Quant Analyst - Hedge Fund Firm - IIT/ISI

Responsibilities could include any of the following :

- Develop and test trading strategies and ideas.

- Perform optimization of equity portfolios

- Set up, analyze and process data for further research.

- Reading of research papers and journals to identify research ideas.

- Build systems for construction and analysis of portfolios.

- Build analytics for risk, performance and environment analysis of portfolios.

- Build execution and trading capabilities of the investment strategy.

Qualifications :

- B.Tech, Dual Degree M.Tech., or M.Sc. (Integrated) in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, Physics or similar quantitative disciplines from the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) or Indian Statistical Institutes (ISI).

- Excellent mathematical skills.

- 2 to 3 years of experience in quantitative analysis and optimization.

- Any experience with MSCI Barra, Axioma or Northfield products will also be beneficial.

- Strong programming skills in one of the following: Python, C++, C# or Java will be beneficial.

- Good written and oral communication skills.

- Good coordination skills and ability to work in a team.

- Some amount of familiarity with Mathematical Finance would be considered advantageous.