HFT Quant Trader - Commodity Futures - Anson McCade

€150,000 - 200,000 EUR + Performance based bonus Onsite WORKING Location: Paris, Île-de-France - France Type: Permanent HFT Quant Trader - Paris My client is a leading systematic trading firm which is expanding a new commodities market making team with a Quantitative Trader. This firm can offer strong base salaries and performance-based bonuses, in addition to pension, insurance, and medical benefits. This is an opportunity for a Quant Researcher/Trader from an electronic trading background to join an exciting new business where they will research and manage trading algorithms at low-latency. The Role: Research and manage short-term/HFT market taking strategies across commodity futures markets, particularly Energy futures. Cover microstructure analysis, pricing, signal generation, and hedging strategy responsibilities. Manage other trading operations, such as tweaking/optimising trading systems and managing risk. Design and backtest quantitative trading algorithms. Implement, optimize and improve strategies in live trading. Requirements: 2+ years experience as an Electronic Trading quant at a trading firm or bank. Advanced programming skills in Python and experience with C++ or Java. A Bachelor's, Master's or PhD level degree from a top university in a numerical field of study such as engineering, computer science, physics, mathematics, statistics etc. Ability to work in a team with colleagues in other regions.