CareerPlan

Senior Quant Trader

London, England, GBFull-time2026-11-04 → 2026-11-10

Core

Senior front office quant trader managing live risk, systematic strategy research, and execution within automated trading infrastructure.

Role type

Senior IC quant trader (systematic strategies)

Builds

Automated trading systems for spot, derivatives, and event-driven markets

Domain

Digital assets, derivatives, and prediction markets

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Systematic trading strategy development, live risk management, market microstructure analysis, statistical modelling, time-series analysis, backtesting methodology, Python, derivatives pricing

Preferred skills

C++, low-latency execution environments, options microstructure, volatility modelling

Responsibilities

Monitor and manage real-time risk across live books, conduct pricing and execution research for systematic hedging, design and backtest new trading signals, develop models for market microstructure and execution optimisation, perform post-trade analysis including PnL attribution and slippage analysis, collaborate with quant developers to translate research into production systems

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC