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# Senior Quantitative Researcher: MFE at Maven

- **Company:** Maven
- **Location:** Monaco
- **Posted:** 2026-08-03
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/mavensecuritiesholdingltd/jobs/8102585

## Job description

Maven’s Systematic Equities team deploys research-driven strategies across global equity markets, powered by some of the most advanced technology available. Our approach to trading is scientific and process-driven, with a strong emphasis on a flexible research environment, providing us with efficient means to rapidly develop, test, and deploy new ideas. We empower our team members and maximise their ability to succeed by offering an environment that is open, collaborative, and supportive. We value creativity and are aggressive to capitalise on opportunities.

The role:

We are seeking a Senior Quantitative Researcher to join a systematic equities investment team. The role focuses on the research, development, and implementation of quantitative equity strategies across global developed markets. The successful candidate will contribute across the full investment research lifecycle, including data acquisition, alpha signal research, portfolio construction, backtesting, production implementation, and ongoing strategy monitoring.

Job Description

- Conduct quantitative research to develop alpha signals for systematic equity strategies across global markets, including developed and emerging markets.
- Research and implement cross-sectional equity signals using traditional financial data, alternative datasets, and advanced statistical or machine learning techniques.
- Design, test, and improve idiosyncratic, factor-neutral and long/short  systematic strategies.
- Evaluate alpha signals and strategies through rigorous backtesting, performance attribution, robustness analysis, and out-of-sample testing.
- Apply machine learning methods such as tree-based models, graphical models, NLP, explainable AI, dimensionality reduction, and network-based approaches to investment research.
- Collaborate with portfolio managers, researchers, data engineers, and technology teams to translate research ideas into production-ready investment strategies.
- Contribute to the development of internal research tools, analytics platforms, and model evaluation frameworks.
- Stay current with academic and industry developments in quantitative finance, machine learning, alternative data, and systematic investing.

Required Qualifications

- Advanced degree (Masters or Ph.D.) in a quantitative discipline such as mathematics, statistics, computer science, engineering, physics, economics, financial engineering.
- 8+ years experience in quantitative research, systematic equities, asset management, hedge funds, proprietary trading, or a related investment environment
- Strong understanding of equity markets, factor investing, alpha research, portfolio construction, and risk management
- Strong programming skills, preferably in Python, with experience working with large financial datasets and research infrastructure.
- Solid knowledge of statistics, econometrics, machine learning, optimization, and time-series or cross-sectional modelling.
- Ability to work independently across the full research lifecycle, from idea generation to live deployment.
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain complex quantitative concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Academic teaching, publishing, or thought leadership in machine learning, quantitative finance, or systematic investing is a plus.

## About Maven

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Maven Securities is a market-leading proprietary trading firm that allocates internal capital between discretionary, systematic, and market-making strategies across global financial markets.
- **Entity Type**: Private
- **Headquarters**: London, England, United Kingdom
- **Founded**: 2011
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- Primary industry/industries: Financial Services, Proprietary Trading, Market Making, Technology
- Target customers: B2B (institutional), with the firm trading only its own capital (no external clients)
- Mission or purpose statement: To be a market-leading proprietary trading business committed to realizing the full potential of its people, combining effective risk management with advanced technology to achieve trading excellence and consistent returns.

## Products & Services
Maven operates as a multi-strategy proprietary trading firm. Its core activities include:
- **Discretionary Trading**: Fundamental long/short equity strategies across global markets, managed by Portfolio Managers.
- **Systematic Trading**: Quantitative strategies driven by data, research, and algorithms, including systematic equities.
- **Market Making**: Providing liquidity in options and other financial instruments across European, US, and Asian markets.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (privately held)
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue of $10.1M (estimated by LinkedIn); Total Funding: Not applicable (bootstrapped with internal capital)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not applicable (privately held, uses only group capital)
- **Growth Signals**:
    - Headcount of 312 employees, with a yearly growth of +13.6% (+48 people) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/maven-securities)
    - Active job postings have increased by +217.6% year-over-year [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/maven-securities)
    - Operates in 11 countries across 10 offices, including London (HQ), New York, Chicago, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Monaco, and Singapore [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/maven-securities)
    - Strong talent pipeline from top competitors like Optiver, IMC Trading, Jane Street, and Morgan Stanley [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/maven-securities)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Pure Proprietary Trading**: Maven trades only its own capital, eliminating conflicts of interest and allowing for long-term strategic thinking without external pressure.
- **Technology-First Approach**: The firm considers itself as much a technology firm as a trading firm, investing heavily in advanced technology, data, and infrastructure to empower its traders and strategies [mavensecurities.com](https://www.mavensecurities.com/about-us/).
- **Multi-Strategy Platform**: The ability to allocate capital across discretionary, systematic, and market-making strategies provides diversification and resilience.
- **Strong Talent Magnet**: Attracts top talent from leading trading and financial firms globally, indicating a strong reputation and competitive compensation culture [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/maven-securities).
- **Conservative Risk Management**: Meticulous and attentive execution paired with conservative risk management is a core part of their operational philosophy [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/maven-securities).

## Strategic Focus
- **Continued Global Expansion**: Opening and growing offices in key financial hubs like Chicago, Amsterdam, and Hong Kong, indicating a focus on capturing market share in US and Asian markets.
- **Technology Investment**: Heavy ongoing investment in technology roles (C++, Python, FPGA, Kubernetes, Linux, Network Engineering) to maintain a competitive edge in speed, data analysis, and infrastructure [job-boards.greenhouse.io](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/mavensecuritiesholdingltd).
- **Talent Acquisition**: A massive surge in hiring (+1700% monthly job posting trend) suggests aggressive scaling across all areas, particularly in quantitative research, trading, and technology [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/maven-securities).
- **ESG and DEI Commitment**: Actively allocating capital and employee time to environmental, societal, and diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, signaling a focus on sustainable and ethical growth [mavensecurities.com](https://www.mavensecurities.com/about-us/).

## Why Work Here
- **High-Impact Environment**: Work directly with internal capital on sophisticated trading strategies, with a flat structure that values autonomy and ownership.
- **Technology-Driven Culture**: A strong emphasis on engineering and technology as core to the business, offering challenging roles in C++, Python, FPGA, and platform engineering.
- **Global Opportunities**: With offices in London, New York, Chicago, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, and Monaco, there are opportunities for international mobility and exposure to global markets.
- **Strong Compensation**: Competitive compensation is implied by the firm's ability to attract talent from top-tier firms like Jane Street, Optiver, and Goldman Sachs [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/maven-securities).
- **Values-Driven**: The firm explicitly values integrity, humility, creativity, and discipline, aiming to balance bold ambition with a modest and supportive culture [mavensecurities.com](https://www.mavensecurities.com/our-values/).
- **Work Policy**: Likely hybrid/office-based given the nature of trading (roles in Chicago, London, Amsterdam, New York, and Hong Kong are clearly location-specific).
- **Employee Rating**: 4.1/5.0 on LinkedIn (108 reviews), with high marks for Work-Life (3.9), Compensation (3.8), and Culture (3.5) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/maven-securities).

## Sources
1. [Maven Securities - About Us](https://www.mavensecurities.com/about-us/)
2. [Maven Securities - Our Values](https://www.mavensecurities.com/our-values/)
3. [Maven Securities - Job Openings (Greenhouse)](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/mavensecuritiesholdingltd)
4. [Maven Securities - LinkedIn Company Page](https://www.linkedin.com/company/maven-securities)

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