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Monthly
€36,171 - €72,342
Posted May 1, 2026 · 115 days agoLast seen August 17, 2026Est. expiry June 5, 2026

Quantitative Researcher

Quantitative Researcher (HFT)
Hong Kong
Onsite · Other
Full-time · Mid-Level
English
No People Management
No degree required
How this salary compares
Salary Context: Quantitative Researcher

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Salary analysis

Compared with the selected benchmark ("All roles in Hong Kong"), this listing's salary midpoint is about 350% higher. The offer sits above the benchmark range (€13,890–€13,890). Range-width comparison is limited because one of the salary bands is incomplete. This benchmark is based on 1 comparable listings.

Monthly salary comparison for Quantitative Researcher
MarketLower bound (25th percentile)MedianUpper bound (75th percentile)
All roles in Hong Kong€13,890/per month€13,890/per month€13,890/per month
From job ad (Mid-Level)€41,667/per month€62,500/per month€83,333/per month
About the role

Not all prop trading firms are created equal. If you’re a Quant Researcher who has previously considered a career move, you’ll likely have asked yourself the following questions, : What infrastructure will I have access to? What is the company’s true appetite for risk? What is the track record of the team / company I’ll be joining? These are just a few questions that will be important to you if you’re skilled at turning raw data into alpha. After all, contributing directly to profitable strategies is no easy feat. Why move? Well, we’re working with a global trading firm which has been consistently generating profits on a proprietary basis for decades, which is hiring the brightest minds in HFT to scale their fully algorithmic trading efforts. You’ll be building HFT strategies at the core of this business by: Diving into petabytes of order book data Building predictive signals to incorporate into your trading strategy Partnering with world-class engineers to optimise the latency and execution of your strategy What you’ll need to have done: Worked in a high-calibre proprietary trading firm / team before Built profitable trading strategies, in any market Partnered with developers before, seeing how your ideas in Python are deployed in C++ What you can expect to join: A culture which financial rewards curiosity, creativity and competitiveness Teams which are home to best-in-class professionals for their area of expertise A collaborative, intellectually stimulating environment where the best idea wins If you like the idea of trading at the speed of thought, please apply with your most recent CV to the link attached.

Job Details

Responsibilities

  • Building HFT strategies at the core of this business
  • Diving into petabytes of order book data
  • Building predictive signals to incorporate into your trading strategy
  • Partnering with world-class engineers to optimise the latency and execution of your strategy

Requirements

  • Worked in a high-calibre proprietary trading firm / team before
  • Built profitable trading strategies, in any market
  • Partnered with developers before, seeing how your ideas in Python are deployed in C++

Skills & Technologies

PythonC++Order book dataAlgorithmic trading

Education Level

No degree required
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