Associate Member of Trading Staff

The Voleon Group; Berkeley, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 115,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

PTO 20 days

Sick days 9

401(k) with company match

Daily catered lunches

Job summary

The Voleon Group, based in Berkeley, seeks an Associate Member of Trading Staff to rotate across credit, equity, forex, and derivatives desks and learn asset classes. You will interact with brokers and researchers, build analytics, and help scale the trading program while working US and Asian market hours from the Berkeley office.

You should be proficient in Python or R, comfortable with Unix-like OS, and have a solid grounding in statistics, data analysis, and visualization.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in Python or R
• Experience with Unix-like OS
• Academic or practical familiarity with statistics
• Data analysis and visualization skills
• Attention to detail and clarity of thought

Responsibilities

• Monitor high-volume execution algorithms and portfolio risk
• Interface with external brokers and trading counterparties
• Contribute to the codebase behind automated trading operations
• Build processes and technology to prevent errors or outages while increasing team capacity
• Provide insight and expertise to the research and development staff
• Work global market hours on a rotational basis

Skills

Python

R

Job description

• Base Salary $115K – $160K • Offers Bonus

The listed base salary range for this position is based upon the location(s) of this posting. Individual salaries are determined through a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and geography. Base salary does not include other forms of total compensation such as bonus compensation and other benefits.

Our benefits package includes medical, dental, and vision coverage, life and AD&D insurance, 20 days of paid time off, 9 sick days, and a 401(k) plan with a company match.

Voleon is a technology company that applies state‑of‑the‑art AI and machine learning techniques to real‑world problems in finance. For nearly two decades, we have led our industry and worked at the frontier of applying AI/ML to investment management. We have become a multibillion‑dollar asset manager, and we have ambitious goals for the future.

Your colleagues will include internationally recognized experts in artificial intelligence and machine learning research as well as highly experienced finance and technology professionals. In addition to our enriching and collegial working environment, we offer highly competitive compensation and benefits packages, technology talks by our experts, a beautiful modern office, daily catered lunches, and more.

The Trading Operations group at Voleon sits at the crossroads of finance and applied science, collaborating with research and other production staff to supervise and improve systematic trading strategies. The team ensures that the outputs of our research efforts are successfully implemented in the real world. Domains of contribution include algorithmic execution, securities lending, and market expertise across a variety of asset classes and markets.

As an Associate Member of Trading Staff, you will rotate across our credit, equity, forex, and derivatives desks to learn each asset class and region we trade, and eventually assume ownership of our systematic trading programs. You will directly interact with both internal stakeholders and the broker dealer community. The collaboration and rotation amongst the team will enable you to become an expert in market microstructure and trading operations. Under mentorship from senior traders, you will build analytics and automation that enhance the level of sophistication and scale at which the firmwide trading program operates.

This role requires working US and Asian market hours from our Berkeley office location.

Responsibilities

Monitor high-volume execution algorithms and portfolio risk

Interface with external brokers and trading counterparties

Contribute to the codebase underlying automated trading operations

Build processes and technology to prevent errors or outages while increasing team capacity

Provide insight and expertise to the research and development staff

Work global market hours for a portion of every year on a rotational basis

Requirements

Demonstrated passion for markets

Proficiency in a programming language like Python or R

Experience using a Unix-like OS

Academic or practical familiarity with statistics

A skillset in data analysis and visualization

Attention to detail and clarity of thought

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Equal Opportunity Employer

The Voleon Group is an Equal Opportunity employer. Applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, sex, gender, marital status, sexual orientation and identity, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other factors prohibited by local, state, or federal law.