Valkyrie Trading
Senior Quantitative Trader
Valkyrie Trading, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60290
What You’ll Do:As a Senior Quantitative Trader, you will join our interdisciplinary team to monitor, optimize, and enhance the overall performance of our trading strategies and systems. As an integral member of an aggressive and nimble team, you will have the opportunity to tackle challenging problems in programming, mathematics, data analysis, and technology. You’ll work side-by-side traders, quants, and software engineers to develop new trading strategies, create novel and enhance existing valuation models and sources of alpha, perform post trade forensics on specific events of interest as well as analysis of overall trading performance. Skills and knowledge you need or will be exposed to include programming, statistics, computer architecture, computer networks, and general electronic trading concepts.What You'll Need:
Degree in STEM or a strong foundation in computers and programming5+ years of relevant industry experienceWorking experience with CME tick-level futures market dataWorking knowledge of machine learning and statistics (regression, trees, etc.)Strong intuition with data sets, understanding of market dynamic and microstructureAbility to detect empirical relationships, identify, and design new predictive signalsProven success working with large data sets and developing statistical modelsStrong quantitative, analytical and problem-solving skillsWorking knowledge of computer architecture and networksProgramming experience in C++, C#, python, or related languagePassion and intellectual curiosity for the financial marketsEntrepreneurial attitude with a keen attention to detailStrong communication and interpersonal skillsThe drive and maturity to handle considerable responsibilityCapability to quickly recover from mistakesWhat You'll Get
Competitive salaries and performance bonusesTop-tier medical, vision, and dental coverageRelocation assistance packagesGenerous vacation policyTraining opportunities and continuing educationCatered lunch, snacks, and beveragesGroup outings and company partiesCasual dress environment
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Degree in STEM or a strong foundation in computers and programming5+ years of relevant industry experienceWorking experience with CME tick-level futures market dataWorking knowledge of machine learning and statistics (regression, trees, etc.)Strong intuition with data sets, understanding of market dynamic and microstructureAbility to detect empirical relationships, identify, and design new predictive signalsProven success working with large data sets and developing statistical modelsStrong quantitative, analytical and problem-solving skillsWorking knowledge of computer architecture and networksProgramming experience in C++, C#, python, or related languagePassion and intellectual curiosity for the financial marketsEntrepreneurial attitude with a keen attention to detailStrong communication and interpersonal skillsThe drive and maturity to handle considerable responsibilityCapability to quickly recover from mistakesWhat You'll Get
Competitive salaries and performance bonusesTop-tier medical, vision, and dental coverageRelocation assistance packagesGenerous vacation policyTraining opportunities and continuing educationCatered lunch, snacks, and beveragesGroup outings and company partiesCasual dress environment
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