Quantitative Systematic Trader
As a Quantitative Systematic Trader at Susquehanna, you'll combine quantitative research expertise with deep trading intuition to build and refine data-driven, fully automated trading strategies. You'll actively monitor real-time strategy performance and use market behavior and feedback to improve and optimize profitability. Serving as a hybrid between traders and researchers, Quantitative Systematic Traders focus more on alpha monetization, execution efficiency, and live trading performance.
What you can expect
- Modelling. Apply probability theory, statistical analysis, and machine learning techniques to analyze and interpret market behavior
- Alpha Monetization. Blend quantitative signals with trading intuition and live market insights to optimize existing strategies or build new ones from the ground up
- Risk Management. Oversee the deployment and real-time operation of trading strategies, fine-tune parameters, and respond to anomalies as needed
- Education. Participate in a comprehensive education program and receive personalized mentorship from senior professionals to accelerate your growth
- Collaboration. Work in an open environment that allows you to collaborate with researchers and technologists to build parts of the execution engine
What we're looking for
Masters students graduating by Summer 2026 in quantitative fields such as Mathematics, Physics, Statistics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Operations Research, or EconomicsAnalytical problem-solvers with excellent logical reasoning and a passion for turning data into decisionsClear communicators in a fast-paced and highly collaborative environmentProgrammers comfortable processing and analyzing large data sets in Python; experience with C++ (or another low-level language) is a plusStrategic thinkers with demonstrated interests in strategic games and / or competitive activitiesSelf-motivated and quick to learn, thriving in dynamic, fast-moving environmentStrong Trading Interest and drive to develop a deep mental model of microstructure and market intuitionOpportunities as a Quantitative Researcher and as a Quantitative Systematic Trader will be available in our Philadelphia and New York offices.
The annual base pay range for this role is $250,000-$300,000. Susquehanna considers factors such as scope and responsibilities of the position, work experience, education / training, key skills, as well as market and organizational considerations when extending an offer.
Visa sponsorship is available for this position.