Quantitative Researcher

About the job

Job Title: Quantitative Researcher Location: Onsite Type: Full-Time Reports to: Founder About PHNX Securities: PHNX Securities is building a next-generation quantitative trading firm. The firm operates with a disciplined, research-driven approach: robust back testing, clean execution infrastructure, strict risk controls, and complete regulatory readiness. Our philosophy is to develop a deep understanding of financial markets, translate that knowledge into robust models, and deploy systematic strategies across global markets with discipline and precision. At our core, we THINK, STRATEGIZE, BUILD, and TRADE. Our mission: combine research, automation, and disciplined risk management to create scalable, repeatable, high-conviction systematic strategies Role Overview The Quantitative Researcher will research, design, and validate data-driven trading strategies in equity markets. Handle the full trading cycle, from ideation and model development to back testing, portfolio construction, and live monitoring by transforming market insights into executable trading systems. Key Responsibilities: ● Research & Develop and implement statistical models and algorithms for systematic equity trading. ● Evaluate strategy performance, perform back testing, and optimize signal pipelines. ● Work with key stakeholders to productionize new strategies & trading ideas ● Apply machine learning techniques to enhance predictive power. (auto-regression, auto-correlation and Principal Component Analysis) ● Exploring trading ideas by analyzing market data, market microstructure and alternate data for patterns ● Build and maintain Python-based back testing frameworks for price, volume, and fundamental data. ● Conduct portfolio-level simulations using mean-variance optimization, risk parity, and volatility targeting. ● Monitor live performance, analyze deviations from back tested expectations, and recalibrate models. ● Automate recurring research tasks — data ingestion, signal generation, and performance tracking.

Requirements

• Python
• R
• Java
• C++
• Statistical modeling
• Time-series forecasting
• Machine learning
• SQL

Qualifications

• Bachelors
• Masters
• PhD in Mathematics
• Statistics
• Computer Science or equivalent STEM degree

Preferred Technologies

• Python
• R
• Java
• C++
• Statistical modeling
• Time-series forecasting
• Machine learning
• SQL

About the company

PHNX Securities is building a next-generation quantitative trading firm. The firm operates with a disciplined, research-driven approach: robust back testing, clean execution infrastructure, strict risk controls, and complete regulatory readiness. Our philosophy is to develop a deep understanding of financial markets, translate that knowledge into robust models, and deploy systematic strategies across global markets with discipline and precision.