Campus Full Time 2027 – Quantitative Trader

Trading Interview; New York (NY); On-site; USD 300,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Five Rings Capital is seeking a highly analytical Quant Trader (QT) entering 2026/2027 graduation to manage and optimize live trading strategies. You will tune parameters, execute trades based on model outputs, and continuously refine models using market feedback.

The role offers substantial responsibility from day one and a strong learning environment. New hires work closely with senior traders and quants to build and enhance trading models and systems, with a compensation package including a

Qualifications

• Quantitatively-focused candidate with strong analytical skills.
• Thrives in a highly collaborative, fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrates quick learning ability and intellectual curiosity.
• Detail-oriented with rigorous approach to models and data.

Responsibilities

• Manage and tune trading strategies in live markets.
• Execute trades based on model recommendations.
• Evaluate real-time market feedback and adapt models accordingly.
• Collaborate with quants and software developers to optimize trading systems.

Skills

Quantitative focus

Collaboration

Fast-paced

Quick learner

Detail-oriented

Intellectually curious

Job description

Five Rings is a proprietary trading firm founded with a vision of combining strategy, innovation and technology to succeed in today’s global markets. With offices in New York, Boca Raton, London and Amsterdam, Five Rings trades in various domestic and international markets, both established and esoteric. Our team constantly seeks new opportunities, analyzes their risks and rewards, and creates strategies and tools to capitalize on them.

We have an open culture and encourage the flow of knowledge and ideas between all areas of the firm.

About the Role

Traders manage their unique strategies in rapidly evolving live markets. They tune model parameters to reflect prevailing conditions, execute trades based on model recommendations, evaluate the real-time feedback provided by market participants’ reactions, and reincorporate this information into their models in a continuous feedback loop.

Five Rings gives people as much responsibility as quickly as it can be earned. From day one, as a new Quant Trader (QT), you will gain unrivaled experience both on the desk and in the classroom.

• New hires work closely with senior traders – analyzing risks and rewards, exploring new strategies, collaborating with quants and software developers to build and optimize trading models.
• Quant Traders work independently and with others to develop ideas and analyses, and integrate them into our trading strategies and systems.

About You

• Graduating in winter of 2026 or spring/summer of 2027
• Quantitatively-focused
• Thrive in a highly collaborative and fast-paced environment
• Quick learner
• Intellectually curious
• Detail-oriented

Annual Base Salary: $300,000. Total compensation packages consist of base salary and a discretionary bonus.

This description was published by Five Rings Capital. Applications are handled on their careers site: we are not the employer and cannot process them.

Five Rings is a quantitative proprietary trading firm founded on the idea of combining strategy, innovation and technology to compete in global markets. It trades across "a multitude of exciting…