Quantitative Researcher

Location New York
Discipline: Hedge Funds & Proprietary Trading
Job type: Permanent
Contact name: Ilayda Gwillim

Contact email: ilayda.gwillim@venturesearch.com
Job ref: 3725
Published: about 20 hours ago
We are partnered with a high performing $10bn + AUM hedgefund, looking to add a Quantitative Researcher to work under a Fixed Income Relative Value PM. The PM trades linear rates, focusing on government bonds, futures, and interest rate swaps.
 
This is a front-office role with direct PM exposure, focused on building and owning the analytics and tooling that support Bond RV strategies.
 
The role
  • Design, develop, and support front-office analytics and infrastructure for Bond RV strategies across G4 rates markets.
  • Take ownership of curve building, risk measurement, and PnL analysis for bonds, futures, and interest rate swaps.
  • Work closely with the PM on research initiatives, trade idea development, and evolution of existing frameworks.
  • Build PM-facing tools covering risk management, hedging, roll analysis, trade attribution, and scenario testing.
  • Enhance execution and risk processes through workflow and productivity-focused tooling.
  • Partner with internal technology and operations teams to deploy, scale, and maintain desk tools in production.
  • Contribute to carry and rolldown analytics, including support for switch and wildcard option modelling.
 
Experience
  • Advanced degree in a quantitative or STEM discipline from a leading university.
  • 3+ years of experience in linear rates quantitative research on either the buy side or sell side.
  • Strong Python skills with experience building production-grade systems.
  • Solid understanding of fixed income markets, curve dynamics, and risk analytics.
  • Collaborative, intellectually curious, and comfortable operating in a lean, high-ownership environment.
  • Prior exposure to switch or wildcard models is advantageous but not required.