We are a data-driven company with a collegial atmosphere looking for performance-driven team members who can do great work for application in the algorithmic trading industry.

Our ideal candidate is a recent (or soon-to-be) PhD graduate, with experience in an academic or post-doc research workplace, looking to apply their quantitative skills to the real world. Our approach is to train successful candidates about our industry, markets, and products, as such we are looking for people seeking their initial foray in the financial industry.

About You:

You are motivated by intellectual challenges, curiosity, and solving problems. You are performance and results driven. You continuously seek to understand new and better approaches to analyze and interpret ‘dirty’ data to improve investment results. You enjoy coding. You love to see your work put into practice. For individuals currently living outside of Vancouver, we offer relocation assistance.

What You’ll Do:

● Drive projects to completion that will contribute to an existing trading strategy
● Write code to automate every aspect of the trading system
● Code in Python and use relational time-series databases (kdb+)
● Analyze ‘dirty’ data sets to identify possible investment signals
● Develop predictive quantities to improve existing trading strategy
● Take charge of your own projects, while collaborating with your colleagues and with the portfolio manager

What You Bring:

● Mandatory: Ph.D. in mathematics, physics or related fields in quantitative disciplines with a Masters in the hard sciences (including if you will be graduating with a Ph.D. within the next 12 months).
● Highly analytical, keen attention to detail.
● Innate curiosity and an exceptional critical thinker who is result-oriented.
● Ability to implement your ideas in code
● Programming experience in Python
● Demonstrated expertise in statistics and mathematical modelling.
● Strong communications skills (both verbal and written).
● Thrive in a performance-based environment.
● Require excellence of yourself and in the work you produce.

Nice to Have:

● Experience participating in national or international math, physics or computer science competitions is strongly preferred
● Experience with C++, R, kdb+ and working in Unix environment.
● Legally entitled to work in Canada (however for exceptional candidates we can provide immigration assistance)

Compensation & Benefits:

● From $120,000/year plus bonus based on performance
● Extended healthcare with usual features including dental, vision and $1,000/year flex component for physio and other such items
● RRSP matching on a dollar-for-dollar basis