Senior Systematic Trader — U.S. Equities — Boston

This fully remote Senior Systematic Trader — U.S. Equities opening serves Boston, MA and will own daily oversight and continued improvement of systematic U.S.-equity trading. Applicants must be based in the Boston, MA area. The position adds Eastern Time research challenge before the open and throughout the U.S. trading session.

Compensation and Benefits

Base salary: $225,000–$325,000 USD, based on experience
Work arrangement: Fully remote; applicants must be based in the Boston, MA area
Experience: 7+ years
Additional compensation: Performance-bonus and equity eligibility based on role and level

About the Role

This opening gives the Boston, MA hire responsibility for live strategy supervision, exposure limits, execution review, incident response, and controlled production experiments, with operating coverage focused on Eastern Time research challenge before the open and throughout the U.S. trading session. You will connect research, engineering, trading, and risk without hiding uncertainty or operational tradeoffs.

Boston Operating Focus

The Boston opening emphasizes rigorous quantitative review, explicit uncertainty, and reproducible evidence. Independent challenge is built into the research schedule before any production decision. The opening must show how a conclusion changes under alternative samples, costs, and regimes. During live markets, deviations are recorded without forcing an immediate explanation, and later review determines whether the evidence supports a research or operating change. For this role, that means direct ownership of live equity exposure, execution quality, escalation, and post-trade review during Eastern Time research challenge before the open and throughout the U.S. trading session.

First Review Cycle

For the first complete work cycle in Boston, MA, you will use Eastern Time research challenge before the open and throughout the U.S. trading session to test how the team measures and escalates changes in live equity exposure, execution quality, escalation, and post-trade review. You will first complete this task: Investigate slippage, drift, and unusual market behavior. You will then complete this task: Define escalation and controlled-shutdown procedures. The Boston opening emphasizes rigorous quantitative review, explicit uncertainty, and reproducible evidence. An unexpected result stays open until the evidence supports a disposition. The closing record identifies the evidence, approval, limit, and next test. A second specialist must be able to evaluate live strategy supervision, exposure limits, execution review, incident response, and controlled production experiments from the same starting facts.

Responsibilities

• Monitor strategies, exposures, limits, and execution quality
• Investigate slippage, drift, and unusual market behavior
• Define escalation and controlled-shutdown procedures
• Work with research on production experiments and post-trade review
• Own live equity exposure, execution quality, escalation, and post-trade review during Eastern Time research challenge before the open and throughout the U.S. trading session.

Required Qualifications

• Seven or more years in systematic trading or electronic markets
• Direct experience with U.S.-equity execution and market structure
• Calm, documented decision-making under live-market pressure

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supervising multiple systematic strategies in production
• Knowledge of broker controls, market incidents, and trading-system recovery
• Experience collaborating across time zones while maintaining the operating coverage assigned to the Boston, MA opening.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision plan options with substantial company support
• 401(k) plan with company matching
• Flexible paid time off and company holidays
• Paid parental and caregiver leave
• Annual learning, conference, and professional-development budget
• Remote-work equipment and home-office support
• Performance-bonus and equity eligibility based on role and level

Benefits are subject to plan terms and eligibility requirements.

Equal Opportunity

Anemoi provides equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other status protected by applicable law.