About the company
Jump Trading Group is committed to world class research. We empower exceptional talents in Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science to seek scientific boundaries, push through them, and apply cutting edge research to global financial markets. Our culture is unique. Constant innovation requires fearlessness, creativity, intellectual honesty, and a relentless competitive streak. We believe in winning together and unlocking unique individual talent by incenting collaboration and mutual respect. At Jump, research outcomes drive more than superior risk adjusted returns. We design, develop, and deploy technologies that change our world, fund start-ups across industries, and partner with leading global research organizations and universities to solve problems.
Job Summary
What you'll do:
📍Manage trading strategies daily and provide an impact in terms of discretionary sizing and tweaking of parameters 📍Develop a granular understanding of trading strategies, interweaving alpha, execution, and technology 📍Provide analytical support to the trading community regarding the global markets and trading team performance 📍Serve as an advisor across several different departments, providing new and innovative solutions for the complex problems we face 📍Develop an extensive understanding of latency and its impact on strategy performance 📍Enhance our use of available internal data, all with the aim of increasing performance and remaining best-in-class as an organization
Skills you'll need:
📍Proven success working with automated trading systems at a proprietary electronic trading firm 📍Global market knowledge is strongly desired 📍Strong understanding of market microstructure, as well as an understanding of wider macro factors driving markets 📍Ability to perform under pressure 📍Confidence, accountability, decisiveness 📍Inquisitive, self-starting personality coupled with the desire to be part of a highly functioning team environment 📍 Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
