Junior Quantitative Trader (APAC)

About The Position

Old Mission Capital, a quantitative proprietary trading firm, is currently recruiting a Junior Quantitative Trader to join our APAC office. Our traders work in teams to seek out and profitably trade mispriced securities. The junior trader needs to be driven and have a passion for understanding how things work. The job responsibilities will include disciplined decision-making, risk management, derivative pricing, and researching new opportunities for profitable businesses.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee and manage the trade execution and risk of complex trading portfolios across the firm.
• Implement trading strategies that leverage technology to efficiently execute trades at minimum transactional costs.
• Conduct post-trade analysis to evaluate P&L, execution quality, strategy performance, etc.
• Continuously evaluate strategy performance and adapt models to changing market conditions.

Required Skills:

• A degree in a quantitative field such as computer science, engineering, or one of the hard sciences.
• Proficiency with at least one of the following languages: Python, C++, JAVA, VBA, R, Matlab or Ruby
• 3+ years of relevant equity or options trading experience.
• Experienced with automated trading systems.
• Proven trustworthiness and performance under the highest ethical standards.
• Great attention to detail.
• Ability to solve problems in a high-pressure environment.
• Superior written and verbal communication skills.
• Must be self-motivated, dependable, responsible and results driven.
• Maintain integrity at all times.
• A strong work ethic and ability to adapt quickly in a fast-paced environment

Who are we looking for?

Passion for trading is critical! Besides meeting the qualifications the most successful candidates will have a strong desire to understand how things work. You should have a deep interest in the financial markets and want to join a collaborative team. We value each other’s ideas and have the mindset to continuously improve and build towards the future.