Associate Quant Trader: AI-Driven Markets & Data

Socket.dev; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Voleon Securities seeks an Associate Quantitative Trader to learn the business from the ground up, monitoring live trading and risk while building data pipelines, analytics, and automation. You will work under mentorship to grow expertise in market microstructure and electronic execution, contributing to the desk's expansion across new asset classes.

You will curate and query complex datasets, perform exploratory analyses, and clearly communicate findings to traders and leadership in a

Qualifications

• Experience in financial markets and startup pace with high ownership mindset.
• Proficiency in Python and SQL for data analysis beyond basic tools.
• Hands-on experience with complex datasets, from curation to visualization.
• Solid statistics background to frame questions and assess uncertainty.
• Comfort with Unix-like environments and version control (git).
• Strong data visualization and clear communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Monitor execution and risk during U.S. market hours and respond to alerts.
• Track real-time developments across credit, rates, and ETF markets.
• Design/build data pipelines, dashboards, and analytics for execution quality.
• Apply statistics to production data to generate actionable insights.
• Contribute to codebase for automated trading operations and reliability.
• Interface with clients, venues, and counterparties for data and execution.
• Provide data expertise to research and strategy teams.
• Help expand desk into new asset classes and markets; obtain required licenses.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data analysis

Statistics

Unix

Data visualization

Education

Bachelor's degree in quantitative or scientific discipline

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Pandas/Polars

DuckDB/Parquet

ETL/Data pipelines

Airflow/CI/CD

Job description

Voleon Securities seeks an Associate Quantitative Trader to learn the business from the ground up, monitoring live trading and risk while building data pipelines, analytics, and automation. You will work under mentorship to grow expertise in market microstructure and electronic execution, contributing to the desk's expansion across new asset classes.

You will curate and query complex datasets, perform exploratory analyses, and clearly communicate findings to traders and leadership in a