Quantitative Researcher

Dubizzle Limited; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - GBP 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A quantitative investment firm in Greater London seeks an experienced Quantitative Researcher to design and analyze trading strategies, primarily focusing on alpha research in high-frequency trading. Candidates should be proficient in Java and Python with a strong interest in crypto. The role includes responsibilities for monitoring and enhancing existing strategies, contributing to research libraries, and participating in an innovative team environment. Competitive bonuses and health benefits are offered.

Benefits

Competitive bonus scheme

Bupa health & dental

Cycle to Work scheme

Enhanced pension

Generous annual leave

Enhanced parental leave

Special leave allowances

Charity giving options

Regular team events

Team lunches and dinners

Friday drinks

Team sport activities

Qualifications

• Experience in alpha research primarily in high-frequency trading.
• Proficient in Java for trading strategy implementation.
• Strong interest in crypto and quantitative research.

Responsibilities

• Research alpha signals with predictive power over the 0-30 second horizon.
• Contribute to alpha research libraries and backtesting.
• Monitor existing trading strategies for impactful improvements.
• Enhance processes for portfolio monitoring and PnL attribution.

Skills

Alpha research experience in HFT

Proficiency in Java

Hands-on experience with Python for time-series data

Strong market-oriented mindset

Interest in Crypto and high-frequency trading

Participation in Hackathons or relevant awards

Job description

Fasanara Digital was established 7 years ago and is the crypto arm of Fasanara Capital, a 14year-old boutique alternative asset manager. We are a Quantitative Investment fund applying a scientific approach to investing in crypto assets. Our goal is to achieve exceptional risk‑adjusted returns. We pursue a range of diversified and highly sophisticated investment strategies that seek to profit from inefficiencies in the market structure and range from market making to cross‑exchanges arbitrage.

Our Culture

We are strong believers in meritocracy, and we reward people based on impact and excellence. There is no bureaucracy of large organisations, the environment is collaborative, entrepreneurial, and is based on trust. We set ambitious goals, work hard, stress teamwork, and adhere to the highest level of excellence in everything we do. We are only as good as our team. Thus, we are building the firm around exceptional talent.

The role

We are looking for an experiencedQuantitative Researcher work directly with our portfolio managers and senior researchers. This role offers you the opportunity to be part of a high performing team on an exciting trajectory, recently winning multiple high profile industry awards. You will be designing, analysing and implementing new trading strategies as well as improving existing ones with alpha research and signals.

Responsibilities

• Researching alpha signals with predictive power over the 0‑30 second horizon
• Contribution to alpha research libraries, backtesting and tooling
• Ongoing monitoring of existing trading strategies and working on impactful improvements to increase their PnL
• Enhancing existing processes for portfolio monitoring and PnL attribution

What excites us in a candidate

• You have experience in alpha research primarily in HFT
• You are proficient in Java
• You have a strong market‑oriented mindset with the desire to conduct thorough scientific research
• You have hands on experience working with large volumes of time‑series data in Python
• You have a strong interest in Crypto and high frequency trading. You may attend industry events, trade or build quantitative models in your spare time.
• You have potentially competed in Hackathons. We’d love to hear about any awards or achievements!

Benefits

• Competitive bonus scheme.
• Bupa health & dental, Cycle to Work scheme, enhanced pension, and generous annual leave.
• Enhanced parental leave, special leave allowances, and charity giving options.
• Regular team events, legendary summer & Christmas parties, knowledge sharing sessions, and quarterly town halls.
• Team lunches, dinners, Friday drinks, team sport activities.