Senior Quantitative Trader

Venture Search; United States; Remote; USD 300,000 - 800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Autonomy in trading

Capital and data access

Global infrastructure

Flexible location

Job summary

Venture Search is seeking a Senior Trader / Portfolio Manager to lead and scale high-frequency and medium-frequency trading strategies across equities and futures. This role offers ownership of live trading, access to capital and a global tech stack, with flexible location options including remote work.

The ideal candidate has a proven track record in profitable, risk-adjusted returns and deep expertise in market microstructure, execution and quantitative methods.

Qualifications

• Proven track record of profitability and risk-adjusted returns in senior trading roles.
• Experience designing, deploying and scaling HFT/MFT strategies across equities or futures.
• Strong technical capabilities in programming and quantitative analysis.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, manage and scale established HFT/MFT strategies across equities or futures.
• Develop and optimise market-making or positional trading approaches.
• Take ownership of live trading performance, capital deployment and risk management.
• Refine alpha models, predictive signals, pricing and execution frameworks.
• Analyse market microstructure and liquidity to identify opportunities.
• Evaluate strategy capacity, scalability and performance across changing conditions.
• Collaborate with researchers and engineers to enhance models and infrastructure.

Skills

Python

C++

Quantitative trading

Market making

Risk management

Tools

Trading platforms

Job description

Senior Trader / Portfolio Manager – HFT & MFT Equities / Futures | Leading Global Proprietary Trading Firm

Location – New York, Chicago, London, Singapore or Fully Remote

Description:

Our client is a globally recognised, technology-led proprietary trading firm with a strong reputation across electronic markets. The firm operates at the forefront of systematic trading, combining significant capital, sophisticated technology and deep quantitative expertise to develop and deploy strategies across global financial markets.

As part of an ambitious expansion of its trading business, the firm is looking to attract exceptional senior Traders and Portfolio Managers across equities and futures. This is a strategic hiring initiative focused on experienced individuals with established, profitable strategies who can bring an existing trading edge to the platform and take ownership of its continued development and growth.

The Opportunity:

The mandate is open across both high-frequency and medium-frequency trading strategies in equities and futures. Candidates may specialise in market making or positional approaches, although market-making strategies must operate at HFT frequency.

The firm is looking for proven traders and PMs with substantial track records, established strategies and the ability to deploy and scale quickly. Successful candidates will have meaningful ownership of their trading activity, supported by the firm's capital, technology and global infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities:

• Deploy, manage and scale established HFT or MFT strategies across equities or futures.
• Develop and optimise market-making or positional trading approaches, as appropriate.
• Take ownership of live trading performance, capital deployment and risk management.
• Refine alpha models, predictive signals, pricing and execution frameworks.
• Analyse market microstructure, liquidity and trading behaviour to identify further opportunities.
• Evaluate strategy capacity, scalability and performance across changing market conditions.
• Work with quantitative researchers and engineers to enhance trading models and infrastructure.

Ideal Candidate:

• An established Senior Trader or Portfolio Manager from a leading proprietary trading firm or quantitative trading business.
• Extensive, demonstrable track record of generating profitable, risk-adjusted returns.
• An existing HFT or MFT strategy in equities or futures that can be deployed onto a new platform.
• Experience in market making or positional systematic trading; market-making strategies must be HFT.
• Deep understanding of electronic markets, execution, liquidity and market microstructure.
• Strong quantitative and technical capabilities, with programming proficiency in Python, C++ or similar languages.
• The ability to operate with significant autonomy and take full ownership of strategy performance.

What’s on Offer:

• Join a globally recognised, well-capitalised proprietary trading firm.
• Significant opportunity to deploy and scale an established trading strategy.
• Access to sophisticated technology, infrastructure, market data and capital.
• Meaningful autonomy over trading activity and strategy development.
• An ambitious expansion programme with opportunities across multiple asset classes and trading horizons.
• Location flexibility across New York, Chicago, London, Singapore or fully remote, subject to approval.