What are the responsibilities and job description for the Quantitative Trader position at Anson McCade?
Quant Trader/PM - HFT/intraday Cash Equities/Futures
Anson McCade are working with a leading proprietary trading firm specialised in HFT and intraday trading across liquid markets. They can hire globally, with their largest offices being in Chicago, New York, London, and across the APAC region. This firm has a cutting-edge platform with strong infrastructure for both HFT and intraday/mid frequency strategies, and a state of the art backtest/production environment. They are looking to continue the success of the firm by building new teams with PMs and sub-PMs/Traders who can deploy strategies with Sharpes of 5 for HFT and 2 for intraday strategies.
This is an opportunity for candidates with experience in intraday or HFT trading across Futures, FX, equities and options to build or join a team and develop, implement and manage strategies. The successful candidate will have their own book, and will receive a PnL payout tied to Sharpe/performance.
The Role:
- Researching, developing and monetizing strategies.
- Monitoring the performance of strategies, and optimising them to maximise returns.
- Building a team and collaborating on the development of analytics tools, libraries, and infrastructure.
About you:
- Experience at a buyside firm, working in quantitative research and trading of Futures, FX, equities, or options, with a strong record of performance.
- Master or PhD level degrees from a top university, in a numerate field of study.
- You must be an experienced user of Python, Java or C .
Salary : $150,000 - $300,000