Quantitative Trader: HFT & Algorithmic Strategies

Venture Search; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Venture Search is partnering with a leading proprietary trading firm to recruit skilled traders and researchers with Futures and Equities experience for US offices in Chicago, New York, and Miami.

Key responsibilities include developing and deploying algorithmic trading strategies, analyzing market data and microstructure, and building libraries for data analysis and trading computations while improving exchange simulation models.

Qualifications

• Strong background in mathematics and statistics.
• Experience with back-testing, simulation, and PCA.
• Experience handling large-scale or tick-level data.
• Proficient in Python or C++.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and deploy algorithmic trading strategies.
• Analyze market data, microstructure, and alternative data sources to identify patterns for potential trading strategies.
• Investigate high and mid-frequency alpha opportunities.
• Contribute to building and expanding libraries for data analysis and trading computations.
• Design, improve, and fine-tune exchange simulation models.

Skills

Python

C++

Statistics

Back-testing

Data mining

Tick-level data

Signal processing

MFT/HFT experience

Education

STEM degree

Job description

Venture Search is partnering with a leading proprietary trading firm to recruit skilled traders and researchers with Futures and Equities experience for US offices in Chicago, New York, and Miami.

Key responsibilities include developing and deploying algorithmic trading strategies, analyzing market data and microstructure, and building libraries for data analysis and trading computations while improving exchange simulation models.