Quant Researcher / Developer – AI-Driven Quant Fund - Milan, Italy
Descrizione dell'offerta
We are working with a technology-led quantitative investment fund in Milan that is building systematic, ML-driven trading strategies across equities, options and crypto. The firm is early-stage, well-capitalised, and led by experienced quants and engineers with backgrounds in systematic trading and applied machine learning.
They are now hiring a Quant Researcher / Developer to contribute directly to alpha research, model development and production deployment.
Responsibilities
- Research and implement machine learning models for return prediction, volatility forecasting and signal generation
- Develop feature engineering pipelines for structured market data and alternative datasets
- Work with high-frequency and/or end-of-day time-series data across equities, options and crypto
- Collaborate with portfolio management on portfolio construction, risk modelling and execution constraints
- Write clean, efficient, production-ready research code and contribute to research infrastructure
Technical Requirements
- Strong BSc, MSc or PhD academic background in Machine Learning, Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science or Engineering
- Demonstrable experience building ML-based models for noisy, non-stationary time-series data
- Advanced Python skills; experience with PyTorch, TensorFlow, NumPy, pandas, scikit-learn
- Solid understanding of statistical learning theory, time-series analysis, optimisation and numerical methods
Nice to Have
- C++ or other low-level language experience
- Experience with distributed computing or large-scale data pipelines
- Prior experience in systematic trading, prop trading or quant funds
Why Join?
- Start-up culture with genuine roadmap to $1billion AUM
- Equity on offer alongside excellent base plus bonus
- Machine learning is core to the investment process, not an overlay
- Exposure to multiple asset classes within a unified research framework
- Opportunity to influence model design, data architecture and research standards
- Milan-based role, open to local Italian candidates and international quants willing to relocate to Milan