Quantitative Trader — Remote & Global Markets Leader

Ancilla Corporation; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

Ancilla Corporation is recruiting experienced quantitative, systematic, algorithmic, and futures traders for continued expansion across global markets. The role offers a guaranteed base salary with significant upside and international remote options, including Amsterdam availability.

Candidates should bring meaningful live-production experience from reputable proprietary trading firms, with strong risk discipline and measurable PnL contributions.

Qualifications

• Experience in live production trading environments preferred.
• Strong understanding of market microstructure and execution.
• Ability to contribute to strategy improvement and scaling.

Responsibilities

• Manage and operate live proprietary trading strategies, including execution, position management, and risk.
• Own or contribute directly to strategy PnL.
• Research and develop new signals, models, and trading opportunities.
• Analyze market microstructure, liquidity, volatility, execution, and trading performance.
• Conduct post-trade analysis and optimize strategy parameters and execution logic.
• Collaborate with quantitative researchers, developers, and trading-system engineers.
• Evaluate strategy capacity and opportunities for increased capital deployment.
• Expand successful strategies into additional products or markets.
• Contribute to capital allocation, infrastructure, and risk decisions.
• Mentor traders or build a trading team where appropriate.

Skills

Python

C++

R

MATLAB

SQL

Quantitative research

Backtesting

Market data analysis

Trading automation

Job description

Ancilla Corporation is recruiting experienced quantitative, systematic, algorithmic, and futures traders for continued expansion across global markets. The role offers a guaranteed base salary with significant upside and international remote options, including Amsterdam availability.

Candidates should bring meaningful live-production experience from reputable proprietary trading firms, with strong risk discipline and measurable PnL contributions.