Quantitative Researcher

Job Description

Quantitative Researcher | Goliath Partners

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Goliath Partners, located in New York, NY or Miami, FL. Goliath Partners is a systematic prop trading firm managing $6B in AUM, currently embarking on its most ambitious growth phase to date. The firm plans to double its headcount, open new offices, and expand globally by 2026/27. This role is critical to conducting alpha research that will directly contribute to expanding the firm’s trading strategies and driving this significant period of growth.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person, New York, NY or Miami, FL
• Pay: $400000–$650000 yearly
• Team: Lean, high-output team, working directly alongside PMs and Quant Dev
• Mission: Conduct alpha research to drive growth and expand trading strategies during a significant firm expansion

What You’ll Actually Do
• Model Building: Build and refine production-grade signal and factor models to enhance trading performance.
• Price Forecasting: Develop machine learning-driven approaches to accurately forecast price behavior.
• Market Microstructure: Develop machine learning-driven approaches to analyze and predict market microstructure.
• Collaboration: Work directly alongside Portfolio Managers and Quant Developers within a lean, high-output team.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Background in mathematics, statistics, computer science, physics, or engineering.
• Experience: Buy-side internship to 2 years of experience in research, development, or execution, with practical experience seeing signals trade live in production environments.
• Skills: Quantitative modeling, Machine learning, Production-grade programming for live systems.