Senior Quant Trader- Statistical Arbitrage- 2+ years- US High Frequency Fund- $500K++ recruitment

Background

Our client is a prestigious high frequency fund with offices across the US and UK, with expertise across the FX and equities markets. The firm are co-located to all the major exchanges and have the economies of scale to reduce slippage and transaction costs. The global head is currently driven to expand their statistical arbitrage business globally and is keen to bring on board 4 senior stat arb quant traders with experience across the intraday to daily trading horizon. Although the firm does have the appetite to bring on board senior researchers, ideally you will have a trading pedigree for at least 2 years and be motive by building new markets and going beyond just a plug and play model. The firm have a competitive basic salary and total compensation is based upon a percentage payout dependent on how much your algorithms generate in terms of PNL.

Responsibilities

You will play a major role in designing and developing systematic statistical arbitrage trading strategies across the intraday to daily trading horizon- strategies that trade up to a week may also be considered as long as average holding period is below 6 days. In addition, you will go beyond a plug and play model and will play a major part in researching and deploying new algorithmic trading strategies. A researcher who can demonstrate how much his algorithms have generated clearly will also be considered. The role will lead onto further opportunities in the short to medium term as the firm is keen to build new offices in global locations. The firm has the economies of scale, low latency technology and strategic capabilities to expand this business globally but is keen to find senior quant traders who share the same ambitious goals. A quant trader with at least 18 months experience, and can demonstrate how much his algorithms have generated with a strong Sharpe ratio and return percentage is highly desirable.

You

• Strong academic background is a plus

• Intraday to stat arb trading space

• Quantitative mindset

• Ambitious about building a global business

Contact                                                  

If you find this role of interest, please contact Rizwaan Ahmed at +44 (0)20 3178 5678 or via email on apply@mavenalpha.com quoting the reference RZAM.