Ideal candidates will be PhD level and have strong C++ and/or Matlab skills. The fund is highly prestigious (and large, over $15Bn AUM) and this is a senior role of strategic importance to the group. The fund currently has a very broad range of academic interests within its team including computer scientists, engineers, applied economists, as well as mathematicians and physicists. Hence, technical PhDs from a variety of backgrounds will be considered. The fund employs this wide range of academic skill sets in order to maintain its lead in alpha generating strategies.
This role is designed to develop from a strategist role into a portfolio management role where there is substantial upside in both remuneration and leveraging the funds substantial resources. The fund has a highly aggressive payout formula reflected in its remarkable staff retention rate since its inception.