Trading Desk · FULL_TIME

Quantitative Researcher — Macro

New York, NY

Compensation: Competitive base + bonus (total compensation up to $425k)

About the role

What You'll Be Doing

Our client is seeking a Quantitative Researcher to join a global macro investment team focused on building systematic signals across rates, FX, commodities, credit, and equity index markets. This person will work directly with portfolio managers and senior researchers to identify, test, and implement alpha ideas across liquid global markets.

• Research and develop systematic macro trading signals across global rates, FX, commodities, credit, and equity index markets.
• Analyze large financial, economic, alternative, and cross-asset datasets to identify predictive relationships and market inefficiencies.
• Build and maintain research frameworks for signal generation, portfolio construction, risk management, and trade sizing.
• Partner closely with portfolio managers to translate research findings into actionable investment strategies.
• Conduct backtesting, performance attribution, factor analysis, and robustness testing across different market regimes.
• Monitor live strategy performance and refine models based on changing macro conditions, liquidity, and market structure.
• Evaluate new datasets, research tools, and modeling techniques to improve the investment process.
• Present research clearly to investment leadership, including signal rationale, statistical evidence, implementation considerations, and risk trade-offs.

Who We're Looking For

• 2+ years of quantitative research experience within a hedge fund, asset manager, investment bank, or systematic trading environment.
• Strong academic background in mathematics, statistics, computer science, engineering, economics, physics, finance, or another quantitative discipline.
• Deep programming ability in Python; experience with SQL, C++, R, or kdb/q is a plus.
• Strong understanding of statistics, machine learning, time-series analysis, optimization, and portfolio construction.
• Experience researching global macro markets such as rates, FX, commodities, credit, or equity index products.

Why This Role

This is a high-impact position for someone who can combine strong statistical research, market intuition, and clean implementation. You will be at the forefront of developing cutting-edge strategies in a dynamic environment, working alongside some of the best minds in the industry. Join a firm that values innovation and analytical excellence, and make a significant impact on global markets.