Quantitative Researcher - 2025 PhD Graduate (Asia)

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Singapore
Entry level
Information Technology • Software • Financial Services
We embrace bold ideas and seize opportunities others don’t, from the way we operate to the strategies we deploy.
The Role
Citadel Securities seeks a Quantitative Researcher to develop and enhance automated trading strategies using advanced statistical techniques. Responsibilities include conceptualizing valuation strategies, implementing trading models, and conducting statistical analysis to innovate trading signals.
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Job Description
At Citadel Securities, a leading global market maker, our team of quantitative researchers models the markets and brings trading strategies to life every day. Specifically, this team develops and tests automated quant trading strategies using sophisticated statistical techniques. You'll get to challenge the impossible in quantitative research by applying sophisticated and complex statistical techniques to financial markets, some of the most complex data sets in the world.
Your Objectives:

  • Conceptualize valuation strategies, develop, and continuously improve upon mathematical models and help translate algorithms into code
  • Back test and implement trading models and signals in a live trading environment
  • Use unconventional data sources to drive innovation
  • Conduct research and statistical analysis to build and refine monetization systems for trading signals


Your Skills & Talents:

  • PhD in Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Computer Science, or another highly quantitative field
  • Strong knowledge of probability and statistics (e.g. machine learning, time-series analysis, pattern recognition, NLP)
  • Background working in a data driven research environment
  • Independent research experience
  • Excellent analytical skills, with strong attention to detail
  • Strong written and verbal communications skills


Opportunities available in Hong Kong, Singapore.
About Citadel Securities
Citadel Securities is the next-generation capital markets firm and a leading global market maker. We provide institutional and retail investors with the liquidity they need to trade a broad array of equity and fixed income products in any market condition. The brightest minds in finance, science and technology use powerful, advanced analytics to solve the market's most critical challenges, turning big ideas into real-world outcomes.

Top Skills

Computer Science
Mathematics
Statistics

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The Company
HQ: Miami, FL
1,900 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2002

What We Do

Citadel Securities is the next-generation capital markets firm. Our work is powered by the deepest integration of financial, mathematical and engineering expertise. Combining deep trading acumen with cutting-edge analytics and technology, we at Citadel Securities deliver critical liquidity to the world’s most important financial institutions—while helping shape the global markets of tomorrow.

Why Work With Us

We do not accept the status quo and we are constantly looking to achieve what others think is impossible. That’s true not just in our careers, but also in our communities.

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