Cantab Capital Partners is a quantitative hedge fund based in Cambridge. We apply statistical and mathematical methods to a wide variety of markets to generate returns for our investors.

Our business was launched in 2006, we are fully funded and have a highly talented team in place. We have access to some of the most sophisticated technologies and data on Wall Street, including high-frequency multithreaded and distributed engines, fast synchronised databases, financial analytic libraries, and purpose-tailored languages.

To join us, you will need to be super-smart, numerate, hardworking and self-starting. We are seeking to fill entry level positions in the following areas although the jobs are not mutually exclusive.

Quantitative Analyst

You will be responsible for developing algorithms which track or predict price changes across a wide variety of markets. A background in time series analysis, statistics, economics, digital signal processing, reinforced learning algorithms, portfolio theory or applied mathematics will be an important feature of your CV. Programming will be an integral part of your job and you should have experience of at least one and preferably two of C, C++, C#, php, Perl, Python, S-PLUS/R or Matlab.

Programmer

You will be responsible for designing and building an environment in which the Quantitative Analysts can design and build trading algorithms. You will be a "hacker". You will be able to program in four or more computer languages. You probably program for fun at home. You may have contributed to open source projects. You learn quickly and produce masses of beautiful code in a short period of time. User interface design experience is a plus. Your education may be computer science or ancient greek but at heart you are a geek.

Salary is negotiable depending on experience. Talented and successful employees will be eligible for a discretionary bonus.

Send a CV and a covering email describing yourself and your personal goals with regards to this position to jobs@cantabcapital.com