Quant Trader

Are you a Systematic Options Trader looking to join one of the most prestigious buy-side quantitative hedge funds in a risk-management role

My client has an open role on the team that supports their Systematic Options function and are aggressively hiring in this area for this summer.

Reach out today if you have relevant experience and would like to learn more.

Compensation

$400000 - $700000 Total Compensation depending on level of experience.

Fully covered Medical Dental and Vision Insurance.

Excellent 401(k) matching program.

Relocation is fully covered.

Whats the Job

This team engineers/improves the systematic strategies the Quantitative Researchers put in place. You are not making speculative/discretionary decisions but rather improving the underlying processes (risk pricing execution quality alpha position entry/management) which in turn improves P&L.

This role is high-volume small-risk trading. Key strengths needed are stats and market microstructure and the ability to analyze massive data sets draw conclusions and tweak parameters/positions accordingly.

Operational excellence is central: improving tooling/controls debugging connectivity issues with routers etc.

Develop comprehensive expertise in the automated liquidity-provision business collaborating closely with latency-focused engineers signal researchers reliability engineers quoting researchers and platform developers.

Discover novel approaches to instrumenting and quantifying current automated trading behaviors to improve engagement and returns. Continuously explore better methods of tracking both internal activity and that of rival firms.

Steer the development of the trading platform and the individual strategies that comprise it.

Respond to large market movements and shifts in market conditions as they happen by tuning a blend of quoting risk appetite and strategy settings.

Detect areas where the firm is under-engaged relative to available opportunity and design an approach to address it.

Maintain a high standard of execution across every dimension of the role.

Take ownership of defining and calibrating risk-control safeguards with decision-making authority over trading operations.

Qualifications

You must have a degree from a top university ideally in a STEM field.

The ideal candidate will have at least 3 years of experience.

Experience building and operating complex trading strategies in a Systematic Options Trading environment.

You do not need to know a specific programming language as long as you are a fundamentally excellent engineer. You will likely know Python Java C KDB etc

Location

This role is located in Miami and you will be on site five days a week. You must be open to relocation for this role.

Who Are They

My client is one of the most sought-after quantitative finance firms in the world to work for. They offer many opportunities for growth learning and career advancement. They are also well-known for stability and consistent performance in the industry.

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