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Experienced Quantitative Trader

A role for a trader with a live, profitable strategy who wants to run it within a large quantitative trading platform. Teams are independent and supported by shared infrastructure.

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.

Run and scale your own profitable strategy on the firm's platform
Manage return on capital and strategy risk
Work with engineering, risk and compliance to deploy and monitor trading
Lead or play a key part in a small trading team

What they ask for

Required

Currently profitable strategy with live track record
Strong return on capital
Experience at a prop firm, hedge fund or bank
Team leadership or key team contribution
Quantitative degree
Communication across departments

Education: Bachelor's, master's or PhD in mathematics, statistics, computer science or another STEM field.
Experience: Proven live track record (not just back-tests) at a trading firm, fund or bank

How to prepare

Document a strategy with realistic costs, capacity and live-versus-backtest results
Learn return-on-capital and risk-adjusted performance measures
Be ready to explain edge and why it persists
Study how trading firms size and risk-manage strategies

What to study

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SelfMadeQuant wrote this summary from the employer’s public posting, last checked 6 November 2026. SelfMadeQuant isn’t affiliated with Tower Research Capital and doesn’t handle applications.