Head of Systematic Futures Team (USA) bei Trexquant Investment

Description

We are looking for an experienced systematic futures quantitative researcher to lead our Futures Team. In this role, you will be responsible for leading a team of researchers in researching, implementing, and trading profitable futures based systematic strategies within Trexquant’s core product. Your work will expand our existing systematic futures program as a meaningful asset class in our proven quantitative processes.

Responsibilities

• Expand our current futures effort by further identifying data and signals useful for building and backtesting various futures strategies.
• Work with the development team to improve accuracy, robustness, and speed of our platform in simulating and trading proposed futures based strategies.
• Design and Implement futures based strategies and partner with the execution and financing teams to optimize execution of strategies, harmonizing with existing investments and asset classes.
• Align with the risk team to establish monitoring and controls for futures specific risk exposures as well as capital allocation among our incumbent strategies.
• Regularly present to senior management to collaborate and align quantitative credit research with overall trading and investment strategies.
  

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in researching and trading quantitative futures based strategies.
• Bachelor's, Master’s, or Ph.D. degrees in Mathematics, Statistical Modeling, Computer Science or other related STEM fields.
• Proven leadership experience in managing a team of quantitative researchers.
• Strong quantitative skills.
• Proficiency in Python.

Benefits

• Competitive salary plus bonus based on individual and company performance.
• Collaborative, casual, and friendly work environment.
• PPO Health, dental and vision insurance premiums fully covered for you and your. dependents.
• Pre-tax commuter benefits.
• Weekly company meals.

Applications are now open for our NYC office that’s opening in September 2026.

The base salary range is $130,000 to $200,000, depending on candidates’ educational and professional background. Base salary is only one part of Trexquant’s total compensation, which may include a discretionary and performance based bonus.

Trexquant is an Equal Opportunity Employer.