Garda Capital Partners

Quantitative Researcher

Garda Capital Partners  •  Zug, CH (Onsite)  •  19 hours ago
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Job Description

Garda Capital Partners (Garda) is a multi-billion dollar alternative investment firm with over 22 years of experience deploying relative value strategies across fixed income markets for institutional investors. We hire, grow, and mentor great talent and remain steadfast in our commitment to building a culture that helps them succeed. Garda is more than a workplace. We are built on trust, integrity, and a shared vision for how we work together, the enduring relationships we build, and the consistency of our results. Garda's primary offices are located in Wayzata, New York City, West Palm Beach, Geneva, Zug, Copenhagen, Singapore, and Scottsdale.

Garda is looking to hire a Quantitative Researcher to join the Quantitative Investment Research team in Geneva or Zug. The ideal candidate has 1 to 4 years of relevant experience and a strong understanding of the end-to-end systematic trading strategy pipeline, from research and design through to implementation and monitoring. The role involves working closely with portfolio managers and technology teams, contributing to solutions for trading and risk systems, and engaging directly with the analytics used in live trading.

Position Responsibilities

  • Contribute to the development of data-driven trading strategies across the full lifecycle, from research and prototyping through to production implementation.
  • Participate in the research process end-to-end, including data collection and analysis, signal generation, back-testing, and performance monitoring.
  • Collaborate with portfolio managers and technology teams to integrate quantitative research into investment decisions and risk management.

Qualifications & Desired Skills

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in statistics, financial engineering, applied math, computer science, or a similar quantitative or technical discipline.
  • 1 to 4 years of experience in quantitative research, systematic trading, or a related field.
  • Exceptional quantitative & programming skills in Python. Comfortable using AI coding assistants such as Claude Code or similar tools.
  • Wide knowledge of fixed income markets strongly preferred, other asset classes is a plus.
  • Strong communication skills.
  • Ability to work independently.
  • Intellectual curiosity and motivation to innovate and improve.
  • Experience with trade execution and order management is a plus.

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Garda Capital Partners

About Garda Capital Partners

Garda Capital Partners has over 22 years of experience deploying relative value strategies across fixed income markets for institutional investors.

Garda embraces one investment strategy with one focus: Protect and grow capital for institutional investors who entrust their money to Garda so they can deliver on their promises to their stakeholders. Garda's approach to fixed income relative value investing and their integrity, has earned the trust of investors and counterparties over many market cycles.

Garda's primary offices are in Wayzata, Minnesota; New York City, New York; Scottsdale, Arizona; Palm Beach Gardens, Florida; Geneva and Zug, Switzerland; Copenhagen, Denmark; and Singapore.

Please be aware that Garda does not solicit, and will not accept, investments from the general public. Any such solicitations, including via social media platforms or messaging apps such as Facebook Chat and Telegram, are fake.

Refer to the “Important notice” on our website www.gardacp.com for more information.

Industry
Finance & Insurance
Company Size
201-500 employees
Headquarters
Wayzata, Minnesota
Year Founded
2015
Website
gardacp.com
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