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About the Role
This is an Expression of Interest for current and upcoming Quantitative opportunities across research, development, and analysis. You will work on the ideas and models that drive trading decisions, researching signals, building and validating strategies, and turning messy data into a genuine edge.
Responsibilities
- Research, design, and test trading signals, models, and strategies
- Apply statistical and probabilistic methods to large and complex datasets
- Backtest, validate, and stress-test ideas before they reach production
- Translate research findings into clear, actionable insights for trading
- Build and maintain research tooling, data pipelines, and analytical frameworks
- Write clean, reliable code to support research and live trading
- Improve the speed, robustness, and reproducibility of our research process
- Partner closely with traders to understand needs and refine ideas
- Work alongside technologists to take research from prototype to production
- Share findings openly and contribute to a rigorous, curious research culture
Requirements
- Strong foundations in mathematics, statistics, and probability
- Proficiency in a research language such as Python (and ideally one of C++, R, or similar)
- A rigorous, evidence-led approach to problem solving
- Comfort working with large, imperfect, real-world datasets
- Intellectual curiosity and the drive to dig into hard problems
- Clear written and verbal communication of technical ideas
Skills
- Python
- C++
- R
- Machine learning
- Time-series analysis
- Financial data analysis
Location
- Australia
- UK
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Quantitative Researchers
- Quantitative Developers
- Quantitative Traders
Education Level
- Masters
- PhD
Benefits
- Competitive Package
- Flat Structure
- Work-Life Balance
- Health & Wellbeing
- Anniversary Leave
- Social Events
- Paid Parental Leave
- Professional Development
- Employee Recognition
About the Company
- Life Trading Pty Ltd is a growing proprietary trading company with offices in Australia and the UK.
- We are driven by a mission to achieve success in trading by combining disciplined execution with innovative technology and strong operational foundations.
- Our culture is relaxed and high-performing, built on trust, accountability, and respect.
- We believe in doing great work while maintaining balance outside of it.