Execution Trader — Electronic Markets — Kansas City

Anemoi is hiring a fully remote Execution Trader — Electronic Markets based in the Kansas City, MO area to improve how investment decisions reach electronic markets while controlling live-order risk. The opening is designed for Central Time oversight that joins morning research review with live-market supervision.

Compensation and Benefits

Base salary: $170,000–$245,000 USD, based on experience
Work arrangement: Fully remote; applicants must be based in the Kansas City, MO area
Experience: 4+ years
Additional compensation: Performance-bonus and equity eligibility based on role and level

About the Role

The Kansas City, MO position owns electronic execution, order exceptions, transaction-cost analysis, venue review, and broker accountability. Its working schedule covers Central Time oversight that joins morning research review with live-market supervision. You will work with a small group of specialists and preserve enough evidence for another person to challenge every material decision.

Kansas City Operating Focus

The Kansas City opening emphasizes balanced decision timing, explicit controls, and reliable research-to-trading transfer. The Central Time schedule provides room for both morning research challenge and full live-session supervision. This opening decides when new evidence is strong enough to require escalation and when observation should continue. Research-to-trading transfers name the intended use, limit, monitoring plan, and condition that ends the experiment. For this role, that means direct ownership of live orders, implementation shortfall, venue outcomes, and execution exceptions during Central Time oversight that joins morning research review with live-market supervision.

First Review Cycle

For the first complete work cycle in Kansas City, MO, you will use Central Time oversight that joins morning research review with live-market supervision to test how the team measures and escalates changes in live orders, implementation shortfall, venue outcomes, and execution exceptions. The evidence package includes this task: Analyze implementation shortfall, impact, and venue outcomes. It also includes this task: Develop broker and algorithm scorecards. The Kansas City opening emphasizes balanced decision timing, explicit controls, and reliable research-to-trading transfer. A peer will review both results from the same source data. The final handoff will name the current state, the responsible person, and the next verification step. It will preserve a clear path back to electronic execution, order exceptions, transaction-cost analysis, venue review, and broker accountability.

Responsibilities

  • Oversee electronic execution and exception handling
  • Analyze implementation shortfall, impact, and venue outcomes
  • Develop broker and algorithm scorecards
  • Coordinate incident response with engineering and risk
  • Own live orders, implementation shortfall, venue outcomes, and execution exceptions during Central Time oversight that joins morning research review with live-market supervision.

Required Qualifications

  • Direct electronic-trading or execution-analytics experience
  • Knowledge of order types, auctions, and U.S. market structure
  • Strong SQL and post-trade analytical ability

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with broker algorithms, venue analysis, and best-execution review
  • Ability to act quickly while preserving complete order and incident records
  • Experience collaborating across time zones while maintaining the operating coverage assigned to the Kansas City, MO 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 Kansas City, MO 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.

Job Categories: Trading
Job Types: Full Time
Job Locations: Kansas City, MO — Remote

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