Senior Portfolio Manager / Quantitative Researcher – Intraday Trading Strategy

Optiver ·Shanghai, China·Posted 27 April 2026

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WHAT YOU'LL DO As a Senior Portfolio Manager / Quantitative Researcher on our Shanghai team, you'll lead the development of systematic intraday strategies that capture opportunities from minute to hour horizons across a range of asset classes. You'll own the full research-to-production lifecycle and have direct impact on live trading performance. You can expect to: Lead alpha research: generate ideas, discover signals, and decide what's worth pursuing at intraday horizons Build and validate models: design predictive models tailored to intraday dynamics and ensure robustness through rigorous backtesting Construct portfolios: combine signals, manage intraday risk exposures, and optimise for costs, turnover and capacity Drive production & execution: own performance end-to-end and ensure strategies are tradable and aligned with real market microstructure WHO YOU ARE We expect someone who is a driven, passionate and collaborative researcher with a strong track record in systematic intraday trading. To succeed in this role, you'll need: 3+ years of experience in quantitative research or trading, preferably at a proprietary trading firm, with solid production results in live intraday…

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