Senior Trader (Quantitative Trading)

Location: Chicago, United States, or New York, United States; partial telecommuting permitted

Base salary: $300,914 USD

Company

hirify.global is a research-driven proprietary trading firm using quantitative modeling, machine learning, engineering, and internal capital to build trading systems and algorithms for global markets.

What you will do

• Develop, maintain, and enhance mathematical models, trading strategies, and trading system components with developers.
• Design, test, and implement end-to-end changes to trading models, strategies, and systems.
• Analyze financial, economic, and industry data and create custom research tools to optimize trading performance.
• Lead, mentor, and develop traders, trading managers, interns, quantitative researchers, and technologists.
• Set trading strategy, performance goals, and standards while adapting to market trends and conditions.
• Own desk PnL, risk management, regulatory controls, stakeholder collaboration, and trader hiring decisions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Mathematics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Financial Engineering, Physics, or a related quantitative field.
• At least five years of experience in quantitative proprietary trading, trading strategy operation, and trading system development.
• At least five years of experience managing trading-firm risk exposure, quantitative traders, and trading-desk planning and prioritization.
• Experience using Python and quantitative analysis libraries including Pandas, NumPy, and SciPy.
• Experience trading financial products and navigating compliance regulations in trading markets.
• Required FINRA certifications: SIE, Series 57, and Series 24.

Culture & Benefits

• Partial telecommuting is permitted.
• Full-time permanent positions are eligible for a discretionary bonus.
• Benefits include paid leave and insurance.
• Work in a research-driven environment combining traders, researchers, and engineers.