Quantitative / Algo Trader

Ocean Park Asset; Santa Monica, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 241,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

Ocean Park Asset is seeking a Quantitative / Algo Trader to own the live book, decide when to enter, hold, or exit, and implement the policy without reliance on dashboards.

You will monitor microstructure, size positions, and ensure execution paths account for liquidity, slippage, and gaps, while maintaining a written rationale for every decision. This is a fully remote freelance/contract role with competitive pay.

Qualifications

• Traded a real or serious paper book with measurable outcomes.
• Ability to document session actions: what you did, what you skipped, and why.
• Treat costs, slippage, and gaps as integral to trading decisions.
• Will not override a risk limit to chase activity.
• Comfortable working remotely with high autonomy.

Responsibilities

• Own when a strategy is on, reduced, or flat.
• Size and execute so a fill and a gap are part of the design, not a surprise.
• Watch live microstructure: liquidity, spread, session, and when the signal is noise.
• Feed what the tape did back to the people who write the policy.
• Keep a written record of why the book was on.
• Protect the risk wall. You do not 'fix' a bad day by moving the limit.

Skills

Quantitative trading

Algo trading

Real-time decision making

Remote work

Risk awareness

Tools

Python

Job description

$175 – $290 USD / hour

Depending on experience. Open to a longer collaboration if the first one is good

The live book. When it is on, when it is off, and the fill in between.

We are looking for a Quantitative / Algo Trader to own the live book. A policy can return enter, hold, or exit. You decide whether that book should be running, in what size, and when it comes off. This is not the AI Developer seat. That person writes the decision rule. You live with the tape, the fill, and the day the rule is wrong. We do not hire you to stare at a dashboard and hope.

If you have traded a systematic book — crypto, futures, or cash equity — and had to turn it off, you already know the job. A backtest is not enough. Writing the decision policy is a different role. That is the AI Developer seat.

What you'll do

• Own when a strategy is on, reduced, or flat
• Size and execute so a fill and a gap are part of the design, not a surprise
• Watch live microstructure: liquidity, spread, session, and when the signal is noise
• Feed what the tape did back to the people who write the policy
• Keep a written record of why the book was on
• Protect the risk wall. You do not 'fix' a bad day by moving the limit

What we're looking for

• You have traded a real or serious paper book where a bad decision had a number
• You can explain a session in writing: what you did, what you skipped, and why
• You treat costs, slippage, and gaps as part of the trade
• You will not override a risk limit to stay in
• Comfortable working remotely, mostly async, with high autonomy

Nice to have

• Crypto or 24-hour markets
• Python or another research stack someone else can rerun
• Experience turning a systematic strategy on and off, not only discretionary clicking
• Enough engineering to read the policy without owning it

Engagement

• Freelance / contract, with potential for long-term collaboration
• Flexible hours
• Fully remote
• Immediate start

Rate range

$175 – $290 USD / hour

Depending on experience. Open to a longer collaboration if the first one is good

• Real ownership. You ship the system you design. No committee between you and the diff.
• The code sits in the path of real capital. Not a demo that gets thrown away after the pitch.
• Fully remote, from day one. There is no head office you are missing out on.
• We pay for one excellent person, not three average ones. The rate on this page is the rate.

Hiring process

Our hiring process involves:

• A two-hour practical on a live or replayed session. You say when you would be in, when you would be out, and where size has to come off – including a gap. We do not score profit. We read whether the judgment is honest.
• A technical conversation with engineeringFinal conversation and contract for selected candidates

Apply for Quantitative / Algo Trader

The live book. When it is on, when it is off, and the fill in between.

Engineering · $175 – $290 USD / hour · Depending on experience. Open to a longer collaboration if the first one is good · Remote