Independent Quantitative Analyst

Only applications on Smartkarma's website (https://www.smartkarma.com/home/insight-providers/) will be accepted.

In general, looking for former/current systematic traders and quant researchers / analysts:

• Experts in systematic strategies across equities, equity derivatives and multi-asset (index and single-name listed and OTC options, futures, etc);

• Strong research hygiene: signal research, feature engineering, robust backtesting across horizons, realistic frictions and clear validation;

• Ability to combine market intuition with statistical learning to create and maintain differentiated proprietary datasets and models (unique data collection, cleaning, normalisation, mapping, signal construction and production pipelines) that are hard to replicate and deliver repeatable edge;

• Strong writing and communication skills: able to articulate and defend research views clearly in publish...