QuanTech Partners
Quantitative Researcher
Requirements
Candidates should have 2–6 years of quantitative research experience in China futures at a hedge fund, CTA, proprietary trading firm, or bank, along with strong knowledge of Chinese futures markets and trading rules. A degree or master's in a quantitative or engineering discipline, strong Python skills, fluent Mandarin, excellent written and spoken English, and willingness to relocate to London are required.
Job Description
A leading systematic investment firm is hiring a Quantitative Researcher to research and trade Chinese commodity and financial futures. You’d also get room to grow into global futures research.
You’ll join a collaborative, research-driven team and work closely with senior quantitative researchers. Your specialist market knowledge will feed directly into strategy development. The firm offers full visa sponsorship and relocation support, so this is a rare chance for researchers in mainland China or Hong Kong to move into a top-tier London research environment.
The role
- Research, design and backtest systematic strategies across onshore China futures (SHFE, DCE, ZCE, CFFEX, INE, GFEX)
- Build and analyse signals from price, volume, fundamental and alternative data
- Construct portfolios and manage risk with China-specific features in mind: liquidity, price limits, position limits and contract rolls
- Source, clean and evaluate Chinese-language data sets and market research
- Extend your research into global futures markets alongside the wider research team
- Work with engineering to implement, deploy and monitor strategies
About you
- 2–6 years’ quantitative research experience in China futures at a hedge fund, CTA, prop trading firm or bank
- Strong grasp of Chinese futures market structure, trading rules and data
- Degree/Masters in mathematics, statistics, physics, computer science or engineering from a leading university
- Strong Python coding skills are is required
- Fluent Mandarin and excellent written and spoken English
- Collaborative, intellectually curious, and keen to broaden beyond China futures
- Willing to relocate to London
What’s on offer
- A high-impact role shaping the firm’s China futures research
- Mentoring from, and close collaboration with, senior quantitative researchers
- Full visa sponsorship and a relocation package
- Highly competitive compensation and benefits
Education
Skills
About QuanTech Partners
QuanTech Partners collaborates with hedge funds, proprietary traders, tech firms and fintech start-ups to recruit talent from quantitative finance, technology, data science and PhD programmes. We place exceptional talent at leading hedge funds and HFT market makers in the major financial hubs including London, Paris, New York, Chicago, Singapore, Hong Kong, UAE and India.