Quantitative Business Analyst

Radix Trading is a proprietary firm focused on quantitative research and scientific trading. We’re one of the most active liquidity providers on electronic exchanges globally, and have leveraged a culture of open, collaborative innovation to scale the reach of our ideas and pace of iteration, without having to scale our headcount.

In our industry, the vast majority of ideas will fail. So, since inception, we’ve focused on continuous enhancement of our automated research platform and cutting-edge technology, allowing us to fail faster than the day prior, glean insights from each idea, and leverage individual contributions to the fullest across our entire organization. 

We’re led by Ben Blander and Michael Rauchman, who played key roles in the rise of electronic trading, but both recognized a major gap in the industry — a true focus on research processes coupled with an open organizational structure that fosters effective collaboration. 

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Ben Blander - former head of Citadel’s high frequency group and a key contributor in growing their P&L from $75 million in 2005 to $1.15 billion in 2008 (Source: http://www.cnbc.com/id/39099331). Previously Ben earned a PhD in Math (Algebraic Topology under Peter May) from the University of Chicago.

Michael Rauchman - formerly GETCO’s CTO, head of Americas equities, and global head of ForEx. As a hands-on leader, Michael was instrumental in the development of many trading strategies as well as the underlying architecture and code.
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Why trading?

If you want to get near-immediate feedback on your best ideas, while leveraging cutting-edge technology, the trading industry is hard to beat. Every day we’re competing with some of the smartest, most driven people in the world trying to take our money -- and if we don’t stay at the very top of our game in research, technology, and economics, they will.

And while the highly-publicized wave of high-frequency or “flash” trading based on sheer speed of execution might have reached its limit, we see continued opportunities with our strategy of using statistical research to outsmart the competition.

Job Description

As part of a lean Business Team, you’ll work directly with a range of functions and their leads to design and execute tools and processes for business operations and development. 

You’ll also conduct research to help evaluate new business opportunities by building tools and performing data analysis to inform data-driven business decisions. 

Qualifications
We’re looking for highly analytical and motivated people who want to help build the research-driven trading firm of the future. The individual wants to help manage our business operations for the existing business functions (research, technology, and operations) by improving communication, code and any other necessary elements.

And to do that, you’ll need the following qualities:

>Self-motivated and analytical to think big picture and understand the full scope and depth of an issue to define and do work that helps the firm work towards long-term sustainable growth.

>Strong self-awareness and high emotional intelligence to assist with interpersonal and communication improvements. 

>Proficient in Python coding, especially in scripting and automation.

>Proficient in SQL or other querying language

> Proficient at data mining, extraction and organization of raw format data from various sources such as accounting systems, database tables, and more.

>Ability to multitask --- iterate quickly towards a better solution while not dropping the ball on other concurrent functions.

>Detail oriented and can easily identify key influencing factors; able to quickly retain historical highlights to focus on future improvements

>Results driven ---- able to drive tasks to completion in a timely manner.