Full-Time Quant Research Lead
BHFT is hiring a remote Full-Time Quant Research Lead. The career level for this job opening is Senior Manager and is accepting New York, NY based applicants remotely. Read complete job description before applying.
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Role mission: Lead quantitative research for systematic alpha discovery, model integration, and strategy development to deliver high-quality research into the live trading pipeline.
Responsibilities:
- Research & Strategy: Drive alpha ideation, experiment design, backtesting, and strategy construction; evaluate signals, model outputs, and features for robustness and generalization.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Integrate engineered features into research workflows; partner with Modeling and Data Engineering; coordinate with trading teams to transition strategies to production.
- Process & Infrastructure: Maintain reproducibility, documentation, and experiment tracking; establish best practices for backtesting, simulation, and performance diagnostics.
- Team Leadership: Manage, mentor, hire, and train quantitative researchers and junior quants.
Requirements: 7+ years in quantitative research or ML-driven trading; strong background in statistics/ML/applied math; expertise in Python and systematic research tooling; deep knowledge of market microstructure and feature/alpha construction; proven ability to lead research teams and ship production strategies.
Location: New York, NY