Quantitative Systematic Trader – Master's: 2027

About the role

Susquehanna seeks master’s students graduating by Summer 2027. This quantitative systematic trading role combines research expertise with trading intuition to develop automated strategies, monitor live performance, and improve execution and profitability. Candidates apply quantitative methods to market behavior and collaborate with traders, researchers, and engineers in Bala Cynwyd.

Responsibilities

• Apply probability, statistical analysis, and machine learning to model and interpret market behavior.
• Develop and refine automated trading strategies using quantitative signals, trading intuition, and live market insights.
• Monitor real-time strategy performance and optimize profitability, alpha monetization, and execution efficiency.
• Oversee strategy deployment, tune parameters, and respond to trading anomalies as needed.
• Collaborate with researchers and technologists to build parts of the execution engine.

Training and Environment

• Participate in a comprehensive education program and receive personalized mentorship from senior professionals.
• Work in small, collaborative teams where ideas are debated openly and evidence guides decisions.
• Use proprietary datasets and large-scale computing infrastructure for simulation, experimentation, and computationally intensive research.
• Applications automatically receive consideration for the Quantitative Researcher position.

Requirements

• Master’s degree graduating by Summer 2027 in a highly quantitative discipline, including computer science, mathematics, or statistics.
• Strong foundation in probability, statistics, optimization, numerical methods, or quantitative modeling.
• Research programming experience in Python and experience working with large datasets.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, collaboration, intellectual curiosity, and competitive drive.
• Strong interest in trading, market microstructure, quantitative decision-making, and continuous learning.

Additional Information

• The position is based in Bala Cynwyd, in the Philadelphia area, Pennsylvania.
• Visa sponsorship is available for this position.