Head of Quant Trading

Overview

In this role you lead a high-caliber quant trading team to build and scale market-making and cross-asset risk systems. You drive end-to-end trade execution quality for millions of retail customers and expand the firm’s tradable instrument universe. You will shape trading models, risk factors, and systematic portfolios within a tech-first, rigorous firm. This is a mission-driven, fast-paced opportunity at a globally recognized quant trading firm with strong teaching culture.

Pay / Benefits

• flexible working
• options from day 1
• excellent salary and benefits package
• ongoing training
• structured career path
• global exposure

Responsibilities

• Lead large-scale market-making and cross-asset risk management system implementations
• Ensure end-to-end trade execution quality for millions of retail customers, including during extreme market events
• Expand asset classes and tradable instruments
• Develop and optimize trading models to identify risk factors and build systematic equity portfolios

Key requirements

• PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics or Engineering
• Quant experience in systematic trading (market making / hedging & electronic execution)
• Extensive experience with market-making algorithms and automated trading systems
• Deep understanding of stock market microstructure across global exchanges
• Experience with high trading volumes
• Experience delivering multi-asset trading strategies (alpha signals, analytics, simulations)
• Experience in machine learning, signal research, back testing & performance optimization
• Quant modeling
• Programming: Python, C++, Java; complex event processing

• leadership
• communication
• collaboration
• Python
• C++
• Java

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