Quant Research Lead – Systematic Equities & HFT (HK / Global)

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Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
Salary not specified
Posted
Full-time
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Job Description

We are partnering with an elite, globally expanding proprietary trading firm currently scaling up its new Hong Kong hub to build out cutting-edge global systematic trading desks. They are looking for exceptional Senior Quantitative Researchers / Team Leads to take full ownership of new research directions, strategy lifecycles, and team growth. This is an opportunity to join a high-caliber environment with direct leadership access, massive resource backing, and a proven, multi-year trading infrastructure. We are actively hiring across two core leadership tracks: 1. AI Team Lead – Systematic Equities - The Focus: Drive advanced machine learning and AI-driven systematic equity strategies across global or regional markets. - The Mandate: Take research from hypothesis and modeling through simulation, portfolio integration, and production deployment. - The Environment: Access to an elite lab environment with heavy compute and extensive GPU resources per researcher. 2. HFT Team Lead – Systematic Equities & Futures - The Focus: Build and run high-frequency trading (HFT) and ultra-low latency strategies with holding periods of 30 minutes or less. - The Mandate: Full book ownership—defining market selection, research priorities, risk parameters, and live-strategy execution. - The Environment: Work hand-in-hand with top-tier quantitative developers and infrastructure engineers in a centralized, highly collaborative loop. What We Look For - Experience: 5+ years of hands-on quantitative research experience coming from elite, top-tier proprietary trading firms or global hedge funds - Production Track Record: Demonstrable evidence of research successfully reaching production and driving live PnL. - Leadership Aptitude: Current Lead title is helpful, but exceptional Senior Quants or Researchers ready to step up, build a sub-team, and own a strategy lifecycle are strongly encouraged. - Language: Mandarin proficiency is required for cross-team research alignment and collaboration. Why Join? - True Ownership: Build mandates where you define the research roadmap, team composition, and strategy execution rather than working in rigid silos. - Uncapped Scale: Backed by heavy resource allocation, tech infrastructure, and massive trading volume. - Global Flexibility: Competitive packages aligned with top global standards, with flexible onboarding timelines (accommodating non-compete periods or post-bonus moves) and multiple location choices (Hong Kong/ Singapore/ US)

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