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Junior Quantitative Trader – APAC Delta One

A junior trading role on a growing Delta One desk in Sydney, blending trading, research and infrastructure work. The desk is expanding across Asia-Pacific.

What you’d work on

Our reading of the posting: what a new hire in this role would most likely spend their first months on.

Trade ETFs, futures and equities on Asian exchanges
Run and monitor systematic strategies across horizons
Research signals from microstructure, flow and cross-asset data
Look for relative-value and arbitrage opportunities
Improve desk tooling with engineers

What they ask for

Required

Quantitative and probabilistic thinking
Comfort with electronic trading systems
Programming and data skills
Attention to detail and ownership
Clear communication
Quantitative degree (maths, physics, engineering, CS, economics, finance)

Preferred

Systematic trading, market making or prop experience
Direct Delta One experience

Education: Degree in maths, physics, engineering, CS, economics, finance or similar.
Experience: Experience in trading or quantitative research; years not stated
Markets: equities, futures

How to prepare

Study ETF creation and redemption, and how futures basis links to cash equities
Build a simple ETF-versus-basket relative-value backtest
Practise expected-value and risk/reward reasoning on trading puzzles
Learn Asian exchange rules such as trading hours, tick sizes and listings

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