About us
Astratinvest Financial Advisors Private Limited is a Mumbai-based, SEBI-registered Category III Alternative Investment Fund (Reg. No. IN/AIF3/25-26/1795) running systematic, quantitative long-short strategies across Indian equity and derivatives markets. We're a small, research-first team building fully automated multi-frequency trading systems from the ground up.
We're looking for a Quant Researcher to design, test, and deploy systematic trading strategies alongside our founding team. You'll own ideas end-to-end, from hypothesis and data through backtest, live deployment, and scaling.
Responsibilities (include, but are not limited to, the following):
● Research statistical relationships and predictive signals using quantitative techniques and models
● Analyse large datasets to identify a new set of alphas and provide analytics on existing live trades
● Research and apply concepts from academic journals and financial literature, translating them into fully automated trading strategies using a range of historical price, volume, and tick-level inputs
● Build models and deploy high-, mid-, and low-frequency trading strategies across equity, derivatives, and commodities (NSE / MCX), as we expand into new markets
● Research portfolio construction and risk-allocation techniques
● Back-test ideas rigorously using historical tick-by-tick (TBT) data
● Evaluate strategy performance, make improvements, and scale up successful strategies into live capital
Requirements:
● A degree from a Tier-I technical university (IIT / BITS / NIT / ISI or equivalent)
● A strong background in Python, data structures, algorithms, and problem-solving
● Quantitative aptitude and a genuinely research-oriented mindset
● Prior experience in quantitative research or strategy development in an algorithmic setup (desirable)
● Familiarity with Indian markets and market microstructure (a plus)
● Strong work ethic: self-motivated, curious, and hard-working
What we offer:
● Competitive compensation and transparent business terms
● Robust, low-latency trading infrastructure for developing low-, mid-, and high-frequency strategies
● Access to multiple asset classes across Indian equity, derivatives, and MCX commodities, with active expansion into new markets and instruments
● Direct mentorship from the CIO and founding team, with real ownership from day one
● A nimble, flat structure that cuts bureaucracy, so your research reaches live capital fast
● Exposure to cutting-edge work in quantitative finance, statistics, and portfolio management
● A friendly work culture with a genuine focus on your development as a researcher