Platinum & Partners is retained by a top-tier global hedge fund to identify a Quantitative Researcher for a small, collaborative and entrepreneurial systematic equities team based in Zug, Switzerland. This is an early-to-mid career research role with significant upside — working directly alongside a Senior Portfolio Manager on alpha generation across systematic equity strategies in a fast-paced, intellectually driven environment.
The firm will accommodate non-competes of up to six to nine months for exceptional candidates.
THE ROLE
- Work alongside the Senior Portfolio Manager on the full alpha research process: idea generation, data gathering, analysis and backtesting of systematic equity strategies
- Research and apply ML and NLP techniques for alpha generation — depending on the candidate's background and strengths
- Combine financial intuition with statistical learning to explore, analyse and harness a wide variety of datasets — building predictive models that feed directly into the investment process
- Source and evaluate alternative and traditional data for signal development
- Contribute to a collaborative team research environment with genuine intellectual ownership of your work
WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR
- Bachelor's, Master's or PhD in a quantitative discipline — Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Mathematics or a related field — from a top-ranked university; an academic background in machine learning is especially welcome
- 1–3 years of experience working in a systematic trading environment with a focus on equities
- Strong Python programming skills and demonstrated research experience
- Strong statistical modelling skills applied to equities trading
- Genuine economic intuition, creativity and critical thinking — not just technical execution
- Strong preference for candidates coming from buy-side quantitative trading firms
- Prior research in applying machine learning models to securities return prediction is a meaningful advantage
WHY THIS ROLE
- A top-tier global hedge fund with the data, infrastructure and intellectual environment to do world-class systematic equity research
- Small, entrepreneurial team — direct access to the Senior Portfolio Manager and real ownership of research from an early stage
- ML and NLP techniques are central to the mandate — a genuine opportunity to apply cutting-edge methods to live trading
- Zug, Switzerland — one of Europe's most attractive destinations for quantitative finance professionals, combining an exceptional quality of life with a leading financial ecosystem
- Firm will accommodate non-competes of six to nine months for the right candidate
- Strong career growth trajectory in a high-performance, opportunity-rich environment
ABOUT PLATINUM & PARTNERS
Platinum & Partners is the specialist quant and systematic executive search firm.