RTI Researcher
Company Overview
hermeneutic Investments is a best-in-class proprietary trading firm and hedge fund. It deploys research-driven discretionary and systematic strategies as well as makes strategic long-term investments. The partners' decade-long history of success in trading and business building and a firm-wide cultural emphasis on alpha generation, open debate, relentless iteration, and teamwork are key to the firm's continued expansion in a challenging market environment that has hamstrung competitors. A hard-wired emphasis on risk management and opportunistic market participation ensure that hermeneutic Investments will continue its growth trajectory in the coming decades.
Job Overview
We are seeking researchers for our real-time information team. You see the opportunity in generating alpha from real-time events. You possess a rational aptitude for interpreting how news originates, disseminates, and affects prices. You are a strategic thinker who can distinguish signal from noise. You have a growth mindset and consistently become faster and smarter. You have potential or credentials at software development or math.
Responsibilities
- Basic science - Identify market-moving news signals by observation and querying of news and market data.
- Historical analysis - Catalog, study, and model the market impact of news signals.
- Scheduled event focus - Create calendar of important events, watch them live.
- Real-Time monitoring - Watch newsfeeds and alert traders/researchers to time-sensitive updates.
- Manage automated news alerts - Backtest, stress-test, and deploy high precision/recall automated alerts for themes of interest. Then, pay attention to changing market conditions and update as necessary.
- Develop market competence - Internalize context and pricing for liquid crypto assets