Careers / Expressions of interest

Help investigate
the boundaries
of market efficiency.

We want to hear from people who combine scientific judgment with the ability to build, test and revise. The work begins with a difficult, falsifiable question.

Introduce yourself

01 / Areas of contributionRole profiles · expressions of interest

These profiles describe the capabilities we intend to develop. They are invitations to express interest, not advertised vacancies or a commitment to funded positions, employment terms or a hiring timetable.

Quantitative Research

Ask the question. Challenge the answer.

Statistical inference, financial econometrics, microstructure and time-series analysis.

Develop mechanism-based hypotheses, matched controls and credible evaluation designs. Know what a result can—and cannot—identify.

Research Engineering

Make the evidence reproducible.

Python, high-performance data processing, distributed systems and experiment infrastructure.

Build bounded, restartable pipelines and dependable artifacts. Treat provenance, failure recovery and numerical checks as part of the research.

Market Data & Microstructure

Establish what the market actually reveals.

Exchange protocols, order-book reconstruction, event timing, data quality and execution simulation.

Qualify observables and information sets. Distinguish a feed artifact, a displayed-book response and an economically meaningful market mechanism.

AI Research Infrastructure

Increase throughput without lowering the standard.

Reliable agent workflows, code verification, evaluations and constrained automation.

Connect bounded research tasks to tested code and reviewable evidence. Measure quality and correction burden, not just output volume.

02 / Introduce yourselfThinking before credentials

Show us how
you think.

A short questionnaire about your background and research judgment. Concise answers are welcome. Please do not send proprietary work, sensitive personal information or unpaid research deliverables.

Join the research

Show us how you approach a question.

This is an expression of interest, rather than an advertised vacancy. Concise answers are welcome. We ask for your reasoning, not an unpaid research project.

Allow around 10–15 minutes. Please do not share confidential work, proprietary code or sensitive personal information.

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You can read the questionnaire below. Please use our contact page to enquire about research opportunities.

01 Basic details

Full name

Area of interest

Country or time zone

A country, city or time zone is enough. No street address.

LinkedIn Optional

A complete HTTPS link.

GitHub Optional

A complete HTTPS link.

Website or research portfolio Optional

A complete HTTPS link. Leave blank if you do not have one.

02 Research background

What are your main technical strengths?

A short paragraph or a few bullet points is enough. Up to 1,200 characters.

Relevant research or engineering experience

Academic, independent and practical work all count. Up to 1,800 characters.

Link to representative work Optional

Public or explicitly shareable work only. Do not upload confidential materials.

03 Scientific thinking

You observe a persistent price difference between two exchanges. What are three explanations that could prevent it from being a genuine arbitrage opportunity?

Explain mechanisms rather than calculate a strategy. Up to 1,500 characters.

How would you test whether a statistical signal has economic value after execution costs and realistic market constraints?

Outline the evidence and controls you would want. Up to 1,500 characters.

What research question in market microstructure, systematic trading or financial economics would you most like to investigate, and why?

A specific question and its motivation are enough. Up to 1,500 characters.

Anything else you would like us to know? Optional

For example, an accessibility need or your preferred way to contribute. Up to 1,200 characters.

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