Senior Quantitative Trader – HFT / UHFT

Locations: India & Global Markets

Employment Type: Full-Time

About the Role

We are looking for an exceptional Senior Quantitative Trader with proven experience in High-Frequency Trading (HFT) and Ultra-High-Frequency Trading (UHFT) to join our expanding quantitative trading business.

The ideal candidate will have a strong track record of developing, deploying, and managing fully automated systematic trading strategies, with a focus on alpha generation, market making, and short-horizon trading across multiple asset classes and global markets.

This is an opportunity to work with advanced trading infrastructure, substantial capital allocation, and a performance-driven environment where trading expertise and profitability are highly rewarded.

Key Responsibilities

- Design, develop, implement, and manage fully automated systematic trading strategies with short holding periods and high trading turnover.
- Research and deploy alpha-generating strategies, market-making models, and other high-frequency trading strategies.
- Conduct rigorous backtesting, simulation, and performance analysis using in-house research infrastructure.
- Identify market inefficiencies and develop quantitative models to generate consistent risk-adjusted returns.
- Monitor live trading performance, optimize execution, and continuously enhance strategy profitability.
- Analyse high-frequency tick-level market data to identify trading opportunities and improve strategy performance.
- Collaborate with quantitative researchers, developers, and infrastructure teams to enhance trading systems and execution efficiency.
- Manage trading risk, capital allocation, and strategy performance while maintaining strong risk-adjusted returns.

Candidate Requirements
- Extensive experience in High-Frequency Trading (HFT) or Ultra-High-Frequency Trading (UHFT).




- Minimum 3 years of hands-on live HFT trading experience with a demonstrable P&L; track record.
- Strong understanding of alpha generation, market making, statistical arbitrage, and systematic trading strategies.
- Proven ability to generate consistent profitability with solid Sharpe ratios and controlled drawdowns.
- Strong programming skills in C or C .
- Proficiency in Python, R, or MATLAB for statistical modelling, quantitative research, and tick-data analysis.
- Experience working with large-scale market data, backtesting frameworks, and automated execution systems.
- Strong mathematical, statistical, and analytical capabilities.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mathematics, Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, Statistics, or another highly quantitative discipline.

What We Offer

We offer a highly competitive and performance-driven compensation structure designed to attract and retain exceptional trading talent.

- Exceptional Compensation: Industry-leading fixed compensation packages, tailored to experience and performance.
- Performance-Based Payouts: Attractive P&L-sharing; arrangements with a significant percentage of strategy-generated profits.
- Flexible P&L; Participation: Opportunity to negotiate performance-linked incentives based on individual contribution, strategy profitability, and capital allocation.
- Global Opportunities: Opportunities to work across India and international trading locations.
- Capital Allocation:



Access to substantial trading capital for proven strategies, subject to internal risk and allocation parameters.
- Advanced Infrastructure: Access to sophisticated, low-latency trading systems, execution technology, and in-house research infrastructure.
- Research Autonomy: Freedom to research, develop, test, and deploy innovative trading strategies.
- Collaborative Environment: Work alongside experienced quantitative traders, researchers, developers, and technology professionals.
- Career Growth: Opportunity to take ownership of trading strategies and grow into senior trading leadership roles.
- Performance Recognition: Compensation and incentives directly aligned with measurable trading performance.
- Relocation Support: Relocation assistance and visa support for eligible international opportunities.
- Extra benefits: Competitive benefits package, subject to location and employment structure.

Compensation Structure The compensation package will be customised based on the candidate's experience, live trading track record, strategy performance, and capital requirements.

It may include

- Competitive fixed salary.
- Performance-linked annual bonuses.
- Attractive P&L-sharing; percentage.
- Strategy-specific profit participation.
- Additional incentives for consistent profitability and long-term performance.

We are particularly interested in traders with proven live strategies, independently verifiable P&L; records, strong Sharpe ratios, and the ability to scale profitable trading strategies.

Interested Candidates

If you are an experienced HFT/UHFT trader looking to scale your strategies, access advanced trading infrastructure, and participate in an attractive performance-linked compensation structure, we would love to connect.

Let's build the next generation of systematic trading strategies together.

📌 Senior Quant Trader (Mumbai)
🏢 aaa global
📍 Mumbai