Quant Researcher - No.2 for a Collaborative Cash Equities Team with upside - daily to monthly holding period
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Quant Researcher (Equities Stat Arb) | London (On-site) | Visa Sponsorship Available
A high-performing, research-led, collaborative, equities stat arb team in London is hiring a Quant Researcher to become the number 2 and drive alpha and signal generation. This is a rare chance to join a lean pod where researchers have real ownership, strong engineering support around them, and a clear mandate across cash equities.
Scope:
- Research, design, and validate alpha signals for cash equities stat arb strategies
- Build robust feature sets from market, fundamental, and alternative datasets
- Run disciplined backtesting and statistical validation to avoid overfitting
- Translate research into production-ready signals in collaboration with engineering
- Monitor live performance and iterate on signals as market regimes shift
- Contribute to idea generation and the team’s evolving research framework
Ideal profile:
- 5-15 years of experience in systematic equity research.
- Strong statistical intuition and a rigorous research process (hypothesis, testing, validation)
- Solid programming skills (Python required; familiarity with research-to-production workflows is a plus)
- Experience working with equities data and market microstructure awareness preferred
- Candidates from prop trading environments are interesting, but top long-only / fundamental researchers with a systematic mindset are also of interest.
- Comfort working in a small, high-accountability team where your work has visible impact
Nice to have
- Single-stock research exposure with a clear, testable signal mindset
- Experience with factor research, statistical arbitrage, or systematic equities strategies
- Familiarity with portfolio construction concepts and risk-aware signal development
Logistics
- London-based role, on-site
- No remote / overseas-based working
- Visa sponsorship available
- Hiring timeline: next 1 to 2 months
If you’re a mid to senior-level researcher who wants genuine signal ownership and a direct line between your work and PnL, this is the kind of seat that doesn’t come up often.