Senior Systematic Trader — U.S. Equities — New York

This fully remote Senior Systematic Trader — U.S. Equities opening serves New York, NY and will own daily oversight and continued improvement of systematic U.S.-equity trading. Applicants must be based in the New York, NY area. The position adds early U.S. market preparation and the full Eastern Time cash session.

Compensation and Benefits

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

About the Role

This opening gives the New York, NY hire responsibility for live strategy supervision, exposure limits, execution review, incident response, and controlled production experiments, with operating coverage focused on early U.S. market preparation and the full Eastern Time cash session. You will connect research, engineering, trading, and risk without hiding uncertainty or operational tradeoffs.

New York Operating Focus

The New York opening emphasizes fast morning escalation, precise market-open review, and complete end-of-day records. Daily work begins before the cash open with overnight-gap review, scheduled-event checks, and clear escalation ownership. Opening and closing auctions receive separate analysis because each can create different liquidity and execution conditions. Post-close records must explain what changed, what remained uncertain, and which issue carries into the next session. For this role, that means direct ownership of live equity exposure, execution quality, escalation, and post-trade review during early U.S. market preparation and the full Eastern Time cash session.

First Review Cycle

The first review cycle for New York, NY starts with early U.S. market preparation and the full Eastern Time cash session. It will establish a measured baseline for live equity exposure, execution quality, escalation, and post-trade review before the team proposes an operating change. The review joins two pieces of work: Investigate slippage, drift, and unusual market behavior; and Define escalation and controlled-shutdown procedures. The New York opening emphasizes fast morning escalation, precise market-open review, and complete end-of-day records. You will document where the results agree, where they differ, and what needs another test. The final handoff will name the current state, the responsible person, and the next verification step. It will preserve a clear path back to live strategy supervision, exposure limits, execution review, incident response, and controlled production experiments.

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 early U.S. market preparation and the full Eastern Time cash 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 New York, NY 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.