Trader | Global Centralized Trading Desk

Jump Trading Jump Trading · Quant · Chicago, IL · Front Office

Jump Trading is seeking a Trader for their Global Centralized Trading Desk. This role involves controlling and monitoring trading strategies, tackling operational challenges for automated trading systems, and providing feedback on strategy performance. The ideal candidate has at least two years of experience in trading and automated trading systems, strong Python skills, and a passion for financial markets.

What you'd actually do

  1. Control and monitor the performance and execution of trading strategies along with adjusting risk parameters.
  2. Tackle operational challenges to ensure our automated trading strategies continue to operate at peak performance.
  3. Work with and closely mentored by seasoned traders (both locally and globally) with years of trading experience with an opportunity to influence the underlying alpha and strategies directly.
  4. Provide thorough feedback on strategy performance, market conditions and other impactful trading observations to the team.
  5. Hands on - front line trading global markets through changing economic conditions and market events.

Skills

Required

  • Python
  • trading
  • financial markets
  • automated trading systems
  • multitask
  • thrive under pressure
  • Self-starting personality
  • exceptional verbal and written communication skills
  • Reliable and predictable availability

Nice to have

  • C++
  • similar languages

What the JD emphasized

  • Proven success working with automated trading systems at an electronic trading firm strongly desired