Quant Researcher - No.2 for a Collaborative Cash Equities Team with upside - daily to monthly holding period

Quant Researcher (Equities Stat Arb) | London (On-site) | Visa Sponsorship Available

A high-performing, research-led, collaborative, equities stat arb team in London is hiring a Quant Researcher to become the number 2 and drive alpha and signal generation. This is a rare chance to join a lean pod where researchers have real ownership, strong engineering support around them, and a clear mandate across cash equities.

Scope:

• Research, design, and validate alpha signals for cash equities stat arb strategies
• Build robust feature sets from market, fundamental, and alternative datasets
• Run disciplined backtesting and statistical validation to avoid overfitting
• Translate research into production-ready signals in collaboration with engineering
• Monitor live performance and iterate on signals as market regimes shift
• Contribute to idea generation and the team’s evolving research framework

Ideal profile:

• 5-15 years of experience in systematic equity research.
• Strong statistical intuition and a rigorous research process (hypothesis, testing, validation)
• Solid programming skills (Python required; familiarity with research-to-production workflows is a plus)
• Experience working with equities data and market microstructure awareness preferred
• Candidates from prop trading environments are interesting, but top long-only / fundamental researchers with a systematic mindset are also of interest.
• Comfort working in a small, high-accountability team where your work has visible impact

Nice to have

• Single-stock research exposure with a clear, testable signal mindset
• Experience with factor research, statistical arbitrage, or systematic equities strategies
• Familiarity with portfolio construction concepts and risk-aware signal development
• CQF qualification.

Logistics

• London-based role, on-site
• No remote / overseas-based working
• Visa sponsorship available
• Hiring timeline: next 1 to 2 months

If you’re a mid to senior-level researcher who wants genuine signal ownership and a direct line between your work and PnL, this is the kind of seat that doesn’t come up often.