US Equity Quant Trader: Systematic Strategies & Trading

AAA Global; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

AAA Global in the United States is seeking an experienced Quantitative Trader to develop, implement, and optimize systematic trading strategies across US equities. You will work with researchers, developers, and other traders to identify opportunities and translate research into live trading.

Responsibilities include building predictive signals, market making, statistical arbitrage, intraday strategies, and risk management.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in quantitative trading, preferably in US equities, equity market making, statistical arbitrage, or high-frequency trading.
• Demonstrated track record of developing, implementing, or improving systematic trading strategies.
• Background in HFT, electronic market making, intraday alpha, closing auctions, or equity arbitrage.
• Direct ownership of trading strategies, risk limits, or PnL.
• Experience working in a proprietary trading firm, hedge fund, or systematic trading team.
• Proficiency in Python and/or C++; experience with high-performance trading systems is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Research, develop, and deploy systematic trading strategies across US equities, including single stocks, ETFs, and equity indices.
• Identify and exploit short-term alpha opportunities using market data, statistical modelling, and quantitative analysis.
• Develop predictive signals and models for market making, statistical arbitrage, relative-value trading, and intraday strategies.
• Analyze market microstructure, order-book dynamics, execution quality, adverse selection, and transaction costs.
• Optimize pricing, quoting, position sizing, hedging, and execution logic to improve trading performance.
• Monitor live strategy performance, manage risk, and conduct PnL attribution to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Collaborate with quantitative researchers and software engineers to take strategies from research and backtesting through production deployment.
• Contribute to the development of trading infrastructure, research tools, and systematic risk-management frameworks.

Skills

Quantitative trading

HFT

Strategy ownership

Backtesting

Market making

Statistical arbitrage

Intra-day alpha

Tools

Python

C++

Job description

AAA Global in the United States is seeking an experienced Quantitative Trader to develop, implement, and optimize systematic trading strategies across US equities. You will work with researchers, developers, and other traders to identify opportunities and translate research into live trading.

Responsibilities include building predictive signals, market making, statistical arbitrage, intraday strategies, and risk management.