Quant Trader, FI/Credit Portfolio Trading & ETFs

Selby Jennings; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Selby Jennings is partnering with a world-leading quantitative trading and market-making firm to hire Quant Traders for a Fixed Income / Credit PT & ETF trading team.

The role spans idea generation through research, portfolio construction, risk management, and live execution in a collaborative, meritocratic environment. Ideal candidates have 1–4 years in trading or research, strong quantitative skills, Python programming, and a passion for financial markets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Computer Science, Engineering, Operations Research, or another highly quantitative STEM discipline.
• Strong quantitative and analytical problem-solving abilities.
• Programming experience in Python.
• Demonstrated interest in financial markets and systematic decision-making.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, highly collaborative trading environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop, test, and implement quantitative trading strategies across fixed income, credit, and ETF markets.
• Generate alpha through analysis of market, trading, and alternative datasets.
• Monitor and manage live risk across active portfolios.
• Research new signals, portfolio construction techniques, and execution methodologies.
• Partner closely with traders, researchers, and technologists to deploy and enhance strategies.
• Evaluate market structure, liquidity dynamics, and relative value opportunities.
• Continuously refine models and trading processes to improve performance.

Skills

Python

Quantitative skills

Analytical thinking

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in STEM

Job description

Quant Trader, FI/Credit Portfolio Trading & ETFs

We are partnered with one of the world's leading quantitative trading and market-making firms to hire Quant Traders for a Fixed Income / Credit PT & ETF trading team within a growing semi-systematic business. This team combines the intellectual rigor of systematic investing with the ownership and accountability of a trading seat. Traders are responsible for the full lifecycle of their strategies, from idea generation and quantitative research through portfolio construction, risk management, execution, and performance evaluation. The environment is highly collaborative, entrepreneurial, and meritocratic, providing significant responsibility and visibility early in a trader's career.

The team has a strong track record of hiring exceptional talent from top-tier banks, hedge funds, market makers, proprietary trading firms, and asset managers. Successful team members have come from a variety of product backgrounds, including macro, rates, futures, options, equities, ETFs, and fixed income. Direct credit experience is not required.

Responsibilities

• Develop, test, and implement quantitative trading strategies across fixed income, credit, and ETF markets
• Generate alpha through analysis of market, trading, and alternative datasets
• Monitor and manage live risk across active portfolios
• Research new signals, portfolio construction techniques, and execution methodologies
• Partner closely with traders, researchers, and technologists to deploy and enhance strategies
• Evaluate market structure, liquidity dynamics, and relative value opportunities
• Continuously refine models and trading processes to improve performance

Qualifications

• 1-4 years of experience in trading, quantitative trading, or quantitative research
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Computer Science, Engineering, Operations Research, or another highly quantitative STEM discipline
• Strong quantitative and analytical problem-solving skills
• Programming experience in Python
• Demonstrated interest in financial markets and systematic decision-making
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, highly collaborative trading environment

Target Candidate Backgrounds

• Electronic trading, algorithmic trading, or quantitative trading teams at leading investment banks
• Quantitative trading teams at market makers and proprietary trading firms
• Quant traders, junior portfolio managers, and researchers at hedge funds and asset managers
• Options, cash equities, ETF, futures, macro, rates, and multi-asset trading teams

One of the immediate hiring needs is for candidates currently in electronic or quantitative trading roles at leading banks who can transition quickly into a buy-side environment. The team is also interested in traders and quantitative traders from hedge funds, asset managers, and market makers who have demonstrated success developing and managing alpha-generating strategies.

Ideal Candidate

• Strong academic pedigree from a highly regarded university
• Undergraduate or graduate degree from a top quantitative program
• Experience operating in rigorous, performance-driven trading environments
• Demonstrated intellectual curiosity and willingness to learn new products and markets
• Desire to take ownership of investment ideas and directly influence P&L outcomes
• Ability to work independently while collaborating closely with traders, researchers, and engineers

What Makes This Opportunity Unique

• Join one of the industry's most respected quantitative trading platforms
• Work alongside traders and researchers from elite buy-side and sell-side institutions
• Gain end-to-end ownership across research, portfolio construction, risk management, and live trading
• Learn directly from experienced portfolio managers and senior traders
• Exposure to a highly scalable and growing semi-systematic trading business
• Opportunity to make a measurable impact within a lean, high-caliber team

Direct experience in credit products is not required. The team has successfully hired traders from a broad range of asset classes and backgrounds, placing greater emphasis on quantitative aptitude, research capability, trading instincts, and a genuine interest in learning new markets.

This opportunity is best suited for high-performing early-career traders and quantitative researchers who have excelled academically, built a strong foundation at a top-tier firm, and are seeking a seat that offers genuine ownership, accountability, and long-term growth potential.