Altitude Trading - Quant Portfolio Manager - Proprietary Trading

Altitude Trading - Quant Portfolio Manager - Proprietary Trading

Altitude Trading DMCC is a proprietary trading firm based out of Dubai. The firm employs a variety of trading strategies based on years of quantitative, statistical and fundamental research.

The firm's founders are IIT-IIM alumni, with a decade of experience in commodities trading on Wall Street and London with leading investment banks. The firm is an extremely close-knit team with a very open culture.

As part of our efforts to diversify and further develop our coverage and capabilities, we are looking out for exceptional Portfolio Managers to join our team and who can bring in consistent, profitable track records.

Role :

We are seeking candidates with experience managing a quantitative trading book on any exchange traded asset class with strong risk adjusted returns.

Responsibilities :

- Develop quantitative trading strategies that exploit short term statistical market inefficiencies on a broad variety of asset classes including global futures, equities, currencies, and fixed income

- Independently lead, manage and grow quantitative trading portfolio with a separately identifiable track record

- Autonomy to build your own research track and grow research team

Skills Required :

- 3+ years of experience managing a portfolio of mid-frequency trading strategies including a verifiable track record with a Sharpe of 2.0+

- Exceptional programming skills in mainstream quant programming languages

- Advance existing research initiatives and explore new avenues for quantitative research

- Ability to grow and manage a research team and scale his/her portfolio

- Proactive, self-driven and entrepreneurial

Experience : 3-15 years work experience

Location : Dubai only