Systematic Quantitative Researcher - PhD

The role

The Quantitative Researcher will partner with Trading and Technology teams to strengthen and evolve trading capabilities. This role involves analyzing market data, building predictive models, and contributing to research and trading infrastructure.

What you will do

• Analyze market data to come up with economic and microstructure hypotheses
• Build predictive and explanatory models to describe financial markets
• Add revenue by applying thorough research processes to real life business problems
• Contribute to ongoing improvement of research and trading infrastructure

Required qualifications

• PhD in Science or Engineering fields (e.g. Statistics, Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, or Operations Research)
• Proven ability to conduct independent, high-quality research
• Exceptional ability to communicate complex ideas and research results, both in writing and verbally
• Unwavering commitment to quality, coupled with a drive for delivering commercial outcomes
• Demonstrated expertise in applying quantitative modeling techniques to large, complex datasets
• Strong track record of publications in an industry setting
• Advanced Python programming skills

Nice to have

• Proficiency in C++
• Experience in financial markets
• Experience using NumPy and Pandas libraries
• Experience with the software development lifecycle

About the company

Chicago Trading Company (CTC) is a proprietary trading firm specializing in options market making. It has provided liquidity across derivatives exchanges worldwide for over three decades.