Senior Quant Trader - Global Markets & Algo Lead

The Corporate Institute; Hinoba-an; On-site; PHP 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

The Corporate Institute is seeking a senior quantitative trader to lead a team developing high‑performance trading systems. You will design and implement profitable strategies across global markets and asset classes, with emphasis on risk management and performance optimization.

Ideal candidates hold advanced degrees in maths/CS, have experience at top trading firms or HFT, and can communicate complex results to senior management. This role requires strong leadership and hands‑on coding ability.

Qualifications

• Experience with quantitative or statistical arbitrage or machine learning‑based strategies.
• Excellent Return on Capital.
• Experience at a top Trading firm or HFT‑based firm.
• Excellent leadership qualities.
• B.Tech, MSc, or PhD from a top school in Maths, Physics, Computer Science, etc.
• Expertise in statistical techniques, and experience researching large datasets.
• Programming proficiency in C/C++, Java, Python, R, Matlab, etc.
• Ability to lead a research project from whiteboard to code implementation.
• Prior experience with algorithmic trading or high‑frequency financial data.
• Minimum 2–8 years of experience in financial markets.
• Very strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Drive and passion to lead a team in an open, collaborative startup environment.
• Profile on the trading desk with experience trading in markets worldwide.
• Build profitable trading strategies across all markets and asset classes.
• Risk management and hedging.
• Analyse market volatility and trading performance.
• Develop new logic to improve trading performance.
• Evaluate performance of existing and new strategies.
• Optimize performance of strategies.
• Collaborate with developers to build sophisticated trading/risk systems.

Skills

Quantitative trading

Arbitrage & ML strategies

Return on capital

Trading at top firms/HFT

Leadership

Education degrees

Statistical techniques

Big data analytics

Programming in C/C++/Java/Python/R/Mat

Team leadership from research to code

Algorithmic trading experience

Financial markets experience

Communication with stakeholders

Education

B.Tech/ MSc/ PhD in Maths/ Physics/ CS

Top school background

Job description

The Corporate Institute is seeking a senior quantitative trader to lead a team developing high‑performance trading systems. You will design and implement profitable strategies across global markets and asset classes, with emphasis on risk management and performance optimization.

Ideal candidates hold advanced degrees in maths/CS, have experience at top trading firms or HFT, and can communicate complex results to senior management. This role requires strong leadership and hands‑on coding ability.