Quantitative Researcher – Digital Assets Full Time (Hybrid)

Numeus is a diversified digital asset investment firm built to the highest institutional standards, combining synergistic businesses across Trading, Venture Capital, Alpha Strategies and Asset Management.

Numeus was founded by successful executives with decades of experience across the finance, blockchain and technology industries, with a shared passion for digital assets. Our values are grounded in an open approach based on connectivity, collaboration, and partnerships across the digital asset ecosystem. People and technology are at the core of everything we do.

We are looking for an experienced Quantitative Researcher who can help us develop alpha through systematic trading strategies. You will work closely with experienced researchers, traders, and a technology team with deep domain expertise. The digital asset space is young, fast-evolving, and filled with innovative sources of alpha and trading opportunities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Employ a rigorous scientific approach to develop sophisticated investment models and deliver insights into how markets behave
• Apply quantitative techniques, like machine learning, to a vast and innovative array of datasets
• Create and test complex investment ideas and develop algorithms that lead to trading decisions
• Analyze investment model performance and behavior, aiming for continuous improvement
• Work closely with our team of experienced developers to translate investment models into production code

Skill Set and Qualifications:

• 2+ years within a quantitative investment research team with experience in alpha research, model building, backtesting, parameter optimization routines, execution engine design and performance tracking
• Educational background in technical field, preferably Mathematics, Statistics, Physics or Theoretical Computer Science
• Strong analytical skills; experience working with, and analyzing, large datasets
• Strong mathematical and statistical modeling skills (e.g. time-series)
• Ability to think independently, creatively approach data analysis, and communicate complex ideas clearly
• Basic knowledge of the digital asset space is beneficial, but not requiredIntermediate programming background in Python and C++
• Fluent English speaker
• Based in Zug, Switzerland, with the ability to travel periodically to our office in London

Are you keen to work in a well-resourced startup environment, where your ideas, experience, and drive to find creative solutions makes a difference? We’d like to hear from you.