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Mercator LLC, a small quantitative trading firm based in Chicago, seeks to hire a researcher to help develop new proprietary automated trading strategies.

The person hired for this position would be responsible for analyzing and modeling large sets of financial data in collaboration with other members of the research group.

Requirements:

• PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics, or related field;
• good understanding of modern statistical techniques;
• experience with large data sets;
• ability to code in C/C++; knowledge of Splus helpful.
• No financial experience necessary.

• Competitive base salary;
• performance bonus;
• full heath benefits;
• excellent retirement plan after 2 years of employment.