Full-time

Quantitative Researcher, Commodities

Posted by BHFT • abu dhabi, abu dhabi, United-Arab-Emirates

📍 abu dhabi, abu dhabi 🕒 March 01, 2026

About the Role

Responsibilities
  • Develop HFT and MFT trading strategies on CME and ICE commodities inter- and intra-spread markets focused on volume and P&L via our prop. trading platform.
  • Run backtesting and spread strategy portfolio optimisations work within the quant team on enriching ML pipeline and statistical tools;
  • Analyse historical and live market data to identify opportunities and spread dislocations;
  • Tune and debug models under realistic market conditions including bid/ask spreads market noise slipage.
Qualifications
  • Strong skills in statistics probability and time-series analysis;
  • Background in a top-tier proprietary trading firm or hedge fund is strongly preferred;
  • A proven track record in energy commodities (particularly oil & gas);
  • Experience in developing and supporting fully systematic trading strategies with holding periods ranging from minutes to a few hours;
  • Proficiency in Python...

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