Senior Quant Trader — High-Frequency Equity Futures

Cps4jobs; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Cps4jobs in Chicago is hiring a Quantitative Trader to develop and improve systematic strategies in highly liquid futures markets. You will mix hands-on research with live trading oversight, collaborating with software and hardware engineers to translate signals into executable decisions.

The role demands experience with equity index futures, strong Python and ML skills, and the ability to understand C++ implementations for latency-sensitive systems.

Qualifications

• Two or more years of quantitative trading or research experience in equity index futures.
• Experience with CME markets (ES and/or NQ).
• Experience analyzing granular exchange data and reconstructing order books.
• Track record of predictive signals or execution models in live, low-latency trading.
• Understanding of passive execution, liquidity provision, signal decay, and adverse selection.
• Strong Python, statistical and ML methods, and large datasets experience.
• Ability to understand C++ implementations and work with latency-sensitive infra.
• Hardware-accelerated trading systems experience is a plus.
• Knowledge of equity futures, cash markets and index derivatives.
• Experience with exchange connectivity, network performance, or precise timestamps.

Responsibilities

• Identify short-term trading opportunities through analysis of order activity and liquidity changes.
• Take research from hypothesis through data prep, modeling, evaluation, implementation and live monitoring.
• Improve automated quoting strategies by evaluating execution probability and trading costs.
• Study exchange behavior and order execution patterns to inform strategy decisions.
• Assess how system speed, data delivery, and connectivity affect trading results.
• Collaborate with engineers to address performance limitations.
• Translate research findings into production requirements and verify adherence to strategy.
• Investigate unexpected outcomes, data inconsistencies, and model performance changes.

Skills

Quant trading

Python

Low-latency

ML techniques

Data analysis

C++ basics

Tools

CME data feeds

Order book reconstruction

Job description

Cps4jobs in Chicago is hiring a Quantitative Trader to develop and improve systematic strategies in highly liquid futures markets. You will mix hands-on research with live trading oversight, collaborating with software and hardware engineers to translate signals into executable decisions.

The role demands experience with equity index futures, strong Python and ML skills, and the ability to understand C++ implementations for latency-sensitive systems.