Execution Quant

Job Description

We're building a centralized quant research team and need an execution quant to own execution quality end-to-end. This is a ground-floor opportunity, you'll establish reporting infrastructure, develop signals that cut trading costs

• Analyze execution reports to identify poor trades and execution quality issues
• Build signals to improve execution performance, covering order-specific metrics and toxicity analysis
• Establish execution reporting infrastructure from the ground up
• Perform low-latency order book analysis to optimize execution across global markets
• Continuously review execution data to uncover areas of improvement
• Collaborate with trading teams and data engineering to improve infrastructure and execution controls
• Pre- and post-trade transaction cost analysis (TCA) to benchmark execution performance and identify cost reduction opportunities.

Qualifications

• Strong command of execution signals and low-latency order book analysis
• Proven experience building execution models
• Background in prop trading ideally in equities or currencies (trading side, not risk) futures also considered
• Proficiency in Python and at least one low-level language (Rust, C++, or Java)
• Degree in physics, math, statistics, econometrics, or computer science
• Experience at growth-stage firms
• Builder mentality: comfortable establishing infrastructure 
• Willing to work remotely with East Coast US–Singapore time zone alignment

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.