Junior Quantitative Researcher

Company: Scientech Research
Location: Jersey City
Posted on: April 2, 2026

Job Description:

Job Responsibilities: Support and improve existing trading strategies. Assist senior quantitative researchers to carry out quantitative strategy design, research and development in global futures, stock, options and cryptocurrency markets. Statistically analyze large-scale tick-by-tick financial data to extract alpha patterns. Qualifications: Applicants must have graduated with advanced degrees from top universities, majoring in science and engineering, preferably Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, EE, and Physics. Have formal training of independent academic research. 1-3 years of work experience in systematic alpha research/equity trading. Programming skills: proficient in at least one of following programming languages - C/C++, Python/R. Mathematical basics: having a good understanding of data science, being critical in learning knowledge, understanding at least one of statistical modeling, machine learning, econometrics or optimization. Being fast, critical and reasonable in thinking. Good communicator, being rigorous, patient, and having a strong sense of teamwork. Highly motivated, and able to work in a fast-paced environment.

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