full-time
Senior Quantitative Researcher - Commodities (Ags or Metals)
Qenexus
- Employer
- Qenexus
- Location
- London
- Working pattern
- on-site
About the role
Research, develop, and implement systematic trading strategies in agricultural commodities or metals, generating alpha from price, fundamental, and alternative data. Improve signals, portfolio construction, and risk models, and take research from idea through production in collaboration with traders, portfolio managers, and technologists. Candidates need 4 to 5 years of quantitative research experience at a hedge fund or comparable buy-side firm, with a proven track record in agricultural commodities or metals. They should have an advanced degree in a quantitative field, strong Python or similar programming skills, a solid understanding of commodity market structure, and the ability to independently take a strategy into live trading.