Global Quantitative Equity Trader — Asia & Europe

Dodge & Cox; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare premiums fully covered

Retirement plan funded 25%

Commuter benefits

Health & wellness programs

Backup care

Matching gifts

Employee assistance

Life and disability insurance

Job summary

Dodge & Cox is seeking an International Quantitative Equity Trader to join the Equity Trading Team in San Francisco. You will trade Asia/Europe markets, develop and implement quantitative execution strategies, and collaborate with research analysts, PMs, and policy committees.

The role emphasizes teamwork, strong analytical skills, and the ability to cover multiple markets and hours. Competitive base salary is offered with comprehensive benefits and a 2- to 4-year commitment potential.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years of full time or internship experience in trading.
• MFE/MBA preferred.
• CFA designation or interest in obtaining the CFA designation.
• Quantitative trading experience. Solid understanding of trading algorithms and statistical modelling preferred.
• Deep knowledge of either Asian or European or both market microstructure and exchange rules and regulations.
• Advanced working knowledge of MS Excel, PowerPoint. Python or R preferred.
• Experience analyzing trade executions and performance. Willingness and flexibility to cover different markets and trading hours.
• Familiarity with modern AI tools and frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow) to accelerate research, prototyping, and workflow automation.

Responsibilities

• Implement investment policy decisions and cash flow trades by leveraging data and quantitative methods.
• Advocate changes to trading strategies and processes to achieve better trade execution outcomes for clients.
• Partner with trade strategy team to develop and enhance execution strategies: by customizing broker algorithms and pre- / post- trade analytics to improve trade performance.
• Collaborate with the trade strategy team to build a quantitative trading framework to identify trade signals using market data. Lead and help equity traders to incorporate the trading signals into their trading workflow.
• Develop and execute equity-linked currencies and currency hedging strategies.
• Develop and manage broker relationships to source liquidity.
• Communicate market and execution updates verbally and in writing to other traders, research analysts, portfolio managers and policy committee members.
• Provide equity trading presentations to existing and potential clients and consultants.
• Collaborate with other traders and the Operations, Legal/Compliance, and IT departments on ad-hoc projects.
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Skills

Team player

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Education

MFE/MBA preferred

CFA designation or interest

Tools

Python

R

Excel

PowerPoint

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Job description

Dodge & Cox is seeking an International Quantitative Equity Trader to join the Equity Trading Team in San Francisco. You will trade Asia/Europe markets, develop and implement quantitative execution strategies, and collaborate with research analysts, PMs, and policy committees.

The role emphasizes teamwork, strong analytical skills, and the ability to cover multiple markets and hours. Competitive base salary is offered with comprehensive benefits and a 2- to 4-year commitment potential.