Associate, Short Term Trader

Location: Newport Beach, California, USA; likely based in the Newport Beach head office

Salary: $135,000–$150,000 base salary per year, plus a discretionary bonus

Company

hirify.global is an active fixed-income investment manager operating across public and private markets, with expertise in debt markets, credit, and financing solutions.

What you will do

• Manage daily trading of liquidity and short-dated assets across portfolios.
• Trade and support portfolio management across corporate bonds, agency and supranational securities, and asset-backed securities.
• Assist with cash management, short-duration mandate optimization, and global cash optimization.
• Support collateral and repo trading, including potential responsibilities for US Treasury and credit or structured-product funding books.
• Develop portfolio construction and product development capabilities as responsibilities expand.
• Generate real-time, alpha-adding ideas across multiple products.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required; an advanced degree is a significant advantage.
• 2–4 years of relevant trading or portfolio management experience.
• In-depth knowledge of fixed-income products, especially liquidity products and short-dated credit.
• Experience with operational processes and trade execution, plus strong analytical and quantitative skills.
• Understanding of macroeconomics, portfolio construction, collateral and repo trading, and risk mitigation.
• Strong communication, collaboration, ethics, composure, and objectivity during market volatility.

Nice to have

• Experience from the sell-side, buy-side, or both.
• Advanced academic degree.
• Experience managing aspects of US Treasury and credit or structured-product funding books.

Culture & Benefits

• High-performance and inclusive culture centered on collaboration, openness, responsibility, and excellence.
• Total compensation includes a fixed base salary and discretionary performance-based bonus.
• Work involves collaboration across internal teams and communication with external stakeholders.