Quantitative Trader
Full-time
talisman
Our client is a privately held, growing proprietary trading firm with an established derivatives market-making business. They are adding an experienced quantitative trader to build and run systematic delta-one strategies, with full ownership of the book.
The role
- Research, develop and deploy systematic delta-one alpha strategies, from signal idea through to production
- Take full responsibility for risk and PnL, making real-time trading decisions
- Work closely with a small, collaborative team of traders, researchers and engineers
- Continually refine models, signals and execution to improve performance
What they’re looking for
- 5+ years in quantitative research and systematic trading, with a clear track record of building signals, models and analytics that made it into production
- Deep knowledge of market microstructure and execution
- Strong mathematical and numerical ability, and a broad quantitative toolkit for hard problems
- Sound market intuition alongside quantitative rigour
- A team-first mindset, persistence in problem solving, and a drive to keep improving
- A real interest in markets and trading
What’s on offer
- Direct ownership of strategy and PnL in a lean, low-bureaucracy environment
- The chance to build out a strategy area at a firm that is actively expanding
- Base range + performance bonus / PnL share
Vacancy posted 1 day ago
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