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title: 'Quantitative Researcher at NumerixS Quant'
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# Quantitative Researcher at NumerixS Quant

- **Company:** NumerixS Quant
- **Location:** Vancouver, Canada
- **Compensation:** $160k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-02-03
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-24
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/numerixs-quant/ae69634e-327b-4708-ae73-07fc812ab72b

## Job description

We are a data-driven company with a collegial atmosphere looking for team members who can do great work for application in the algorithmic trading industry.

Our ideal candidate is a PhD graduate with experience in an academic or post-doc research workplace looking to apply their capabilities to the real world. Our approach is to train successful candidates about our industry, markets and products, as such we are looking for people seeking their initial foray in the financial markets.

## About you

You are motivated by intellectual challenges, curiosity, and solving problems. You are performance and results driven. You continuously seek to understand new and better approaches to analyze and interpret ‘dirty’ data to improve investment results. You enjoy coding. You love to see your work put into practice. For individuals currently living outside of Vancouver, we offer relocation assistance.

## What You'll Do

- Drive projects to completion that will contribute to an existing trading strategy
- Write code to automate every aspect of the trading system
- Code in Python and use relational time-series databases (kdb+)
- Analyze ‘dirty’ data sets to identify possible investment signals
- Develop predictive quantities to improve existing trading strategy
- Take charge of your own projects, while collaborating with your colleagues and with the portfolio manager

## What You Bring

- Mandatory: PhD and Advanced Degree/Masters in in mathematics, physics, hard sciences or related fields in quantitative disciplines.
- Highly analytical, keen attention to detail
- Innate curiosity and an exceptional critical thinker who is results-oriented
- Ability to implement your ideas in code
- Programming experience in Python
- Demonstrated expertise in statistics and mathematical modeling
- Strong communications skills (both verbal and written)
- Thrive in a performance-based environment
- Require excellence of yourself and in the work you produce

## Nice to Have

- Experience participating in national or international math, physics or computer science competitions is strongly preferred
- Strong experience with C++, R and kdb+ and working in a Unix environment
- Legally entitled to work in Canada (however for exceptional candidates we can provide immigration assistance)

## What We Offer

- Annual bonus eligibility based on performance
- Extended healthcare coverage*
- Dental and vision care*
- $1,000 per year Health Spending Account (for physiotherapy, massage therapy, and other eligible expenses)*
- RRSP matching up to 9% (maximum annual contribution of $13,250)*
- *After 90 day waiting period; not eligible for internships

## About NumerixS Quant

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: NumerixS Quant is a privately held quantitative trading firm that builds systematic investment strategies by applying rigorous scientific research, machine learning, and advanced data analysis to financial markets.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Privately Held)
- **Headquarters**: Vancouver, Canada
- **Founded**: 2014
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- Primary industry: Investment Management / Quantitative Finance
- Target customers: Likely institutional investors (the firm manages capital using proprietary strategies, though exact client segments are not publicly detailed)
- Mission or purpose: To identify profitable investment strategies through analytical excellence in research and development, grounded in science and driven by technology.

## Products & Services
- **Quantitative Trading Strategies**: A suite of systematic investment strategies developed end-to-end by small, elite teams. Strategies are science-based, forward-looking, and tested against real-world performance (not backtests). The firm uses machine learning, economic, financial, statistical, and high-speed data processing technologies.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding – Not publicly available (company is privately held and no funding rounds have been disclosed)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not publicly available
- **Growth Signals**: The firm has 5 employees (as of LinkedIn data) with a –11.1% YoY headcount change, but has 2 active job postings (Quantitative Developer and Quantitative Analyst) and maintains a selective, high-caliber hiring pipeline. The culture emphasises academic rigor and end-to-end project ownership.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Elite, interdisciplinary team**: Hires post-grads and Ph.D.s in Physics, Math, Engineering, and Computer Science.
- **End-to-end research ownership**: Each team member drives projects from conception through implementation, fostering deep expertise and accountability.
- **Forward-looking, real-world focus**: Strategies are evaluated on live-market performance rather than historical backtests.
- **Academic culture in a business setting**: Combines the intellectual freedom of academia with the resources and impact of an investment firm.
- **Collegial, small-team environment**: Small size enables nimble decision-making and direct collaboration with senior researchers.

## Strategic Focus
- Continue to develop and deploy novel quantitative strategies across global markets.
- Attract and retain top-tier quantitative talent (active recruiting for quantitative development and analysis roles).
- Maintain a lean, high-performance structure that prioritises research excellence and disciplined execution.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Hybrid environment that blends the best of academic research and business application. Intellectually creative yet challenging, with endless curiosity and meaningful collaboration.
- **Work model**: In-office presence required (Vancouver headquarters); travel and accommodation covered for out-of-town candidates.
- **Perks & benefits**: Flexible hours, 15 days paid vacation, medical & dental coverage, RRSP matching, funded health spending account, in-office snacks, light breakfast Tuesdays & Thursdays, Thursday happy hours, Nespresso coffee, semi-casual dress code.
- **Interview process**: Includes a take-home data analysis project (real-world dataset) followed by a 5-minute executive presentation and one-on-one interviews with the quant team. Emphasises problem-solving, technical knowledge (probability, algorithms, statistics), and communication.
- **Team size**: Approximately 5 employees, offering significant individual impact and exposure to senior leadership.

## Sources
1. [numerixsquant.com](https://numerixsquant.com/)
2. [numerixsquant.com/careers.php](https://numerixsquant.com/careers.php)
3. [jobs.ashbyhq.com](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/numerixs-quant)
4. [linkedin.com](https://ca.linkedin.com/company/numerixs)

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