Quantitative Researcher, Central Execution Desk

Location: New York; hybrid working opportunities

Salary: $120,000–$200,000 annual base salary, plus eligible discretionary bonus

Company

hirify.global is a quantitative trading firm that develops high-performance electronic trading infrastructure, systematic trading strategies, and research and business-support platforms.

What you will do

• Research market impact, execution costs, slippage, fill quality, and related metrics across global markets.
• Build models that explain and predict execution outcomes.
• Design and analyze A/B experiments to identify improvements in execution quality.
• Develop causal inference and optimization models for execution objectives and execution-risk constraints.
• Research centralized inventory, liquidity, risk-transfer, crossing-style analytics, and execution algorithms.
• Build research tools, simulations, dashboards, and reports, and partner with traders, portfolio managers, quant developers, and engineers to productionize analytics.

Requirements

• Master’s or bachelor’s degree from a top-tier university in mathematics, statistics, computer science, financial engineering, physics, operations research, or a related quantitative field.
• 2–5 years of quantitative research experience, ideally in execution research, market microstructure, or financial data modeling.
• Strong knowledge of statistics, time-series analysis, experiment design, optimization, machine learning, and financial markets.
• Experience working with large financial datasets and strong Python skills for research, data analysis, modeling, and simulation.
• Good understanding of market microstructure and the ability to explain quantitative results clearly to traders, portfolio managers, and engineers.

Nice to have

• PhD in a quantitative field.
• Experience with C++ or Rust, convex optimization, causal inference, market impact models, or stochastic control.
• Academic publications or comparable research writing.

Culture & Benefits

• Generous paid time off policies.
• Savings plans and financial wellness tools available in each region.
• Free breakfast, lunch, and snacks daily.
• In-office wellness experiences, wellness reimbursements, sports teams, and fitness events.
• Volunteer opportunities, charitable giving, social events, and continuous learning workshops.
• Collaborative, diverse workplace with minimal hierarchy and a focus on respectful teamwork.