Karanwal Capital - Financial Engineer/Quantitative Analyst

Karanwal Capital is a systematic trading firm and family office focused on quantitative and data-driven trading strategies across derivatives markets.

We're looking to hire a Financial Engineer / Quantitative Analyst to work on trading research, backtesting, market data analysis, and internal trading tools.

The role is hands-on and technical. You'll spend most of your time working with datasets, testing ideas, improving research workflows, and supporting parts of the trading infrastructure used internally. This position is suited for someone who enjoys solving technical problems, thinking quantitatively, and working in smaller teams with direct ownership.

Key responsibilities:

- Analyze large market datasets using Python

- Build and improve backtesting and research workflows

- Work with derivatives and options-related data

- Support development of internal analytics and automation tools

- Work with APIs, SQL datasets, and trading-related data pipelines

- Assist with strategy validation, monitoring, and reporting

- Study market behavior, volatility, and execution patterns

What we look for:

- Strong Python fundamentals (pandas/numpy preferred)

- Comfortable working with data and writing SQL queries

- Good understanding of probability, statistics, and analytical reasoning

- Interest in financial markets, trading systems, or quantitative finance

- Ability to work independently and learn quickly

Prior exposure to trading, quantitative projects, fintech, analytics, or market-related work is helpful, but not mandatory.

Preferred background:

- Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, or Finance

- CFA / FRM / CQF candidates are welcome

Work setup: Mumbai (Hybrid) - 2 days in office and 3 days remote.

When applying, please include a short note on:

1. A technical or quantitative project you've worked on

2. A Python library/tool you use frequently and why