Senior Systematic Trader — U.S. Equities — San Diego

From San Diego, CA, 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 San Diego, CA area and provides Pacific Time coverage of late-session liquidity and post-close validation.

Compensation and Benefits

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

About the Role

In this San Diego, CA role, you will be accountable for live strategy supervision, exposure limits, execution review, incident response, and controlled production experiments while supporting Pacific Time coverage of late-session liquidity and post-close validation. The work requires direct communication, explicit limits, and records that remain useful after market conditions change.

San Diego Operating Focus

The San Diego opening emphasizes careful West Coast review and complete handoffs for the next trading day. This opening concentrates on the later part of the U.S. session, when liquidity can change quickly around the close. It also reviews after-hours results and system behavior before the next day begins. Written handoffs must separate completed work, active risk, and research questions that do not require an immediate trading response. For this role, that means direct ownership of live equity exposure, execution quality, escalation, and post-trade review during Pacific Time coverage of late-session liquidity and post-close validation.

First Review Cycle

The San Diego, CA opening begins with an end-to-end review of live equity exposure, execution quality, escalation, and post-trade review during Pacific Time coverage of late-session liquidity and post-close validation. The review will keep research observations separate from live production decisions. The review joins two pieces of work: Monitor strategies, exposures, limits, and execution quality; and Investigate slippage, drift, and unusual market behavior. The San Diego opening emphasizes careful West Coast review and complete handoffs for the next trading day. You will document where the results agree, where they differ, and what needs another test. At the end of the cycle, you will show how the evidence supports or challenges live strategy supervision, exposure limits, execution review, incident response, and controlled production experiments. Open questions stay visible until another review resolves them.

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 coverage of late-session liquidity and post-close validation.

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 San Diego, CA 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 San Diego, CA 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: San Diego, CA — Remote

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