Winton is a research-based investment management company with a specialist focus on statistical and mathematical inference in financial markets. The firm researches and trades quantitative investment strategies, which are implemented systematically via thousands of securities, spanning the world's major liquid asset classes. Founded in 1997 by David Harding, Winton today manages assets for some of the world’s largest institutional investors.
We employ ambitious professionals who want to work collaboratively at the leading edge of investment management.
We seek a quantitative researcher to join our Investment Management & Research group. You will work as part of a collaborative quant group structure in which you will leverage significant technology and process resources provided by internal teams, implementing and operating our single name equity strategies.
Responsibilities:
- Analysis of investment strategy-related data, hypothesis development, and testing
- Development of monitoring and visualization tools providing insights into investment strategy behaviour and performance drivers
- Developing and operating trading strategies across a wide range of global equity markets
- Liaising with data engineering and tech teams to build, improve, deploy, and operate infrastructure
What We’re Looking For:
- 2+ years of experience working in a systematic trading environment, ideally within an established quant team focused on cash equities.
- Data analysis and coding experience (preferably Python/pandas/numpy)
- Strong communication skills with the motivation to work in a large collaborative investment group structure
What Would Be Useful:
- Understanding of cash equity markets and data as well as operational/organisational aspects relevant to systematic strategy development (corporate actions, market microstructure)
- Previous independent research experience
- Experience using cloud computing infrastructure and tools
Equal Opportunity Workplace
We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics.
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What We Do
Winton is a quantitative investment management firm. Our goal is to generate returns for our clients across a range of market environments. The design of our strategies is based on original research, rigorous statistical analysis, and deep experience of markets. Winton was founded in 1997 by Sir David Harding and counts some of the world’s largest institutional investors as clients
