Selby Jennings ยท 1 day ago
Quantitative Researcher - Execution | Elite Systematic Team
Boston, MA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$200K/yr - $750K/yrSelby Jennings is a highly successful quantitative equity trading firm seeking to add a Quantitative Researcher to its execution and portfolio implementation team. The role involves optimizing and executing significant daily global equity notional while directly influencing trading strategies and capital deployment.
BankingEmploymentRecruiting
Hiring Manager
Tyler Robinson
Responsibilities
Owning and improving trading cost models (market impact, spread, slippage, liquidity, and execution risk)
Forecasting and feeding execution costs into portfolio optimization and trading decisions
Monitoring real-time and post-trade execution quality across strategies, regions, and brokers
Identifying inefficiencies, leakage, and improvement opportunities in the trading stack
Applying market microstructure expertise to both execution and select alpha-generation projects
This is a hands-on role with direct influence over capital deployment, not a back-office analytics function
Qualification
Required
Top-tier Quantitative Researcher embedded in an equity trading or implementation team with strong exposure to real-world execution
Deep understanding of market microstructure
Experience modeling transaction costs, impact, and liquidity
Ability to operate in a production trading environment
Strong coding and data-driven research instincts
Comfort working close to PMs, traders, and portfolio construction systems
Company
Selby Jennings
Global recruitment firm specialising in Banking
Founded in 2004
1001-5000 employees
Funding
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