What are the responsibilities and job description for the Junior Trader (Asian Market Hours) position at Geneva Trading?
How You Can Make An Impact
The hours for this position are 3:00 pm to 1:00 am CT Sunday - Thursday.
We are looking for a fully remote trader to join our team and build upon our current automated trading operation during the Asian shift. The ideal candidate has prior systematic trading experience with a market making team.
- Support the trading desk by monitoring proprietary trading models, staying up-to-date on model changes, responding quickly to market activity, and managing global risk for our trading portfolio during the Asian shift
- Partner with Senior Traders on data-driven projects that increase our trading presence across global financial markets
- Analyze trading performance and new market opportunities using fundamental statistical theories
- Monitor and troubleshoot our proprietary software and trading infrastructure
- Collaborate with our technology team to understand, maintain, and improve our low-latency trading systems
- Bachelor's degree in STEM or a related field required
- Prior experience at a trading firm, hedge fund, or other financial technology firm preferred
- Advanced knowledge of derivatives products and financial markets is highly preferred.
- Experience writing and implementing statistical ideas in Python or R highly preferred
- Demonstrated success in competitive environments (i.e., poker, chess, athletics, etc.)
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Proven ability to work well in a collaborative, team-oriented environment
