Senior Systematic Trader — U.S. Equities — Philadelphia

This Philadelphia, PA-based, fully remote Senior Systematic Trader — U.S. Equities position will own daily oversight and continued improvement of systematic U.S.-equity trading. Applicants must live in the local area, which gives the team Eastern Time research review before the open and throughout the U.S. cash session.

Compensation and Benefits

About the Role

The central responsibility of the Philadelphia, PA opening is live strategy supervision, exposure limits, execution review, incident response, and controlled production experiments. The assigned window includes Eastern Time research review before the open and throughout the U.S. cash session. Success requires reproducible work, prompt escalation, and clear ownership through review and production use.

Philadelphia Operating Focus

The Philadelphia opening emphasizes evidence-first decisions, documented challenge, and orderly production handoffs. The workday reserves focused time before the open for independent evidence review and challenge. During live markets, the role must distinguish a normal deviation from a condition that needs escalation. At the close, open questions move into a short written queue with a named owner and a required follow-up date. For this role, that means direct ownership of live equity exposure, execution quality, escalation, and post-trade review during Eastern Time research review before the open and throughout the U.S. cash session.

First Review Cycle

For the first complete work cycle in Philadelphia, PA, you will use Eastern Time research review before the open and throughout the U.S. cash session to test how the team measures and escalates changes in live equity exposure, execution quality, escalation, and post-trade review. The first evidence set will cover this task: Define escalation and controlled-shutdown procedures. The second will cover this task: Work with research on production experiments and post-trade review. The Philadelphia opening emphasizes evidence-first decisions, documented challenge, and orderly production handoffs. Each material deviation receives a named follow-up owner. The final record separates completed work, open research, and live operating risk. A reviewer must be able to trace each material decision to live strategy supervision, exposure limits, execution review, incident response, and controlled production experiments.

Responsibilities

• Monitor strategies, exposures, limits, and execution quality
• Investigate slippage, drift, and unusual market behavior
• Define escalation and controlled-shutdown procedures
• Work with research on production experiments and post-trade review
• Own live equity exposure, execution quality, escalation, and post-trade review during Eastern Time research review before the open and throughout the U.S. cash session.

Required Qualifications

• Seven or more years in systematic trading or electronic markets
• Direct experience with U.S.-equity execution and market structure
• Calm, documented decision-making under live-market pressure

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supervising multiple systematic strategies in production
• Knowledge of broker controls, market incidents, and trading-system recovery
• Experience collaborating across time zones while maintaining the operating coverage assigned to the Philadelphia, PA opening.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision plan options with substantial company support
• 401(k) plan with company matching
• Flexible paid time off and company holidays
• Paid parental and caregiver leave
• Annual learning, conference, and professional-development budget
• Remote-work equipment and home-office support
• Performance-bonus and equity eligibility based on role and level

Benefits are subject to plan terms and eligibility requirements.

How to Apply

Submit a current resume through the application form for the Philadelphia, PA opening. A short cover letter is optional. We will contact qualified applicants about the interview process and next steps.

Equal Opportunity

Anemoi provides equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other status protected by applicable law.