Delta-One Quant Trader: Research, Build & Real-Time Risk

Valkyrie Trading; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 250,000 - 500,000; Full time

Job summary

Valkyrie Trading in Chicago seeks an experienced quantitative trader to lead delta-one alpha research, strategy development, and production trading. You will have several years of experience in researching, developing, and deploying systematic trading strategies and will bring strong market intuition and quantitative rigor to collaborate with the team.

You will be responsible for all risk and PnL, leveraging your experience to make critical real-time decisions and continuously improve trading

Qualifications

• 5+ years in quantitative research and systematic trading.
• Deep understanding of market microstructure and execution.
• A passion for trading and financial markets.
• Strong math and numerical aptitude.
• A quantitative toolbox to solve challenging problems.
• Relentless desire to constantly improve.
• A desire to research, develop and innovate trading strategies and models.
• Tenacious determination to problem solve.

Responsibilities

• Own all risk and PnL and make real-time trading decisions.
• Research, develop and deploy systematic trading strategies.
• Collaborate with the team to refine signals and models.

Skills

Quant research

Systematic trading

Delta-one

Market microstructure

Execution

Mathematics

Numerical skills

Strategy development

Job description

Valkyrie Trading in Chicago seeks an experienced quantitative trader to lead delta-one alpha research, strategy development, and production trading. You will have several years of experience in researching, developing, and deploying systematic trading strategies and will bring strong market intuition and quantitative rigor to collaborate with the team.

You will be responsible for all risk and PnL, leveraging your experience to make critical real-time decisions and continuously improve trading