Quantitative Strategist (PhD)

Location: Austin, Texas or New York, United States

Salary: $175,000–$200,000 per year, exclusive of bonuses, benefits, and other compensation.

Company

hirify.global is a financial firm and market maker using technology to provide liquidity, trading solutions, and execution services across global markets.

What you will do

• Apply modern statistical methods to identify opportunities and build predictive models.
• Research and implement new trading strategies.
• Analyze existing strategies and identify potential improvements.
• Develop risk models and frameworks for managing portfolio risk.
• Create tools that automate research tasks and improve visualization of complex datasets.
• Collaborate with traders, quantitative researchers, and software engineers on interdisciplinary teams.

Requirements

• PhD in science, mathematics, engineering, or another quantitative or STEM discipline.
• Exceptional quantitative, mathematical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to express ideas mathematically and algorithmically and solve technical or quantitative problems under pressure.
• Programming skills, especially Python and C/C++.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills across technical and non-technical subjects.
• Intellectual curiosity, self-motivation, flexibility, and tolerance for ambiguity.

Culture & Benefits

• Collegiate and collaborative working environment.
• Exposure to multiple teams and colleagues across the globe.
• Diverse and inclusive workplace.
• Compensation includes salary plus potential bonuses and benefits.

Hiring process

• Application screening.
• Online programming test delivered through HackerRank.