Systematic Trader

London Source: WhatJobs
£120,000–£200,000

The Trading team develops and operates quantitative trading strategies across prediction markets, equity markets, and crypto markets , including spot and derivatives.
We are looking for an experienced Systematic Trader to develop, operate, and continuously improve systematic strategies in fast-moving electronic markets.

Responsibilities

  • Operate and manage systematic trading strategies and frameworks across prediction markets, equities, and crypto, including spot, perpetuals, futures, options, and other derivatives.
  • Monitor live trading, P&L, positions, risk, and execution performance.
  • Research, backtest, deploy, and improve systematic trading strategies.
  • Identify new trading opportunities across markets, products, exchanges, and venues.
  • Analyze strategy and execution performance, including fills, slippage, adverse selection, transaction costs, and latency.
  • Optimize strategy parameters, position sizing, execution, and risk controls.
  • Work closely with quantitative developers and researchers to implement new strategies and improve trading systems.
  • Participate in local trading coverage and rotating weekend coverage.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of experience in systematic, quantitative, electronic, proprietary, or market-making trading.
  • Demonstrated experience developing, operating, or improving profitable trading strategies.
  • Strong understanding of market microstructure, execution, and risk management.
  • Strong Python programming and quantitative data-analysis skills.
  • Experience working with large market and trading datasets; SQL experience is preferred.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to take ownership in fast-moving markets.
  • Master's or PhD degree in a quantitative discipline, or equivalent relevant quantitative experience.

Preferred

  • Experience trading in one or more of prediction markets, equities, or crypto markets .
  • Experience with market making, statistical arbitrage, relative value, arbitrage, or other systematic strategies.
  • Experience with exchange APIs, order-book or tick-level data, automated execution, or real-time trading systems.
  • C++ experience is a plus.

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