Quantitative Researcher

NumerixS Quant is an exciting hybrid environment that blends the bestcharacteristics ofbusiness and academia. We hire the brightest minds to bring ideas from the theoretical realminto the applied world. At NumerixS Quant, you’ll work alongside a team of brilliant, creative people with diversebackgrounds from tech companies,finance, and academia. We encourage endless curiosity, meaningful collaboration and havehigh expectations for everyone onour team.

We are a data-driven company with a collegial atmosphere looking for team members who can do great work for application in the algorithmic trading industry.

Our ideal candidate is a PhD graduate with experience in an academic or post-doc research workplace looking to apply their capabilities to the real world. Our approach is to train successful candidates about our industry, markets and products, as such we are looking for people seeking their initial foray in the financial markets.

About you You are motivated by intellectual challenges, curiosity, and solving problems. You are performance and results driven. You continuously seek to understand new and better approaches to analyze and interpret ‘dirty’ data to improve investment results. You enjoy coding. You love to see your work put into practice. For individuals currently living outside of Vancouver, we offer relocation assistance.

What You'll Do

Drive projects to completion that will contribute to an existing trading strategy

Write code to automate every aspect of the trading system

Code in Python and use relational time-series databases (kdb+)

Analyze ‘dirty’ data sets to identify possible investment signals

Develop predictive quantities to improve existing trading strategy

Take charge of your own projects, while collaborating with your colleagues and with the portfolio manager

What You Bring

Mandatory: PhD and Advanced Degree/Masters in in mathematics, physics, hard sciences or related fields in quantitative disciplines.

Highly analytical, keen attention to detail

Innate curiosity and an exceptional critical thinker who is results-oriented

Ability to implement your ideas in code

Programming experience in Python

Demonstrated expertise in statistics and mathematical modeling

Strong communications skills (both verbal and written)

Thrive in a performance-based environment

Require excellence of yourself and in the work you produce

Nice to Have

Experience participating in national or international math, physics or computer science competitions is strongly preferred

Strong experience with C++, R and kdb+ and working in a Unix environment

Legally entitled to work in Canada (however for exceptional candidates we can provide immigration assistance)

What We Offer

Annual bonus eligibility based on performance

Extended healthcare coverage*

Dental and vision care*

$1,000 per year Health Spending Account (for physiotherapy, massage therapy, and other eligible expenses)*

RRSP matching up to 9% (maximum annual contribution of $13,250)*

*After 90 day waiting period; not eligible for internships

Compensation Range: CA$160K

collaborative teams Building greattechnology and a great culture. We operate in an intellectually creative yet challengingenvironment. At NumerixS Quant,you get the opportunity to immerse yourself in your end-to-end research and developmentstrategies. We believe that excellentresearch requires a quiet, thoughtful work environment combined with collaborative,engaging, on-going discussions with colleagues.

We offer a competitive employee benefits package, which includes:

Medical & Dental

RRSP Matching

Flexible Hours

15 Days Paid Vacation

Funded Health Spending Account

Semi-Casual Dresscode

the interview process Dedicated to finding our ideal candidates. Interviewing is a crucial part of our hiring process. As we getto knowyou better, you will have the chance to get to know us better, too. Our interviewprocess is designedto play to the strengths of our ideal candidate. We will ask you technical questions that require complexthought and ask you to talk us through your process as you problem solve. We want you to be prepared and confident in each stage of the interview process so youare able toshow us your very best work. In anticipation of our recruitment process, we’ve outlinedhow toprepare and what to expect.

Step 1 Online Application & Technical Assessment You will complete the online application and an online test designed to assess your knowledge of relevant subjects such as probability, dataanalysis, algorithms, and logic questions.

The assessment is 10 multiple choice questions of varying difficulty and you will be given40 minutes to complete it. Below are 3 examples of th