Junior Trader

Anson McCade; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hedge fund is seeking Quantitative Researchers in Dubai to monitor live trading activities, develop execution tools, and collaborate with traders. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree in a STEM field and proficiency in Python. Competitive base salary and generous benefits including bonus packages are offered.

Benefits

Competitive base salary

Sign-on bonus and discretionary bonus

Generous pension contribution

Market leading healthcare plan

Qualifications

• Strong problem solving and numerical skills.
• Passion to learn and a strong interest in Finance.

Responsibilities

• Monitoring and maintaining live trading activities.
• Developing tools to improve execution.
• Collaborating with Traders; providing insights and suggesting improvements.

Skills

Programming in Python

Numerical skills

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM field

Job description

Overview

The client is a well renowned Hedge Fund with main offices in London, Paris, New York, Hong Kong and Singapore. Having spun out from a Proprietary Trading Team at an Investment Bank and building a strong track record in the early 2000s, they are continuing their search for Quantitative Researchers and Traders from other top Funds and leading IB Franchises.

Role Overview

• Monitoring and maintaining live trading activities.
• Developing tools to improve execution.
• Upgrading strategy configuration.
• Collaborating with Traders; providing insights and suggesting improvements.
• Manually execute trades for various strategies within the team.

Requirements

• Bachelor\'s degree in STEM related field; Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics, Electrical Engineering etc.
• Proficiency in programming with Python. Knowledge or experience with C / C++ is a plus but not necessary.
• Strong problem solving and numerical skills.
• Passion to learn and a strong interest in Finance.

Compensation

• Competitive base salary.
• Package will include sign-on bonus and discretionary bonus.
• Generous pension contribution.
• Market leading healthcare plan and various benefits.