Senior Quant Analyst

Non-disclosed SingaporePosted 4 hours ago Permanent $300k - $350k
- A top tier hedge fund is looking to hire a senior quant analyst to managed their commodities research with a focus across APAC / China

The client is a global quantitative and systematic investment manager, operating in all liquid asset classes across the world. Combining data, research, technology, and trading expertise.

Data is at the source of everything the business does, and their data platform provides capacity to onboard and analyse structured and unstructured data from tick to tick to multi-year horizons.

They have a constant appetite for any data which may contribute to improve the company’s prediction models and generate alpha. So, evaluating new data sources, dealing with emerging data technology, and processing immense datasets is continuously driving the business.

As a result of this, the company strongly believe in collective work and idea sharing. Their research teams blend multiple areas of expertise and are comprised of engineers, computer experts, physicists, mathematicians, data scientists and fundamental analysts. With the research is designed to stimulate intellectual curiosity, cross learning and complex problem solving.

Central is the company’s tech platform. Automation and industrialized processes are at the centre of their tech culture. Over the years the company has invested in a global research and execution platform which has been deployed to cover all geographies and asset classes. It ranges from high turnover scalable execution expertise to multi-year simulation research platforms. They operate in multiple languages from C++ to Python and embrace open-source software.

The company’s strategies are designed to be deployed globally to achieve portfolio diversification and deliver high quality returns. They also place a high value around the importance of rigorous, methodical, systematic implementation across all geographies and asset classes. The trading discipline has been developed within a highly controlled risk management framework inherited from our market-making culture and they believe in global and continuous market coverage to maximize alpha extraction.

**Role**:
The core objective of the role is to create high quality predictive signals by leveraging access to large and diversified datasets, you will identify statistical patterns and opportunities.

The team in place embody a culture of inclusion, sharing of ideas, to this person will need to embody this approach also, sharing ideas, and sharing research results, methodologies, datasets, and processes with other researchers.

You will be tasked with leading the processes for implementing the signals and the relevant datasets within the global execution platform, as well as monitor signal behaviour, model performance over time. You will play a key role in the leading of the full strategy research cycle from signal generation to implementation and can bring the right Macro skills and experience across the complex.

**Desired Skills**
- Minimum 8 years dedicated experience in macro analytics within a related commodities field.
- Advanced degree in quantitative related fields such as data science, statistics, mathematics, physicals, or engineering.
- Strong knowledge of statistics, machine learning, NLP, or AI techniques would be advantageous.
- Coding skills required in at least one leading programming language (Python, R, Matlab and / or C++, C#)
- Capacity to multi-task in a fast-paced environment while keeping strong attention to detail and experience in exploring large datasets across multiple time frames is a plus.
- Somebody who has a natural ability to investigate intellectual curiosity and to explore new datasets, solve complex problems, drive innovation processes and ability to connect the dots between multiple fields.
- Capacity to work with autonomy within a collegial and collaborative environment
- Strong capacity to communicate with technologists, data scientist and traders across the globe.
- Proven track record of delivering successful systematic strategies.

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