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Quant Trader (Team Lead) – HFT Options, Futures & Equities
Location: Geneva, London, or Amsterdam
Venture Search is partnering with a fast-growing, exceptionally well-funded proprietary trading firm to hire Quant Trader (Team Leads) across HFT options, futures, and equities.
Our client is an ambitious next-generation trading firm founded by senior leaders from some of the world's most respected proprietary trading firms and quantitative investment platforms. Combining elite talent, institutional backing, and a cutting-edge technology stack, they are building a world-class systematic trading business across multiple asset classes.
This is a rare opportunity to join at an early stage and play a key role in shaping the firm's future while benefiting from significant resources, autonomy, and long-term growth potential.
The Role
As a Quant Trader (Team Lead), you will:
- Deploy and scale fully systematic HFT strategies across options, futures, and/or equities
- Take full ownership of live trading performance, capital deployment, and risk management
- Lead the build-out of your trading vertical, helping define its long-term strategy and direction
- Work alongside dedicated quantitative developers and engineers to optimise and scale your trading platform
- Recruit, mentor, and grow a high-performing team as your business expands
- Collaborate closely with senior leadership on the continued evolution of the firm's systematic trading platform
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This is a genuine leadership mandate, offering experienced traders the opportunity to build a long-term franchise within a rapidly growing organisation.
Requirements
- Proven experience running fully systematic HFT strategies within a leading proprietary trading firm, market maker, or quantitative hedge fund
- Strong track record of generating scalable, risk-adjusted returns
- Deep understanding of market microstructure and low-latency electronic trading
- Experience across options, futures, and/or equities markets
- Strong quantitative and technical capabilities, with programming experience preferred
- Leadership experience, or the ambition and ability to build and lead a successful trading team
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What’s on Offer
- Opportunity to build and lead a new systematic trading team within a rapidly growing proprietary trading firm
- Significant strategic autonomy and influence over your trading mandate
- Access to cutting-edge technology, low-latency infrastructure, and deep capital resources
- Dedicated engineering support to help onboard and scale your strategies
- Highly competitive compensation with substantial long-term performance upside
- Choice of Geneva, London, or Amsterdam as a base location
If you are a high-performing systematic HFT trader looking to lead a team and build a trading franchise within one of the industry's fastest-growing proprietary trading firms, Venture Search would welcome a confidential discussion.
Please apply directly or contact Venture Search for a discreet conversation.
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