Junior Fixed Income Relative Value Trader

Location: Northfield, Illinois office; full-time in-office work required for at least the first 18 months

Company

hirify.global is a proprietary trading firm using its own capital, trading strategies, and risk management methodologies across global financial markets.

What you will do

• Work directly with the head of the fixed-income relative-value desk on live positions, research, execution, and risk management.
• Monitor fixed-income markets, relative-value relationships, portfolio exposures, and trading opportunities.
• Build and improve analytical tools, trading systems, data pipelines, dashboards, and automated workflows.
• Research strategies and test trading ideas using market data and quantitative methods.
• Investigate pricing discrepancies and explain changes in markets and portfolio performance.
• Execute accurately under pressure while managing operational details and gradually taking on greater trading responsibility.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in economics, mathematics, statistics, physics, computer science, engineering, or another rigorous quantitative discipline.
• Strong quantitative reasoning, attention to detail, and the ability to think clearly under pressure.
• Genuine interest in markets, trading, technology, and risk.
• Ability to learn unfamiliar concepts rapidly, solve problems independently, and take ownership.
• Resilience to direct feedback, demanding standards, and periods of intense work.
• Willingness and ability to work full-time from the Northfield, Illinois office for at least the first 18 months.

Nice to have

• Direct fixed-income experience or previous experience on a trading desk.

Culture & Benefits

• Entrepreneurial trading environment with rapid decision-making and aggressive testing of ideas.
• Early exposure to portfolio construction, trade execution, quantitative research, technology development, and risk management.
• Career progression toward independent strategy research, trade proposals, system building, risk management, and portfolio management.
• Discretionary bonus eligibility and competitive base salary.
• Medical, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, life, disability, vacation, and retirement benefits with employer match.

Hiring process

• Submit a resume and brief cover letter explaining interest in fixed-income relative-value trading, relevant accomplishments, and readiness for an intense in-office environment.