Senior Quantitative Researcher Futures

About this role

<p>SCM is committed to a workplace that values and promotes diversity, inclusion and equal employment opportunity by ensuring that all employees are valued, heard, engaged and involved at work and have full opportunities to collaborate, contribute and grow professionally.</p> <p>We are currently seeking a highly driven, well organized, and motivated candidate to join our team. SCM offers the opportunity to work in person, remotely or in a hybrid work environment. </p> <p> </p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Primary Responsibilities:</strong> </span></p> <ul> <li data-leveltext="*" data-font="Helv" data-listid="1" data-aria-posinset="0" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Design, research and evaluate new systematic trading strategies in the futures markets.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":360,"335559739":0,"335559740":240,"335559991":360}"> </span></li> <li data-leveltext="*" data-font="Helv" data-listid="1" data-aria-posinset="0" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Continuously evaluate and improve existing strategies.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":360,"335559739":0,"335559740":240,"335559991":360}"> </span></li> <li data-leveltext="*" data-font="Helv" data-listid="1" data-aria-posinset="0" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Continuously evaluate and improve existing processes (research tech stack, codebase, data sources, modeling techniques, etc.).</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":360,"335559739":0,"335559740":240,"335559991":360}"> </span></li> </ul> <p><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Requirements:</strong> </span></p> <ul> <li data-leveltext="*" data-font="Helv" data-listid="1" data-aria-posinset="0" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">5+ years of experience in one or more of the following: high frequency trading, systematic trading or quantitative research.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":360,"335559739":0,"335559740":240,"335559991":360}"> </span></li> <li data-leveltext="*" data-font="Helv" data-listid="1" data-aria-posinset="0" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Experience utilizing statistical modeling techniques to develop systematic trading models.</span></li> <li data-leveltext="*" data-font="Helv" data-listid="1" data-aria-posinset="0" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Strong interest in financial markets.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":360,"335559739":0,"335559740":240,"335559991":360}"> </span></li> <li data-leveltext="*" data-font="Helv" data-listid="1" data-aria-posinset="0" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Exceptional economic intuition.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":360,"335559739":0,"335559740":240,"335559991":360}"> </span></li> <li data-leveltext="*" data-font="Helv" data-listid="1" data-aria-posinset="0" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Excellent communication skills.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":360,"335559739":0,"335559740":240,"335559991":360}"> </span></li> <li data-leveltext="*" data-font="Helv" data-listid="1" data-aria-posinset="0" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Meticulous attention to detail.</span></li> <li data-leveltext="*" data-font="Helv" data-listid="1" data-aria-posinset="0" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Practical business orientation.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":360,"335559739":0,"335559740":240,"335559991":360}"> </span></li> <li data-leveltext="*" data-font="Helv" data-listid="1" data-aria-posinset="0" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Degree(s) in statistics, mathematics,…