Verition Fund Management LLC (“Verition”) is a multi-strategy, multi-manager hedge fund founded in 2008. Verition focuses on global investment strategies including Global Credit, Global Convertible, Volatility & Capital Structure Arbitrage, Event-Driven Investing, Equity Long/Short & Capital Markets Trading, and Global Quantitative Trading.
We are seeking a Junior Quantitative Researcher to join a systematic equities team in London. The team’s approach is unique, operating at the intersection of systematic and fundamental investment processes, with a strong track record of alpha generation. This is a front-office role in which you will be involved in the entire investment process and will contribute directly to the team’s bottom line.
Responsibilities:
- Day-to-day oversight of production processes
- Research and development of new signals, including idea generation, data ingestion, research, and trading
- Build-out and maintenance of systematic trading infrastructure
Qualifications:
- 1–2 years of experience as a Quantitative Researcher, Quantitative Developer, Data Analyst, or Data Scientist
- Experience with equities and equities-related data (alternative data, market data, fundamental data)
- BSc or MSc in a technical discipline from a top university
- Experience using Python in a production environment
- Exposure to the fundamental investment process (e.g., working as a Data Analyst alongside fundamental PMs)
- Experience with web scraping
- Experience with cloud infrastructure and working knowledge of AWS services (S3, EC2, EKS, SQS, Redshift, IAM)
- Experience working in a Linux environment
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Verition Fund Management LLC (“Verition”) is a multi-strategy, multi-manager hedge fund founded in 2008. Verition focuses on global investment strategies including Credit, Fixed Income & Macro, Convertible & Volatility Arbitrage, Event-Driven, Equity Long/Short & Capital Markets, and Quantitative Strategies. Talent is the lifeline of Verition's success. Our culture encourages individuals to communicate openly across all strategies and businesses, and we believe there is alpha in integration. We strive to empower our Investment Professionals to act like business owners by making decisions based on a combination of rigorous analysis and an open, creative mindset. We have locations in Greenwich, CT, Norwalk, CT, New York, NY, London, UK, Singapore, Republic of Singapore, DIFC, Dubai (United Arab Emirates) and an affiliate office in Hong Kong (SAR), China. Verition has an institutional quality infrastructure with a team of over 500 investment/risk and non-investment professionals. Verition is always seeking ambitious and entrepreneurial individuals that can be impactful and help to drive differentiated returns. To learn more, please contact us for information at: [email protected]
