Junior Quant Investment Analyst (Equities)

Company Introduction

Polymer Capital Management is a market-neutral, multi-manager investment platform based in and focused on Asia. Polymer combines established institutional support and deep knowledge of local financial markets with a dedication to discovering and developing the region's best investment talent. Polymer was established in conjunction with PAG, one of the world's largest Asia-focused alternative asset managers, in 2019.

Job Responsibilities

The successful candidate will directly work with the Portfolio Manager running a quantamental/systematic equity book to help to build, test, and scale alpha-generating strategies in the secondary stock market.

Key Responsibilities:

• Model & Infrastructure: Build, optimize, and maintain robust data pipelines, cross-sectional basis and multi-factor backtesting frameworks, and quantitative models.
• Data Analysis: Explore, scrape, clean, and analyze large traditional and alternative datasets to extract actionable insights.
• Strategy Research: Work one-on-one with the PM to test investment hypotheses, applying statistical rigor and time-series analysis to secondary equity markets.
• Signal Research: Research and implement mid-frequency cross-sectional alpha signals, incorporating transaction cost analysis (TCA) and capacity constraints.
• Automation: Streamline daily portfolio management workflows and risk monitoring processes.

Requirements

• Exceptional Coding Skills: High proficiency in Python (Pandas, NumPy, Scikit-learn) and SQL. Python engineering (threading, processing, asyncio).
• Strong technical skills: Advanced stats, machine learning. Experience with AI is a plus.
• Interest in the Markets: A genuine, demonstrable interest in the secondary stock market and equity fundamentals. You should be excited about how markets work.
• Strong Academic Background: A degree in a highly quantitative field (CS, Math, Physics, Engineering, or Finance) from a top-tier university.
• Experience: up to 3 years of experience in quantitative research, data science, or software engineering role (outstanding fresh graduates are welcome to apply).

Benefits

Why join us?

• Prime Location: You'll work full time from our centrally located office space in the heart of Hong Kong.
• High-Growth: We have a team of highly ambitious professionals with a strong desire to learn and develop their skills.
• Equal opportunity employer: We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
• Global exposure: With six offices and three affiliate offices around the region, Polymer teams work together to solve meaningful problems at scale.
• Dynamic and Collaborative Environment: Opportunity to work with industry leaders and experts to engage in exciting projects and fulfilling challenges.

Some of our Benefits

• Paid Annual Leave
• Medical Group Insurance
• In-built Gym facility
• DEI and Philanthropy Initiatives
• Professional Learning & Development Opportunities