Senior Mid-Frequency Quantitative Trader

The role

This person will lead a new medium-frequency quantitative trading effort at TransMarket Group. The work is building automated trading strategies and models for futures.

What you will do

• Develop automated medium frequency trading strategies across all futures products with expected holding periods of minutes to hours
• Create and improve quantitative models for predicting futures prices
• Build out and improve the signals library
• Work with a group and across the firm to improve the backtester and other tools for a sustainable trading desk

Required qualifications

• Experience successfully developing quantitative models for profitable trading
• Breadth and depth in mathematical background
• Demonstrated passion for financial markets and market microstructure
• Strong numerical programming skills in Python
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and collaborative team environment
• Bachelor's, Master's, or Doctorate in a technical field and relevant industry experience

Nice to have

• Industry C++ experience

Benefits

• One of the most generous profit sharing programs in the industry
• More world-class benefits for full-time employees and their families

About the company

TransMarket Group is a privately held global markets proprietary trading firm in Chicago, founded in 1980 as Aardvark Financial. It describes itself as an established, profitable firm with an entrepreneurial culture.