Equity Quant Trader Intern: Turn Research Into Real Trades

Citadel LLC; City of Rochester (NY); On-site; USD 204,750 - 263,900; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Housing stipend

Company-sponsored travel

On-site fitness and meals

Job summary

Citadel LLC in New York seeks an Equity Quantitative Trader to optimize trading strategies and maximize profitability. You will decide capital allocation, manage risk, and translate research into production strategies that trade real capital with tight coupling to researchers and engineers.

You will own portfolio-level risk, monitor performance across market regimes, and iterate to improve risk-adjusted returns under time constraints in a high-ownership environment.

Qualifications

• Degree in a quantitative field such as statistics, mathematics, computer science or physics.
• Strong interest in theory with the ability to apply it to markets.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Self-starter who questions the status quo and learns quickly.

Responsibilities

• Turn research into production trading strategies with researchers and engineers.
• Conduct analysis to find alpha opportunities and improve strategies.
• Manage portfolio-level risk and real-time exposures to protect and grow PnL.
• Monitor strategy performance and iterate to sustain returns across regimes.

Skills

Game theory

Optimization

Risk management

Quantitative analysis

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in statistics / mathematics / computer science / physics

Job description

Citadel LLC in New York seeks an Equity Quantitative Trader to optimize trading strategies and maximize profitability. You will decide capital allocation, manage risk, and translate research into production strategies that trade real capital with tight coupling to researchers and engineers.

You will own portfolio-level risk, monitor performance across market regimes, and iterate to improve risk-adjusted returns under time constraints in a high-ownership environment.