White Squire Capital Management - Portfolio Manager - Quantitative Trading

We are a quantitative trading firm founded by alumni of IIM B/L who have worked at Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs. We are currently active in crypto-currency and Indian Equity markets and are looking for talented individuals to work with us on discovering new alphas and quantitative strategies.

Role :

- Conduct research to discover monetizable trading opportunities across crypto-currencies, Indian cash stocks and their derivatives

- Understand our current strategies and offer ways on improving the in-production algorithms

- Contribute to the development of our in-house NSE options market making, pair trading and mean reversion models

- Work closely with our tech team to develop the strategies you recommend. Monitor your strategies for performance and make incremental improvements.

Required Skills :

- Strong understanding of financial derivatives and underlying mathematical and statistical relationships between assets

- Strong conceptual clarity on topics in stochastic calculus, probability distributions, prediction modeling, and common techniques used to model asset risk and returns

- Proficient in at least one programming language among C++, NodeJS, Python, and R

- Experience in developing algorithms at an established prop desk or investment bank.

- Understanding of the full life cycle of algo development.

What we offer :

- Meritocratic pay structure - opportunity to earn far more than market compensation for candidates who can generate strong revenue.

- Ability to work part-time/full-time from our office or from home.

- Ability to leverage our high-frequency trading infrastructure to invest your personal capital to generate above-market return

- Competitive pay and strong performance-driven work-culture

Preferred Educational Background :

- Undergraduate in mathematical discipline from top IITs / Ivy League universities

- Top-tier MBA, CFA, FRM, CQF etc. a plus but not required