Central Execution Trader

Trading Interview; India; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Graviton Research Capital is seeking a Central Execution Trader to oversee the stability and integrity of the production trading environment in Gurugram, India. You will ensure position accuracy across systems, supervise automated workflows, and respond to intraday issues to maintain high reliability.

The role emphasizes reducing manual processes through automation and tooling, with a focus on Python-based solutions and scripting.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of experience in live production trading environments.
• Strong proficiency in Python and scripting (Bash/Shell).
• Ability to debug real-time systems under pressure.
• High ownership mindset with a bias toward automation and process improvement.

Responsibilities

• Own internal position reconciliation across systems, ensuring overnight and intraday consistency.
• Monitor and supervise production automations, health checks, and system workflows; identify failures and coordinate resolution.
• Act as the first responder for intraday production issues across infrastructure, market data, and order routing systems.
• Monitor live strategies, manage risk and limit utilisation, and intervene when production instability arises.
• Build lightweight automation tools (Python/Bash/Shell) to reduce operational friction and manual touchpoints.
• Maintain operational readiness of production environments, including colocation oversight.

Skills

Python

Scripting

Live production trading

Tools

Bash/Shell

Job description

About Graviton Research Capital: Graviton Research Capital is a cutting-edge high-frequency trading firm that leverages technology, quantitative research and algorithms to trade in global markets. Our team consists of world-class technologists, researchers and traders who collaborate to push the boundaries of automated trading.

About the Role

We are hiring a Central Execution Trader to oversee the stability and integrity of our production trading environment. The role focuses on maintaining internal position accuracy, supervising automation, monitoring live strategies, and ensuring high system reliability across the trading stack.

The mandate is simple: protect production stability while continuously reducing manual processes through automation and tooling.

Key Responsibilities

• Own internal position reconciliation across systems, ensuring overnight and intraday consistency
• Monitor and supervise production automations, health checks, and system workflows; identify failures and coordinate resolution
• Act as the first responder for intraday production issues across infrastructure, market data, and order routing systems
• Monitor live strategies, manage risk and limit utilisation, and intervene when production instability arises
• Build lightweight automation tools (Python/Bash/Shell) to reduce operational friction and manual touchpoints
• Maintain operational readiness of production environments, including colocation oversight

What We’re Looking For

• Strong proficiency in Python and scripting (Bash/Shell)
• 1+ years of experience working in live production trading environments
• Ability to debug real-time systems under pressure
• High ownership mindset with a bias toward automation and process improvement

Why Join Graviton?

• Work in a high-performance, data-driven trading environment.
• Gain exposure to high-frequency trading strategies and risk management.
• Collaborate with some of the brightest minds in quantitative finance and technology.
• Competitive compensation and opportunities for professional growth.

Graviton Research Capital is a high-frequency and quantitative trading firm founded in 2014 by IIT-Delhi classmates Ankit Gupta and Nishil Gupta. Based in Gurugram, it has emerged as "the fastest…