Company Description & Culture Code
https://optima.ai/talent
Role Description
We are recruiting a versatile Quant Research Engineer to work on our investment systems end-to-end (quant enough to generate alpha + engineer enough to build the system that delivers it):
- Own alpha production end-to-end: Discover, validate, and monitor low-frequency signals (primarily Indian equities), with a tight research loop from hypothesis to live performance
- Ship like a startup engineer: Build and maintain production-grade quant systemsdata pipelines, backtesting/live experimentation, portfolio construction/optimizers, monitoring, and toolingmoving fast without breaking reliability
- Turn research into scalable systems: Productionize models with realistic costs/risks, capacity constraints, experiment tracking, and performance attribution; continuously improve alpha and robustness over time
- Operate with high ownership + AI-native speed: Own infra/DevOps practices for auditability, security, and reliability, and leverage AI tools to accelerate iteration and product velocity
Preferred Background
- Experience: 5+ years in low-frequency quant research and/or quant engineering
- Education: Strong academic background from premier institutions
- Prior Roles: Quant investing funds or fast-paced startups
- Mindset: User empathy, relentless iterations, AI-native productivity, end-to-end ownership, and bias toward shipping
- Or something untraditional that trumps all of the above
Compensation Highlights
- Top-of-market cash compensation (50L - 1Cr PA)
- Free access to our employee-only investment fund
- Health insurance
Contact
Share your resume and any relevant work (code, links, descriptions) directly with us at [Confidential Information].
