The Opportunity

An established, well-funded proprietary trading shop is looking for Quant Traders who will take part in the full lifecycle of quantitative trading: idea generation, research, back-testing, optimization and execution.

Skills/Qualifications
- In-house Developers and Quants will be available to help program and optimize algorithms but a solid technical background is strongly preferred.
- Most important is a proven track record of high Sharp Ratio, at least back-tested results, if not executed live.

Requirements:
- 2+ years Quant Trading experience
- Strong market knowledge
- Programming skills in an object oriented programming language (C++, C# preferred)
- Ability to rigorously specify their own trading ideas/methodologies and back-test them on out of sample data.
- M.S., Phd. or equivalent in a quantitative field: physics, engineering, computer science, statistics etc..

If you are an experienced Quant Trader in search of capital and infrastructure to enable your successful intraday to 1 week horizon trading strategie(s), please send your resume to kcassata@optionsgroup.com for immediate consideration

Competitive Compensation and Bonuses.

To apply: Send the most current resume attached as a word document to kcassata@optionsgroup.com with the job title in the subject line. All submissions will be reviewed and qualified applicants will be contacted immediately

Founded in 1992, Options Group has always prioritized maintaining an intimate relationship with the financial services industry and its key participants. Options Group offers financial services companies a broad array of integrated services. These include Executive Search, Strategic Consulting, and Market Intelligence. Options Group, with its global footprint and growing Emerging Markets presence in the financial services industry, has combined their strong historical relationships and product and geographical knowledge with technology, creating a deep and valuable proprietary database.