Senior Systematic Trader — U.S. Equities — Washington

The Washington, DC 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 monitoring of market events, policy-sensitive sessions, and close review.

Compensation and Benefits

About the Role

The central responsibility of the Washington, DC opening is live strategy supervision, exposure limits, execution review, incident response, and controlled production experiments. The assigned window includes Eastern Time monitoring of market events, policy-sensitive sessions, and close review. Success requires reproducible work, prompt escalation, and clear ownership through review and production use.

Washington Operating Focus

The Washington opening emphasizes careful treatment of event risk, source quality, and documented decision limits. Scheduled policy events and unexpected public announcements can change market conditions quickly. This opening verifies source timing, separates confirmed information from interpretation, and avoids treating a headline as proof of a durable regime. Event procedures define exposure checks, communication order, and the point when normal operations resume. For this role, that means direct ownership of live equity exposure, execution quality, escalation, and post-trade review during Eastern Time monitoring of market events, policy-sensitive sessions, and close review.

First Review Cycle

The initial Washington, DC review combines Eastern Time monitoring of market events, policy-sensitive sessions, and close review 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. You will first complete this task: Define escalation and controlled-shutdown procedures. You will then complete this task: Work with research on production experiments and post-trade review. The Washington opening emphasizes careful treatment of event risk, source quality, and documented decision limits. An unexpected result stays open until the evidence supports a disposition. 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 Eastern Time monitoring of market events, policy-sensitive sessions, and close review.

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 Washington, DC 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 Washington, DC 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.