Equities Quantitative Trader

Belvedere Trading is a leading proprietary trading firm with offices in Chicago, New York, Boulder, and Singapore. Our traders work hard to provide liquidity to the market through their market-making activities and are the masters of a diverse set of commodities, interest rates, exchange-traded funds (ETF), and equity index options. From the beginning, we began iteratively investing in our proprietary technology and committing to building our systems from the ground up. Our trading models and software systems are continually re-engineered, optimized, and maintained to stay on top of the industry. We operate best within a team environment where we challenge each other to deliver value consistently and share in the success of the company.

Belvedere Trading is seeking an Equities Quantitative Trader to join its Cash Equities team in New York. The successful candidate will start working on and manage existing systematic strategies in the US Cash Equities market and will eventually research, design and manage new strategies. They will have a broad mandate to build both Latency and Non-Latency sensitive strategies. They will work closely with the Senior trader and other team members and have a direct impact on trading and PNL generation.

Benefits at Belvedere Trading

• Competitive compensation
• Excellent execution and clearing fee rates
• Access to superior proprietary execution software
• Administrative and compliance resources
• 401(k), health insurance and other competitive benefit plans available
• Per New York rules a base of $125,000 to $225,000 with benefits and bonus dependent on experience level.

What you'll need

• 2+ years of trading experience in US Equities
• Series SIE + 57 Required
• Strong quantitative skills, including high mathematical aptitude, experience with excel, data analytics
• Entrepreneurial attitude, creative problem-solving skills, and ability to implement iterative improvements to trading systems
• Ability to communicate clearly and efficiently in a professional and collaborative setting

Extra credit

• Strong programming skills, C#, Python/Matlab/R
• Experience with Data mining/Statistics/Optimization in research topics
• Experience in a profitable algorithmic trading group