research, data processing, and modeling
• Familiarity with custom or proprietary backtesting platforms
• Data pipeline collaboration with engineering teams

Qualifications, Licenses And Academic Achievements:

• Degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• Strong foundation in statistical inference, risk modeling, and financial markets

Who You Are And What We Need:

You combine intellectual rigor with tenacity and thrive in a fast-moving, low-ego environment. You’re detail-oriented, outcome-driven, and believe that research is only as valuable as its impact. You’re excited by the complexity of markets, and even more excited to make them understandable and tradable through disciplined research.

The Package:

Salary: Competitive base + performance-linked bonus

Benefits:

• Health coverage
• Relocation support if needed
• Learning & development allowance

Support:

• Close collaboration with PMs and engineers
• Transparent mentorship
• High visibility and impact from day one

If you're ready to lead with conviction and build something enduring, we want to hear from you.

info@aaaglobal.co.uk | www.aaaglobal.co.uk

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