Systematic Trader

Role

1. Real-Time Monitoring: Monitor market data, orders, executions, positions and system health; investigate alerts and identify unexpected trading behaviour.
2. Trading Operations: Perform pre-market checks and shift handovers; support approved configuration changes, deployments and post-release checks.
3. Incident Response: Execute authorised SOPs, verify outcomes, and promptly escalate unresolved issues or situations outside assigned authority.
4. Analytics & Improvement: Use Python to analyse trading data, investigate recurring issues, and improve monitoring, tools and SOPs.
5. Compliance & Coordination: Follow execution controls and market rules; support broker communication and incident documentation.

Requirements

1. Background: Degree in a quantitative discipline or equivalent demonstrated ability. Recent graduates and candidates with 1–3 years of relevant experience are welcome.
2. Quantitative & Financial Foundations: Solid probability and statistics, with a good understanding of financial markets, trading instruments, positions, PnL and basic order mechanics.
3. Programming: Practical Python skills for data processing and analysis. Familiarity with Linux/UNIX and SQL is a plus.
4. Judgement & Discipline: Strong analytical thinking, attention to detail, reliable execution and sound judgement about when to escalate.
5. Communication: Clear written and spoken English for incident updates, handovers and collaboration.
6. Shift Availability: Willingness and ability to work scheduled night shifts.