Jump Trading Group is committed to world class research. We empower exceptional talents in Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science to seek scientific boundaries, push through them, and apply cutting edge research to global financial markets. Our culture is unique. Constant innovation requires fearlessness, creativity, intellectual honesty, and a relentless competitive streak. We believe in winning together and unlocking unique individual talent by incenting collaboration and mutual respect. At Jump, research outcomes drive more than superior risk adjusted returns. We design, develop, and deploy technologies that change our world, fund start-ups across industries, and partner with leading global research organizations and universities to solve problems.Jump launched our India office in 2019, expanding our footprint in the dynamic Asia market. Working in the India office has the feel of a small start-up with the benefits of being part of one of the leading quantitative trading firms in the World. As part of the elite Asia team, you will work collaboratively with colleagues of diverse backgrounds, all focused on creating innovative solutions that position the firm for the future.

We are looking for a passionate trader to join Jump’s centralized trading team. The centralized nature of the team leads to extensive collaboration across many departments at Jump including, but not limited to, the trading teams themselves. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills, analytical mind and operational experience. This is an opportunity for someone who can leverage his skills into a role that will have a bottom-line impact on a global level and also offer a platform to be exposed to the world of financial markets and trading.

What You’ll Do:

• Manage daily automated trading systems in a variety of market conditions
• Work closely with trading teams, evaluate and provide feedback on observed behaviors and patterns of strategies and market conditions
• Monitor live trading for operational issues to ensure a best-of-breed monitoring environment and quickly respond to unusual behaviors or market conditions that may affect successful execution of trading strategies
• Serve as an advisor across different departments, providing new and innovative solutions for the complex problems we face
• Proactively troubleshoot and resolve trading operation issues and processes for day to day trading activities
• Communicate with support staff, brokers and exchanges to resolve day to day trading issues
• Carefully document procedures and log production issues as they occur
• Other duties as assigned or needed

Skills You’ll Need:    

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, preferably in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering or a related field 
• National Institute of Securities Markets (NISM) certification: NISM-Series XVI or MCX MCCP Certification
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
• Strong exposure to a broad range of traded products in the Indian electronic trading venues
• The ability to work in an accurate, structured way and with a sense of urgency under pressure and thrive in a fast-paced team environment
• Confidence to work within a context of complex tasks and problem solve under direction but also able to take the right amount of initiative
• Must be willing to do shift work
• Reliable and predictable availability

Bonus Points:

• Scripting language e.g. Python, Shell or R