Trade Operations Specialist
Job Title: Trade Operations Specialist
Location: NYC (hybrid)
Salary: Base Salary $120k-$150k + Bonus
Summary:
We are currently representing a client who is a top player in quantitative trading who is looking for skilled trade operations talent to join their growing team. In this role you will manage and monitor our high-frequency trading strategies while working closely with our team of experts and senior management. In this role you'll collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, contributing to the team's market expansion. The ideal candidate would value precision, quickly learn from mistakes, and enjoy improving processes.
The Trading Operations Specialist will be responsible for:
- Enhance trading processes by developing scripts to automate and improve daily operations and reporting.
- Monitor live trading activities for risk and compliance, addressing any unusual market behavior promptly.
- Work with software engineering teams to upgrade and maintain trading infrastructure and monitoring systems.
- Streamline and optimize trading support work flows using scripting languages.
- Oversee enterprise systems related to scheduling, software releases, and operational monitoring.
- Support new market deployments by collaborating on infrastructure and connectivity with internal teams
The Trade Operations Specialist should have the following qualifications and skills:
- 2+ years' experience in trade support or risk operations
- Extensive experience with Unix/Linux environments and command-line tools.
- Practical expertise in using Python, Jupyter, and SQL for data analysis and automation.
- Graduate degree in statistics, mathematics, science, or another quantitative discipline.
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