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title: "Quantitative Researcher (Execution Research)"
company: "AXQ Capital"
company_url: "https://www.remjobs.works/companies/axq-capital"
url: "https://www.remjobs.works/job/axq-capital-quantitative-researcher-execution-research-de12d927-15b6-4148-805a-fe578c286e2e"
apply_url: "https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/axq/jobs/6149705004"
workplace: onsite
location: "New York"
employment_type: unspecified
seniority: mid
role: data
region: united-states
skills: ["python"]
date_posted: 2026-08-24T01:21:25.000Z
first_seen_by_remjobs: 2026-09-15T15:51:59.175Z
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# Quantitative Researcher (Execution Research)

**AXQ Capital** · New York

Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/axq/jobs/6149705004

## About the role

**About Us**

**AXQ Capital** is a global quantitative investment firm with offices in **New York, Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong**. We pursue consistent alpha through rigorous scientific research and sustained investment in technology and data infrastructure. Our strategies are deployed across global markets, spanning multiple geographies, asset classes, and trading horizons.

**Job Duties **

As a Quantitative Researcher focused on execution research, you will work across every layer of our global trading infrastructure, with a clear mandate: sharpen execution quality and turn that edge into net trading profits. Partnering closely with portfolio managers, fellow quantitative researchers, and quantitative developers, you will drive work spanning:

- Building execution analytics and real-time monitoring across dozens of global markets

- Designing, selecting, and live-testing trading algorithms

- Developing backtesting frameworks with robust transaction and impact cost modeling

- Capitalizing on new developments in global exchange structure and alternative liquidity

- Expanding portfolio internalization and optimizing trade scheduling

**Qualifications**

- Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD degree from a top-tier university in a quantitative or technical field, such as math, physics, statistics, or computer science

- 2+ years in algorithmic trading, execution research, or a related role

- Self-motivated and highly productive, with a strong sense of ownership and urgency

- Strong Python skills for conducting research

The anticipated annual base salary range for this position is $150,000 to $200,000, depending on prior experience and qualifications. We offer a competitive total compensation package that includes base salary and an annual discretionary bonus.

**Benefits **

AXQ team members enjoy comprehensive benefits, including:

- Medical, dental, and vision insurance

- 401(k) with employer matching

- Life and disability insurance

- Health savings and flexible spending accounts

- Generous paid time off

- Regular office-provided meals and team events

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