Quantitative Researcher

Posted 13 Days Ago
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Hiring Remotely in South Korea
Remote
Entry level
Fintech • Financial Services
Algorithmic trading firm where researchers and engineers solve challenging problems in global financial markets.
The Role
Researches financial market data to extract useful information, develop automatically tradable signals, and monetize them with traders. Responsibilities include analyzing market microstructure, news, fundamental, and analyst data; applying machine learning and deep learning; validating hypotheses; and managing signals as market conditions change. The role collaborates with quantitative engineers, developers, and traders and includes coding and mathematics assessments.
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About Presto
Founded in 2014, Presto is an algorithmic trading and financial services firm with a global presence. Presto focuses on delivering exceptional value for clients through a rigorous research-driven approach to investment and trade execution.

As a Quantitative Researcher Trader at Presto
Our team is looking for an outstanding algorithmic trader who will make automatically tradable signals on creative ideas. To research trading signals, our traders use innovative technologies such as machine learning, deep learning and etc., to analyze various data, including low-level market microstructure data, news feed, fundamental data, analyst prediction and etc.
As a Quant Researcher in Presto Labs, you will analyze such data and turn your hypotheses and insights into real-world signals. You will work together with the world’s top-class quantitative engineers, developers, and traders of Presto Labs.

Responsibilities

  • Extract useful information from raw data
  • Build money making signals from the extracted information
  • Adopt innovative technologies to data analysis and to the research process
  • Work together with traders to monetize the signals.
  • Manage and upgrade signals based on market environmental changes

Qualification

  • Bachelor’s degree or higher from a leading university in a quantitative field including, but not limited to, Mathematics, Science, Engineering, Financial Engineering and etc.
  • Proficiency in C++ and Python or in other programming languages
  • Excellent analytic skills with relentlessness in finding gems out of the vast amounts of data
  • Prior experience in finance is not required but one must possess an eagerness to learn about finance and global financial market
  • Scientist-like mindset
  • Strong proficiency in English
  • Open to working abroad
  • *The Resume must be written in English

Preferred

  • Interest and personal participation in financial markets
  • Excellent academic achievement
  • Thoughtful, warm hearted, and collaborative
  • Korean language skill in conversational level

Hiring process

  • Resume review
  • Online coding and mathematics test
  • 1st round interview
  • 2nd round interview
  • * Depending on the circumstances, the interview process may change.

To see how Presto excels in Quant trading? Click here to explore our YouTube channel!

Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree or higher from a leading university in a quantitative field such as mathematics, science, engineering, or financial engineering
  • Proficiency in C++ and Python or other programming languages
  • Excellent analytical skills
  • Eagerness to learn about finance and global financial markets
  • Scientist-like mindset
  • Strong proficiency in English
  • Willingness to work abroad
  • Resume written in English
  • Interest in and personal participation in financial markets
  • Excellent academic achievement
  • Thoughtful, warm-hearted, and collaborative personality
  • Conversational Korean language skills
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The Company
HQ: Singapore
90 Employees
Year Founded: 2014

What We Do

Presto is an algorithmic trading and financial services firm built on a foundation of quantitative research and engineering. Our core strength lies in combining engineering, mathematics, and science to navigate both digital asset and traditional finance markets with precision. Executing over 100 million trades daily, Presto has earned its position as a major player in the financial services sector. We offer liquidity provision and over-the-counter (OTC) execution services for blockchain projects, delivering consistent value to our clients across varying market conditions. By leveraging multidisciplinary expertise, we continue to evolve our strategies and technologies to stay ahead in the dynamic global financial markets. Our approach blends the rigor of quantitative analysis with the creativity of scientific inquiry, allowing us to address complex challenges across both digital and traditional finance markets.

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