Quant Trading Systems Intern — Real-Time Monitoring

Tower Research Capital; Ayr; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous PTO

Financial wellness tools

Hybrid working opportunities

Free meals daily

Wellness reimbursement

Volunteer opportunities

Social events and learning

Job summary

Tower Research Capital is a leading quantitative trading firm with a 25+ year track record in high-performance platform development and independent trading teams. The role involves supervising automated trading systems during Asia market hours, assessing live trading for risk and compliance, and collaborating with risk managers, trading teams, engineers, brokers, and exchanges to address intraday issues.

The successful candidate will be comfortable with morning and evening shifts, have

Qualifications

• At least 0-2 years experience in trading or trade support role.
• Comfortable working in morning & evening shifts.
• Working knowledge of risk control of equities, futures, options, and FX markets.
• Solid experience with high-frequency automated trading strategies.
• An understanding of exchange-specific rules and procedures.
• Extremely organized, detail-oriented, and able to work independently.
• Experience with SQL, Python, and Linux (preferred).
• Excellent communication skills and fluency in English for business purposes.

Responsibilities

• Supervising Tower's automated trading systems during Asian market hours in a variety of markets for multiple trading teams.
• Assessing live trading for risk and compliance issues and quickly respond to unusual behaviors or market conditions.
• Working closely with risk managers and trading teams to alert key staff of any intraday trading issues and collaborating with Tower's core engineering team, brokers, and exchanges to resolve problems in real time.
• Documenting monitoring procedures and log production issues as they occur.

Skills

Trading experience

Python

SQL

Linux

English

Job description

Tower Research Capital is a leading quantitative trading firm with a 25+ year track record in high-performance platform development and independent trading teams. The role involves supervising automated trading systems during Asia market hours, assessing live trading for risk and compliance, and collaborating with risk managers, trading teams, engineers, brokers, and exchanges to address intraday issues.

The successful candidate will be comfortable with morning and evening shifts, have