Platinum & Partners is retained by a top-tier global hedge fund to identify an exceptional Quantitative Researcher for a fast-growing, collaborative and entrepreneurial systematic macro team. This is a high-impact research role working directly alongside a Senior Portfolio Manager on systematic futures and FX strategies — with a specific focus on intraday and medium-frequency alpha, holding periods from minutes to hours.
The team is growing and the role offers significant career development for the right candidate. The firm will accommodate notice periods of up to twelve months, though there is a strong preference for candidates who can start sooner.
THE ROLE
- Work closely with the Senior Portfolio Manager to develop systematic macro strategies across futures and FX — from idea generation and data preprocessing through to backtesting, implementation and ongoing monitoring
- Research and develop alpha signals with a focus on intraday systematic macro strategies — liquidity-taking rather than liquidity-providing approaches
- Independently explore new alpha ideas while contributing to a genuinely collaborative team research environment
- Contribute to and enhance the internal research platform: data pipelines, statistical learning tools, alpha analytics and backtesting frameworks
- Apply creativity and rigorous quantitative analysis in equal measure — out-of-the-box thinking is actively valued here
WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR
- 5+ years of quantitative research experience focused on systematic macro strategies, with exposure to intraday MFT approaches
- Experience with intraday systematic macro strategies — holding periods from minutes to hours; liquidity-taking strategies preferred over liquidity-providing
- Hedge fund alpha research experience across commodities, FX, equity or bond futures
- Strong Python; solid experience with data analytics libraries — Pandas, SciPy, NumPy, Polars or equivalent
- Familiarity with sophisticated research and trading infrastructure
- Experience developing DMA algos, simulators or working with market microstructure data is a meaningful plus
- Strong research rigour combined with genuine intellectual creativity — this team values both
WHY THIS ROLE
- A top-tier global hedge fund — the infrastructure, data access and intellectual environment to work on the hardest problems in systematic macro
- Direct collaboration with the Senior Portfolio Manager — you will be in the room where strategy decisions are made, not producing research in isolation
- Fast-growing, entrepreneurial team: the culture is collaborative and the opportunities for career growth are real and near-term
- Intraday systematic macro is one of the most technically demanding and intellectually rich areas of quant finance — this is a role for someone who wants to be at the frontier
- Global location flexibility considered alongside New York
- Base $150,000–$200,000 with a discretionary performance bonus reflecting the firm's Tier 1 position — total compensation is significantly above the base range
ABOUT PLATINUM & PARTNERS
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