Senior Systematic Trader — U.S. Equities — Detroit

From Detroit, MI, the fully remote Senior Systematic Trader — U.S. Equities will own daily oversight and continued improvement of systematic U.S.-equity trading. This opening is limited to applicants based in the Detroit, MI area and provides Eastern Time monitoring of cyclical market conditions and the complete cash session.

Compensation and Benefits

Base salary: $225,000–$325,000 USD, based on experience
Work arrangement: Fully remote; applicants must be based in the Detroit, MI area
Experience: 7+ years
Additional compensation: Performance-bonus and equity eligibility based on role and level

About the Role

The central responsibility of the Detroit, MI opening is live strategy supervision, exposure limits, execution review, incident response, and controlled production experiments. The assigned window includes Eastern Time monitoring of cyclical market conditions and the complete cash session. Success requires reproducible work, prompt escalation, and clear ownership through review and production use.

Detroit Operating Focus

The Detroit opening emphasizes regime awareness, operational resilience, and practical analysis under changing conditions. Cyclical changes can make a relationship appear stable during one period and fail in another. This opening keeps regime assumptions visible and tests decisions under weaker conditions. The operating process also favors resilient controls that continue to work during high volume, missing data, or a sudden change in market behavior. For this role, that means direct ownership of live equity exposure, execution quality, escalation, and post-trade review during Eastern Time monitoring of cyclical market conditions and the complete cash session.

First Review Cycle

Your first documented cycle for the Detroit, MI opening will test the operating process for live equity exposure, execution quality, escalation, and post-trade review during Eastern Time monitoring of cyclical market conditions and the complete cash session. The objective is a reproducible baseline, not a quick narrative. 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 Detroit opening emphasizes regime awareness, operational resilience, and practical analysis under changing conditions. Each material deviation receives a named follow-up owner. Completion requires a repeatable evidence path, a clear response boundary, and a time for the next check. Those records must connect directly 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 monitoring of cyclical market conditions and the complete 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 Detroit, MI 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 Detroit, MI 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: Detroit, MI — Remote

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