Quantitative Research Analyst

We are a unique combination of a technology company and a trading house. Our mission is to turn data into market-beating trading strategies by using sophisticated mathematical models while helping to balance the power grid.
Our team consists of top-class developers, quant analysts and traders who use their accumulated know-how to create a state-of-the-art platform. No legacy code, no mundane maintenance and outdated technologies, just pure engineering joy of creating a well-designed piece of software.
What would you work on?
- Continuous improvement of existing predictive models and their adjustment in fast-evolving markets
- Development of new strategies and their adaptation to new countries and exchanges.
- Enhancement of our algorithmic trading strategies.
- Cooperation with other teams including data and DevOps engineers, developers, and traders.
- Integrating our trading strategies with physical assets.
- Exploration of new opportunities, ad-hoc analysis, and investigations.
What makes you a great candidate?
- A degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, or a related field; last-year students or recent graduates are encouraged to apply.
- Ideally experience with ML and statistical modeling.
- Experience with Python, and its data science toolkit.
- Fast pragmatic thinking, and open, curious mind.
- Ability to solve ambiguously defined real-life tasks.
- Fluency in English.
What do we offer?
- Brand new office in the city center – Masarycka.
- Competitive salary package with the possibility of a yearly bonus.
- 25 days of paid holiday.
- Flexible working hours and home-office options.
- High-end workstation.
- Sponsored lunch in the office. Every workday.
- Free snacks at the office.
- Multisport Card – fully paid by the company.
- Colleagues who are absolute experts in what they do.
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About Us
Three friends from math-physics faculty decided to apply algorithms to energy markets. During the first COVID wave, they coded it into reality.
Second Foundation was founded in 2019 in Prague.
