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Cerberus Capital Management

PhD Degree Required - Quantitative Analyst/Programmer, Mortgage Trading Desk (RMBS)

Cerberus Capital Management

New York, NY · full time

$140,000 – $215,000

Listed on Cerberus Capital Management’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.

What this role is

A quantitative analyst role on a mortgage trading desk at a major alternative investment firm, building analytics tools and models for portfolio managers. This suits PhD graduates in quantitative fields who want to apply advanced mathematics and programming to real-time trading and risk management.

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What they ask for

Required

  • PhD in quantitative field (mathematics, statistics, physics, engineering, or operations research)
  • Strong analytical and mathematical skills
  • Fluency in at least one programming language

Nice to have

  • Experience with SQL or Python
  • Experience working with large datasets

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