(For Freshers) Quant Developer wanted for an AI based algorithmic trading startup

Inflolabs is a product incubation company, headquartered in India building influential products of the web era. Our mission is to build a great network of AI products that will touch hearts of millions of people. We are innovating and inventing a neoteric consumer facing products that will push the boundaries of innovation and technology to the next level. We are currently working on a very exciting product - Intello Capital in the space of Algorithmic Trading which encompasses AI as it's core decision making engine.

Role

This team member is responsible for the creation and management of fully automated systematic investment strategies that focus on Stocks, Bonds and Futures market. The team operates at the intersection of quantitative alpha research and portfolio management and is therefore highly interdisciplinary. As a quantitative researcher, you will have exposure to the full systematic strategy investment process across idea generation, signal and strategy development, modelling, portfolio construction, risk and portfolio management. This position is a hands-on role responsible for creating and optimising new systematic, alpha-generating, intraday models.

Your Responsibilities

The successful candidate would work on both the expansion of existing investment strategies and the development of new signals and strategies. This is an excellent opportunity to drive the creation of investment strategies and signals, and successfully implement your ideas into production. Running the full research lifecycle i.e. idea incubation, data and indicator exploration, quantitative modelling, writing new signals and alphas, and implementing your trading models into production. This fund values the returns they provide to clients and do not want to conduct research for research sake.

You

Candidates should have a natural intellectual curiosity and ambition, combined with a self-starting approach to implementation of their work. We are looking for a Quant Researcher with tenacity, determination and ambition. Someone with demonstrable experience, cradle to grave, of delivering PnL generating signals. Ideally, you will be coming to the table with new ideas and existing strategies to deploy or recreate.

 Skills

• Minimum 0+ years of commercial experience researching signal driven trading models in a live production environment
• Signal creation and production intraday trading experience is desired
• Hedge Fund, Asset Management or Proprietary Trading experience - modelling and/or developing algorithmic intraday investment strategies.
• Evidence-based knowledge of themes within the universe of Futures/Options/Stocks/Forex
• Successful track record of the quantitative investment strategy research and trading lifecycle i.e. models in production.
• An ambitious and self-starting approach to implementation of their work
• Excellent programming skills, ideally Python
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment that encourages intellectual curiosity and problem-solving
• An excellent academic record, including top-ranked schools irrespective of the discipline.
• Collaborative, team-oriented, but also results-driven personality

Future Responsibilites

- Head the quantitative desk at the firm

Considered a plus

- You have already worked in a startup

What we offer

- You will work closely in a small team of developers building the basis for Intello Capital from the ground up

- Your work as a Quant Researcher will have a direct impact on our mission and the overall success of the company

- You will see your ideas become a reality and generate value

Sounds appealing? Get in touch!