Subject Matter Expert, Event Driven Trading

IT Recruitment Solutions; New York (NY); On-site; USD 225,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Base salary around $225k–$300k

An equity stake in the company

Make a huge impact at an early-stage startup

Job summary

A quant trading startup is seeking a Subject Matter Expert in event-driven trading to help structure trading intuition for machine learning models. You will play a key role in defining playbooks and contributing to a high-impact team. Required qualifications include experience in event-driven investing, particularly in merger arbitrage, and a solid understanding of trading catalysts. This is a mid-senior level, full-time position based in New York City with a competitive salary and equity stake.

Qualifications

• Experience of event driven, merger arb, or special situations investing.
• Experience at respected hedge funds.
• Clear understanding of catalysts, risk sizing, and timing.

Responsibilities

• Turn trading intuition into structure for machine learning.
• Define playbooks and patterns around trading events.
• Collaborate with ML engineers to teach models trader reasoning.

Skills

Event driven investing

Merger arbitrage experience

Understanding of catalysts

Risk sizing expertise

Timing strategies

Job description

Subject Matter Expert, Event Driven Trading

Our client, a quant trading startup, is building machine learning models to automate what discretionary traders do. The team includes highly technical ML Engineers. Now they want someone who has lived and breathed event trading to help teach the machines how real traders think.

You will not run a book. You will not be responsible for P&L.

Instead, you’ll turn trading intuition into structure: playbooks, patterns, and reasoning around M&A, spin-offs, shareholder votes, earnings events, and special situations. The ML team will then build on what you define.

Requirements

• Experience of event driven, merger arb, or special situations investing
• Experience at respected hedge funds
• Clear understanding of catalysts, risk sizing, and timing
• Must be New York based and able to work in person

Offer

• Base salary around $225k–$300k
• An equity stake in the company
• Onsite in NYC
• Make a huge impact at an early-stage startup

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Finance