Athena is looking for talented individuals to perform quantitative research. This position is challenging and potentially very rewarding, requiring excellent quantitative skills, programming experience and the desire necessary to beat the market. You will join a group of a highly skilled professionals focused on developing cutting-edge trading strategies.

Position Description

Our firm specializes in fully automated trading. We have developed a best-in-class automated trading platform, featuring not only direct market access to most major financial exchanges, but a complete system for developing and automating trading strategies. Your role will be to assist in developing quantitative strategies among a team of experienced individuals.

Requirements

Candidates should have all of the following:

• Degree from a top-tier school in a technical, scientific, and/or quantitative field
• Experience with a major object oriented programming language (C++ / Java / C# preferred)
• Experience working with Unix-based systems
• Strong desire to conquer the challenge of outperforming other financial market participants
• Self-motivated, hard working, creative and competitive personality
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Track record of achievement and success

Desired Skills

• Statistical modeling, time series, or other data modeling experience
• C++, bash, Matlab, Ruby, or Lua: expertise with any of these is a plus

Compensation

We treat ourselves well:

• Competitive base salary
• Opportunity to earn large bonus, based on performance
• Four weeks of paid vacation
• Complete health coverage including dental
• 401(k) plan
• Flexible spending account
• Tuition and educational reimbursement
• Direct access to senior personnel
• Frequent company outings
• Free snacks, drinks, and fresh fruit

About Us

Athena Capital Research LLC is a quantitative investment manager. We specialize in developing fully automated, computerized trading that profits from doing a high volume of trades where we statistically have an advantage. We are looking for excellent people with strong technical and mathematical skills, combined with a desire to reap the rewards that come from innovating in financial markets.

Our high-performance, distributed systems can crank data through models and generate buy/sell decisions faster and better than other market participants. Creating these high-performance systems takes true passion for software and technology. We have an order of magnitude more machines than people, manage networks across several geographic locations, sift through terabytes of data daily, regularly use several different programming languages, write programs that generate programs, and do it all in pursuit of being the best investment and trading firm in the world.

Located in New York City (Manhattan), we have been in business since 2003. Our office environment is casual and collegial, with a team-oriented, “work hard, play hard” spirit. We combine the excitement of a start-up with a multi-year track record of impressive profits and the potential upside of a hedge fund. We strive to provide an environment where talented people can contribute and continue to grow professionally and personally.

If qualified and interested, please send an email to jobs+tsd@athenacr.com with job title in the subject line.