Market Analyst / Quantitative Researcher (Event-Driven Trading)

Company & Culture

EXANTE is a pioneering wealth tech company that delivers cutting-edge centralized trading solutions and robust B2B financial infrastructure, driving value through innovative technology. Our bespoke, internally engineered trading platform provides seamless access to a diverse range of financial instruments, including stocks, ETFs, bonds, futures, and options, all within a single, multi-currency account.

As a rapidly expanding global firm with over 700 talented employees from 70+ nationalities across 70 locations, we are a frontrunner in the financial sector. Our investment priorities are clear: We prioritize investing in our most valuable asset—our people. Join us in shaping the future of finance.

About The Role

We are looking for a Market Analyst with strong hands-on trading experience to support strategy development and execution across global financial markets.

Reporting Line: Product Owner

Worksite: Limassol, Cyprus 

Responsibilities

• Strategy Research & Design: Discover, formulate, and rigorously backtest systematic trading strategies across international markets (equities, derivatives, cryptocurrencies), with a core focus on news-driven and intraday anomalies.
• News Impact Analysis: Identify and evaluate high-impact news streams (e.g., Bloomberg, Twitter/X), clearly distinguishing between priced-in expectations, market noise, and true market movers.
• Data-Driven Validation: Utilize quantitative tools, historical tick data, and professional data feeds to test trading hypotheses, evaluate win rates, and prove statistical edge before automation.
• Tech Collaboration: Translate validated market hypotheses into strict mathematical logic (if-then-else rules). Formulate detailed technical requirements for developers and ML engineers to automate execution and build NLP sentiment indicators.
• Algorithmic Risk Management: Design risk parameters, position sizing rules, and hedging logic to be implemented within automated trading systems, continuously monitoring execution quality.

Qualifications

• Proven hands-on trading or quantitative research experience over multiple years (not only project involvement or courses), ideally with a focus on event-driven or algorithmic trading.
• Expertise in news filtering with a keen ability to assess market significance, context, and statistical surprises across traditional finance and crypto.
• Strong data analysis skills with hands-on experience in Python (Pandas, NumPy) and SQL to independently process large datasets (e.g., tick data, news timestamps) and backtest strategies.
• Deep understanding of market microstructure, including quantitative execution mechanics, slippage, latency, order book depth, and liquidity dynamics during high-volatility events.
• Strong understanding of market cycles, cross-asset correlations, and statistical market anomalies (moving beyond purely visual manual trading).
• Experience collaborating with developer teams on algorithmic trading strategies and automation.
• Familiarity with AI/NLP-driven tools for market sentiment analysis and research is a strong plus.
• Genuine, long-term immersion in trading, market analysis, and quantitative research.

Personality / Mindset

• Integrity & loyalty
• Team player with advanced communication and collaboration skills
• A hands-on, can-do attitude - always looking for solutions and thinking out of the box
• Overachiever mentality
• Capability to work and succeed in the fast pace and ever-changing environment
  
  

We Offer

• Competitive salary 
• Corporate benefits (choose your preferred options)
• Truly inspiring culture, pleasant and informal work environment
• Ongoing education & training programs
• Opportunity to network and connect in the Corporate Events
• Global career opportunities

A group of disruptive technology experts created EXANTE. With an impressive track record in the industry and knowledge of the markets, our systems are built to democratize access to global financial instruments for professional traders and institutional investors.

Through our robust, cutting-edge trading platforms, you can offer clients access to comprehensive, global financial instruments and investment possibilities while keeping their data safe and private.

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