# Quantitative Researcher | Trading Team

[Jump Trading](https://www.jorb.ai/firms/jump-trading.md) · Hong Kong · [Hedge Fund & Quant](https://www.jorb.ai/jobs/hedge-fund-quant.md)

Jump Trading is hiring a Quantitative Researcher | Trading Team in Hong Kong. Posted 2026-04-12; applications close 2026-06-22.

**Apply**: https://www.jumptrading.com/hr/job?gh_jid=6098760

Posted 1mo ago.

## Role details

## About Jump Trading Group

Jump Trading Group is committed to world-class research. We empower exceptional talents in Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science to seek scientific boundaries, push through them, and apply cutting-edge research to global financial markets. Our culture emphasizes fearlessness, creativity, intellectual honesty, and a relentless competitive streak. We believe in winning together and unlocking unique individual talent by incentivizing collaboration and mutual respect. At Jump, research outcomes drive more than superior risk-adjusted returns. We design, develop, and deploy technologies that change our world, fund start-ups across industries, and partner with leading global research organizations and universities to solve problems.

## Team & Role

We’re expanding our successful global equity statistical arbitrage business with the build-out of a new team of quantitative researchers focused on developing mixed-frequency (low/mid) strategies based out of Hong Kong. This team will leverage new and differentiated approaches to research and will be comprised of top talent across the fields of quantitative research, ML/LLM, and engineering.

## What You'll Do

Quantitative Researchers collect and analyze tens of thousands of data sets, identify patterns, and extract insights into the complexities of global financial markets. Researchers lean heavily on statistical analysis, machine learning, and data engineering skills; applying the results of their research to forecasts and predictive trading models. Jump’s Quantitative Researchers are constantly collaborating with other scientists, traders, hardware and software developers, and market-facing business teams to push for the best expression of our new ideas.

## Skills You'll Need

  
- Creative thinkers who are driven, self-motivated, and eager to solve challenging problems
  
- Proven experience developing successful quantitative trading strategies is highly preferred, though not required
  
- Demonstrable experience leveraging forecasting and machine learning techniques, such as linear regression analysis, neural networks, or other state-of-the-art models
  
- Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Computer Science, Statistics, Physics, Mathematics, or a related field
  
- Strong programming skills in C++/Python in a Linux environment
  
- Desire to work within a collaborative, team-driven, fast-paced environment

## Applying to this role

This Quantitative Researcher | Trading Team role at Jump Trading runs through the firm's own careers portal and expects a CV and cover letter written specifically for the posting, not a portable submission carried across firms. Jorb AI's application agent tailors a CV and cover letter from your background to this posting and tracks the role alongside the rest of your applications.

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