The Indianapolis, IN opening for a Senior Systematic Trader — U.S. Equities is fully remote and restricted to applicants in that area. Its mandate is to own daily oversight and continued improvement of systematic U.S.-equity trading while providing Eastern Time coordination of morning research, intraday decisions, and post-close checks.
Compensation and Benefits
Base salary: $225,000–$325,000 USD, based on experience
Work arrangement: Fully remote; applicants must be based in the Indianapolis, IN area
Experience: 7+ years
Additional compensation: Performance-bonus and equity eligibility based on role and level
About the Role
In this Indianapolis, IN role, you will be accountable for live strategy supervision, exposure limits, execution review, incident response, and controlled production experiments while supporting Eastern Time coordination of morning research, intraday decisions, and post-close checks. The work requires direct communication, explicit limits, and records that remain useful after market conditions change.
Indianapolis Operating Focus
The Indianapolis opening emphasizes process ownership, practical review standards, and unambiguous escalation paths. Morning research conclusions must be translated into explicit live-market checks before the open. During the session, the opening owns the point where observation becomes escalation. Final reconciliation confirms that every material exception has evidence, a disposition, and either a completed action or a named next owner. For this role, that means direct ownership of live equity exposure, execution quality, escalation, and post-trade review during Eastern Time coordination of morning research, intraday decisions, and post-close checks.
First Review Cycle
The initial Indianapolis, IN review combines Eastern Time coordination of morning research, intraday decisions, and post-close checks with a controlled examination of live equity exposure, execution quality, escalation, and post-trade review. Each material observation needs a source, a time, and a defined owner. The first evidence set will cover this task: Monitor strategies, exposures, limits, and execution quality. The second will cover this task: Investigate slippage, drift, and unusual market behavior. The Indianapolis opening emphasizes process ownership, practical review standards, and unambiguous escalation paths. Each material deviation receives a named follow-up owner. The final note will connect the outcome to live strategy supervision, exposure limits, execution review, incident response, and controlled production experiments and give another specialist enough detail to challenge the decision without a separate meeting.
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 coordination of morning research, intraday decisions, and post-close checks.
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 Indianapolis, IN 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 Indianapolis, IN 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.