Quant Researcher / Developer - AI-Driven Quant Fund - Milan, Italy

We are working with a technology-led quantitative investment fund in Milan that is building systematic, ML-driven trading strategies across equities, options and crypto. The firm is early-stage, well-capitalised, and led by experienced quants and engineers with backgrounds in systematic trading and applied machine learning.

They are now hiring a Quant Researcher / Developer to contribute directly to alpha research, model development and production deployment.

Responsibilities

Research and implement machine learning models for return prediction, volatility forecasting and signal generation

Develop feature engineering pipelines for structured market data and alternative datasets

Work with high-frequency and/or end-of-day time-series data across equities, options and crypto

Collaborate with portfolio management on portfolio construction, risk modelling and execution constraints

Write clean, efficient, production-ready research code and contribute to research infrastructure

Technical Requirements

Strong BSc, MSc or PhD academic background in Machine Learning, Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science or Engineering

Demonstrable experience building ML-based models for noisy, non-stationary time-series data

Advanced Python skills; experience with PyTorch, TensorFlow, NumPy, pandas, scikit-learn

Solid understanding of statistical learning theory, time-series analysis, optimisation and numerical methods

Nice to Have

C++ or other low-level language experience

Experience with distributed computing or large-scale data pipelines

Prior experience in systematic trading, prop trading or quant funds

Why Join? Start-up culture with genuine roadmap to $1billion AUM

Equity on offer alongside excellent base plus bonus

Machine learning is core to the investment process, not an overlay

Exposure to multiple asset classes within a unified research framework

Opportunity to influence model design, data architecture and research standards

Milan-based role, open to local Italian candidates and international quants willing to relocate to Milan