Index Rebal Senior Quant

Selby Jennings; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Selby Jennings is seeking an Index Rebalance Quant Trader for its London desk, joining a rapidly expanding proprietary trading firm. The role combines alpha generation, live trading, and strategy ownership within a well-resourced environment.

You will develop and manage index rebalance strategies, work with researchers and technologists, and contribute to risk management and capital allocation decisions. London-based, with access to institutional-grade infrastructure.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in a proprietary trading, hedge fund, or systematic trading environment.
• Proven ability to develop and deploy systematic index rebalance strategies.
• Strong coding and quantitative research skills.

Responsibilities

• Research, develop, and deploy systematic index rebalance trading strategies.
• Identify opportunities from benchmark changes and corporate actions.
• Generate and evaluate alpha sources across equities and index products.
• Manage live trading, capital deployment, and strategy performance.
• Conduct post-trade analysis and refine trading models.
• Collaborate with researchers, developers and trading tech teams.
• Support portfolio construction, risk management, and capital allocation.
• Contribute to growth and buildout of the trading desk.

Skills

Quantitative research

Coding

Portfolio construction

Risk management

Live trading

Equities/index strategies

Alpha generation

Collaboration

Job description

Index Rebalance Quant Trader | Proprietary Trading Firm | London

Overview

We are working with a leading proprietary trading firm that is expanding its systematic equities trading business and is seeking an Index Rebalance Quant Trader to join its growing team in London.

The firm is investing heavily in the expansion of its trading platform, providing traders with significant risk allocation, institutional-grade infrastructure, and access to extensive quantitative and technology resources. The successful candidate will play a key role in developing and managing index rebalance strategies while contributing to the broader growth of the business.

This is an opportunity for an entrepreneurial trader to combine alpha generation, live trading, and strategy ownership within a well-resourced proprietary trading environment.

Responsibilities

• Research, develop, and deploy systematic index rebalance trading strategies
• Identify and monetise opportunities arising from benchmark changes, constituent additions/removals, corporate actions, and flow-driven events
• Generate and evaluate new alpha sources across equities and index-related products
• Manage live trading, capital deployment, and day-to-day strategy performance
• Conduct post-trade analysis and continuously refine trading models
• Collaborate with quantitative researchers, developers, and trading technology teams
• Support portfolio construction, risk management, and capital allocation processes
• Contribute to the continued growth and buildout of the trading desk

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience within a proprietary trading firm, hedge fund, or systematic trading platform
• Proven track record trading systematic strategies with strong risk-adjusted returns
• Demonstrated ability to generate alpha and manage capital effectively
• Strong understanding of portfolio construction, risk management, and execution
• Experience across the full strategy lifecycle, from research and development through deployment and monitoring
• Strong coding and quantitative research skills
• Experience in equities, index strategies, or event-driven systematic trading preferred
• Futures experience beneficial

Why Apply?

• Join a growing proprietary trading business during an active expansion phase
• Significant capital allocation and strong risk framework
• Access to best-in-class infrastructure, market data, and technology resources
• High level of strategy ownership and autonomy
• Opportunity to help shape the future direction of the desk
• Collaborative environment working alongside experienced traders, researchers, and engineers