Equity Trader

Role Summary

As a Systematic Trader, you’ll join our global team of experts responsible for managing the day-to-day trading of our quantitative systematic trading strategies. You will make real-time decisions to manage risk, respond to changing market conditions, react to patterns observed in trading behaviors, and act on the broad set of alerts generated by our leading monitoring platform. You will partner with the firm’s strategy developers and technologists to deliver a best-in-class trading platform that directly unlocks business opportunities and improves the robustness of our businesses. We’re looking for extraordinary traders who are committed to our core values: winning, acting with integrity, continuously learning, and cultivating a meritocracy.

Opportunities may be available from time to time in any location in which the business is based for suitable candidates. If you are interested in a career with Citadel, please share your details and we will contact you if there is a vacancy available.

Objectives

• Manage the daily operation of our systematic trading platform, partnering with developers, researchers, and technology teams
• Develop a deep understanding of market microstructure, products, regulations, and our trading platform to facilitate business growth (new regions/venues/products, defining new technology requirements, and deployment of new strategies)
• Design and drive the continual improvement of our world-class trading platform
• Monitor markets and strategy performance metrics identifying trends that inform actions
• Understand and navigate macro event risks by constructing and executing trading playbooks
• Own risk management protections and have authority over trading activities

Skills and Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM, Finance, Economics, or Business program from a top institution
• Excellent problem-solving and strategic decision-making ability; able to keep the big picture in mind, making informed and defensible decisions in a fast-paced trading environment
• Prior experience in electronic trading
• Detail-oriented and excellent written and oral communication skills
• Demonstrated self-starter, with the drive and can-do attitude to learn new things and push through change to deliver results
• Skill assets: experience with Linux, proficiency in Python

In accordance with applicable law, the base salary range for this role is $150,000 to $325,000.

In addition, the employee who fills this role will be eligible to participate in a discretionary incentive compensation program, as well as a wide array of benefit programs, such as medical and life insurance, retirement and tax-free savings plans, and access to other healthcare programs.