Senior Quantitative Researcher - Equities

About Us:

Founded 20 years ago and headquartered in Chicago, the DV Group of financial services firms has grown to more than 600 people operating throughout North America, Europe and Asia. Since spinning out of a large brokerage firm in 2016, DV Trading has rapidly scaled as an independent proprietary trading firm utilizing its own capital, trading strategies, and risk management methodologies to provide liquidity to worldwide financial markets and hedging opportunities to commodity producers and users. Now, DV group affiliates include two broker dealers, a cryptocurrency market making firm, and a bourgeoning investment adviser.

Overview:
We are seeking a Quantitative Researcher to develop and deploy alpha-generating strategies within our equities business. This role is focused on identifying, testing, and scaling systematic signals in a fast-paced proprietary trading environment. The ideal candidate has a demonstrated track record of generating alpha in equities and thrives in an environment that values ownership, speed, and performance

Responsibilities:

• Research, develop, and implement systematic trading strategies across equities
• Generate and validate alpha signals using large, complex datasets
• Create predictive models utilizing financial data through statistical analysis methods
• Work closely with trading and engineering teams to deploy and optimize strategies in production
• Continuously refine models based on market behavior and performance feedback
• Explore new datasets, features, and methodologies to improve signal quality
• Create robust solutions to problems presented in the trading environment
• Develop research strategies into production software

Requirements:

• A degree in a technical discipline with a focus on statistics, machine learning, or computer science
• Experience working within proprietary trading environments, specifically equities product experience 
• Demonstrated ability to generate and deploy alpha in equities markets
• Strong programming skills in Python
• Significant hands-on experience applying algorithms to real-world situations
• Strong problem-solving and statistics skills
• The ability to proactively take the lead on assignments and deliver practical research results in a timely manner

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