Experienced/Lateral - Quantitative Researcher

Five Rings LLC - Careers•New York, NY

About The Position

Five Rings is a proprietary trading firm that combines strategy, innovation, and technology to succeed in global markets. With offices in New York, Boca Raton, London, and Amsterdam, Five Rings trades in various domestic and international markets. The firm has an open culture that encourages the flow of knowledge and ideas. This role offers significant responsibility as quickly as it can be earned, focusing on identifying market opportunities, constructing and enhancing market models, developing analyses and simulations, implementing models in trading systems, testing models in real-time, and collaborating with traders and software developers.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in computer science, economics, mathematics, physics, statistics, or another qualifying field
Minimum of two years' work experience involving the development of quantitative trading strategies in futures and/or equities
Experience conducting data analysis involving large financial datasets to find intraday signals for mid- to high-frequency trading
Exceptionally mathematically proficient
Possesses a hunger to work on some of the most complex mathematical problems
Risk taker and problem solver
Explores innovative thinking and analytical methodologies
Extremely detail-oriented and thrives in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment
Eager to continue to learn and grow your skills
Proficiency in statistical languages and/or packages in R, python, or similar