Quantitative Trader Fixed Income
You will support the Fixed Income Trading desk through risk management, strategy configuration and implementation, and primary market trading. You will design, operate, and improve algorithmic trading strategies, work with operations and trading partners to mitigate risk, and help develop trading strategies with software engineers.
Responsibilities
- Manage trading risk
- Configure and implement strategies
- Conduct primary market trading
- Design algorithmic trading strategies
- Operate algorithmic trading strategies
- Improve algorithmic trading strategies
- Work with operations, compliance, brokers, and custodians to mitigate risk
- Build and manage relationships with issuers and trading partners
- Work with software engineers to enhance trading strategies
Requirements
- 2-5 years of experience in a trading support role or comparable role at a trading firm or financial institution
- Excellent academic background
- Quantitative academic background preferred
- Bond experience
- Knowledge or experience pricing, settling, or clearing Fixed Income is beneficial
- ETF knowledge is a plus
- Strong communication ability
- Technical proficiency in SQL and Python or other programming languages
- Ability to identify issues and create solutions independently
- Ability to take initiative and work independently and within a team