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Hong Kong

Quantitative Researcher – PhD Graduate (Asia)

Graduate Program
Finance
Finance
Posted:
December 29, 2025

Citadel

Multi-strategy hedge fund asset manager
74.2
Palpable Score
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At Citadel, our mission is to be the most successful investment team in the world. Quantitative Researchers play a key role in this mission by developing next-generation models and trading approaches for a range of investment strategies. You’ll get to challenge the impossible in quantitative research by applying sophisticated and complex statistical techniques to financial markets, some of the most complex data sets in the world.

Your Objectives

Your Skills & Talents

Opportunities available in Hong Kong and Singapore.

About the company

Citadel

Company overview
Citadel is a multi-strategy alternative investment manager that runs hedge fund strategies across global markets. The Citadel organisation also includes Citadel Securities, a market-making firm that provides liquidity across asset classes and trading venues. The work spans investing, trading, quantitative research, software engineering, and a large set of supporting functions like risk, operations, legal, and finance. Citadel recruits heavily from top universities and competes in the same talent market as elite quant and trading firms.

Locations and presence

Citadel and Citadel Securities have major hubs in the United States and an international footprint across Europe and Asia-Pacific, including global finance centres. Roles are typically office-based due to the trading and collaboration model, with location depending on team and strategy.

Palpable Score

74.2
/ 100
Citadel provides high-quality early-career entry through structured internships and named programs across investing, quant, and engineering, but access is highly selective and not designed for mass graduate hiring. Citadel is clearer than many finance employers on interview format in key tracks and offers strong on-the-job learning, yet pay transparency and published early-career outcomes are limited.
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