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Programme
Graduate
Location
New York City, NY
About the role
Quantitative Systematic Traders combine quantitative research and trading intuition to develop, optimize, and monitor fully automated strategies. The role focuses on signal generation, alpha monetization, execution efficiency, market microstructure, portfolio construction, risk management, simulation, and large-scale data analysis across global financial markets.
Responsibilities
- Apply probability, statistics, and machine learning to model and interpret market behavior.
- Develop, optimize, and refine data-driven systematic trading strategies using quantitative signals and market insights.
- Monitor live strategy performance, adjust parameters, and respond to trading anomalies.
- Support alpha monetization, execution efficiency, portfolio construction, simulation, and risk management.
- Collaborate with researchers and technologists to build components of the execution engine.
Training and Environment
- Complete a comprehensive education program with personalized mentorship from senior professionals.
- Work in small, collaborative teams where evidence guides decisions and research can create practical trading impact.
- Use proprietary datasets and large-scale computing infrastructure for simulation, experimentation, and quantitative research.
Requirements
- Master’s degree graduating by Summer 2027 in a highly quantitative discipline.
- Strong foundation in probability, statistics, optimization, numerical methods, or quantitative modeling.
- Experience developing research code in Python and working with large datasets.
- Excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills, with interest in real trading decisions.
- Demonstrated intellectual curiosity and competitive drive through coursework, projects, research, competitions, games, or analytical pursuits.
- Strong interest in trading, market microstructure, evidence-based thinking, creativity, and continuous learning.
Preferred Experience
- Experience with C++, scientific computing, or high-performance computing is a plus.
Additional Details
- Visa sponsorship is available for this position.
- Applicants are automatically considered for the Quantitative Researcher position.
- Opportunities are available in the Philadelphia and New York offices.
- The annual base pay is $300,000.