Head of Quant✦ anywhere

Who We Are

NEXT Ventures is where ambition takes shape and momentum becomes movement. As a global platform revolutionising access to performance-based capital, we empower the world’s most driven individuals to rise. Through our flagship brand, FundedNext, we empower dreamers to become doers, and potential to turn into performance. With 500+ driven minds across five countries, we power a global rhythm—220,000+ daily users from 170+ nations, each chasing greatness in their own way.
How You’ll Make an Impact
Build the Quant Stack (0 → 1)

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Design and develop the full trading system:

- Data pipeline

- Backtesting framework

- Execution infrastructure

- Monitoring & analytics

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Work with tick-level and real-time trading data

Develop & Run Trading Strategies

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Build and deploy systematic strategies (MM / stat arb / execution)

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Optimize execution, slippage, and liquidity usage

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Continuously iterate strategies based on performance

Monetize Trading Flow

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Extract value from trading flow and user behavior

- Design hedging and internalization logic

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Identify and exploit inefficiencies across cohorts

Signal & Data Layer

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Generate signals from:

- Market data

- Trader behavior and cohorts

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Build and maintain backtesting and evaluation frameworks

Sim → Live Pipeline

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Transition strategies from simulation to live trading

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Monitor performance, risk, and capital efficiency

- Continuously improve strategy robustness

Ownership

- Own strategy performance and PnL

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Operate independently in a fast-moving environment

- Build and lead the quant team over time

What You Bring
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Must Have

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Proven experience building end-to-end trading systems (0→1)

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Strong programming skills (Python required; C++ is a plus)

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Hands-on experience in:

- Market making OR

- Statistical arbitrage OR

- Execution strategies

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Deep understanding of:

- Market microstructure

- Liquidity, spreads, and slippage

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Experience taking strategies from idea → backtest → live

Strong Plus

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Experience in:

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CFD brokers / market making / central risk book

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Multi-asset trading (FX, equities, crypto, futures)

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Familiarity with:

- Tick-level data

- Low-latency systems

- Time-series databases (e.g. KDB)

Your Journey after Applying
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30 minute HR interview with the Talent Acquisition team member

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45 minute Session (with talent acquisition team & department front line manager)

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60-minute Final Interview Session (with head of department & talent acquisition lead)

Why Join NEXT?

This is a rare opportunity to build a hedge-fund-grade system from the ground up, backed by the data and capital of one of the world's fastest-growing prop firms. You will not be a cog in a machine; you will be the engine builder.

The future of fintech is algorithmic. Come build it with us.

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