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Our client, a top-tier systematic trading firm, is seeking a highly skilled and meticulous Execution Trader to join their dynamic trading team. This role is critical to the firm's success, focusing on the efficient and risk-aware execution of algorithmic orders across global equities, futures, and options markets. The ideal candidate is a detail-oriented problem-solver with a deep understanding of market microstructure, trading technology, and a passion for optimizing performance in a systematic environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Algorithmic Execution Management: Monitor and manage the real-time execution of automated trading strategies, ensuring adherence to risk parameters and performance benchmarks.
- Performance Analysis & TCA: Conduct rigorous post-trade analysis (Transaction Cost Analysis - TCA) to evaluate execution quality, identify slippage, and provide actionable feedback to quantitative researchers and developers for algorithm improvement.
- Market Monitoring & Risk Management: Continuously monitor market conditions, news, and system alerts. Proactively identify and respond to anomalous behavior, market events, or technical issues to mitigate risk.
- System & Workflow Optimization: Work closely with Quantitative Traders and Software Engineers to refine execution algorithms, improve trading tools, and automate processes for greater efficiency and scalability.
- Liaison with Counterparties: Build and maintain strong relationships with sell-side brokers, electronic trading platforms, and exchanges to ensure optimal access to liquidity and market intelligence.
- Operational Excellence: Handle trade allocation, reconciliation, and settlement queries. Ensure all trading activity complies with internal policies and regulatory requirements.
Required Qualifications & Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field.
- 2+ years of experience working in a technology role in a trading environment, ideally in a systematic trading setting.
- Knowledge in any asset classes, specially equity and equity derivatives (futures, options) products, their market microstructure across major global venues (e.g., US, EU, APAC).
- Technically strong in Linux, SQL, Python scripting, or any OOP programming languages such as Java/ C++/ C#.
- Transaction Cost Analysis (TCA) and a data-driven approach to improving execution quality is a plus
- Familiarity with trading systems, order types, and FIX protocol.
- Exceptional ability to remain calm and make swift, rational decisions under pressure in a fast-paced market environment.
- Meticulous attention to detail and superb analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with quantitative researchers and engineers.
If this outstanding opportunity sounds like your next career move, please send your resume in Word format to Lu Zhang at resume[at]pinpointasia.com and put Execution Trader - Elite Systematic Trading Firm in the subject header. Data provided is for recruitment purposes only.
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