The Portland, OR 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 Pacific Time supervision of late-session behavior and asynchronous research delivery.
Compensation and Benefits
Base salary: $225,000–$325,000 USD, based on experience
Work arrangement: Fully remote; applicants must be based in the Portland, OR area
Experience: 7+ years
Additional compensation: Performance-bonus and equity eligibility based on role and level
About the Role
In this Portland, OR role, you will be accountable for live strategy supervision, exposure limits, execution review, incident response, and controlled production experiments while supporting Pacific Time supervision of late-session behavior and asynchronous research delivery. The work requires direct communication, explicit limits, and records that remain useful after market conditions change.
Portland Operating Focus
The Portland opening emphasizes thoughtful written review, durable remote collaboration, and careful production change. Much of the collaboration is asynchronous, so written work must explain the question, method, evidence, and limitation without relying on verbal context. Pacific Time coverage includes the market close and later validation. A proposed production change is not ready until another specialist can reproduce the result and challenge its assumptions. For this role, that means direct ownership of live equity exposure, execution quality, escalation, and post-trade review during Pacific Time supervision of late-session behavior and asynchronous research delivery.
First Review Cycle
The Portland, OR opening begins with an end-to-end review of live equity exposure, execution quality, escalation, and post-trade review during Pacific Time supervision of late-session behavior and asynchronous research delivery. The review will keep research observations separate from live production decisions. You will first complete this task: Monitor strategies, exposures, limits, and execution quality. You will then complete this task: Investigate slippage, drift, and unusual market behavior. The Portland opening emphasizes thoughtful written review, durable remote collaboration, and careful production change. An unexpected result stays open until the evidence supports a disposition. The review is complete when a peer can reproduce the evidence, inspect the decision limit, and trace the outcome through 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 Pacific Time supervision of late-session behavior and asynchronous research delivery.
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 Portland, OR 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 Portland, OR 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.