# Quantitative Researcher, Quantitative Strategies

**Company**: Quant Strategies
**Location**: Hong Kong
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

We are seeking a Quantitative Researcher to join our team in a collaborative environment, focusing on Asian equity markets.

The ideal candidate combines quantitative skills with hands-on trading or desk quant experience in Asian equities.

**Principal Responsibilities**

- Develop and implement systematic equity trading strategies in Asian markets, including China Mainland, Japan, Hong Kong, and Taiwan

- Apply knowledge of Asian equity market rules, trading conventions, and venue characteristics to optimize strategy deployment

- Conduct quantitative research in alpha signals: idea generation, data processing, and statistical analysis

- Implement trading strategies across multiple venues

- Carry out market-specific analysis

**Preferred Technical Skills**

- Expertise in Python

- Proficiency in modern data science tools (Jupyter, pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn)

- Degree in Mathematics, Computer Science, Statistics, or related STEM field from a top-ranked university

- Demonstrated knowledge of quantitative finance, mathematical modeling, statistical analysis, regression, and probability theory

- Excellent communication, problem-solving, and analytical skills

**Preferred Experience**

- Direct trading or desk quant experience in Asian equity markets, with practical knowledge of market rules and trading conventions

- Minimum 2 years of experience in a quantitative trading, desk quant, or quantitative research role with exposure to live equity trading

- Experience working with multiple datasets and manipulating data (assessing quality, cleaning, creating features, etc.)

**Highly Valued Relevant Experience**

- Hands-on experience with live systematic equity trading strategies in Asian markets

- Entrepreneurial mindset, self-motivated, detail-oriented, and able to work independently in a fast-paced environment

- Curiosity and critical thinking

- Eagerness to learn and grow professionally

**Target Start Date**: ASAP

## Skills

### Required
- Python
- Jupyter
- pandas
- NumPy
- scikit-learn
- Mathematics
- Computer Science
- Statistics

### Nice to have
- quantitative finance
- mathematical modeling
- statistical analysis
- regression
- probability theory

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