Senior Algorithmic Trader

About the Company

Founded in 1980 as Aardvark Financial, TransMarket Group (TMG) is a privately held global markets proprietary trading firm in Chicago. We use next-generation technology to capture opportunities around the world and manage risk in financial markets.

Responsibilities

• Maintain expertise in market microstructure, tick data, and automated trading systems
• Build and maintain trading quantitative model tools and analytics
• Develop, code, maintain and support production quality automated trading softwares and strategies
• Improve strategies and trade execution by performing post trade analyses and developing prediction models
• Manage a small group of dynamic Junior Traders and guide research and trading software development projects
• Mentor Junior Traders and promote their learning on the desk
• Help steer recruitment initiatives to advance the growth and development of the team

Requirements

• Bachelor's, Master's, or Doctorate in a technical field or pertinent industry experience
• Minimum five years of work experience in the trading industry
• Programming proficiency and experience in C++ and Python
• Proficiency and experience in Linux scripting is a plus
• Expert understanding of computing, math, probability, statistics, and finance
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Benefits

• Generous profit sharing programs
• World-class benefits for full-time employees and their families