Quantitative Trader
Citadel Securities — New York, NY
Posted: 2026-10-01
Job Description
• Full-time Quantitative Trader role with Citadel Securities, a global market maker in financial markets, based in New York, NY; work mode is not specified.
• Integrate discretionary and systematic trading strategies to provide liquidity and make proactive trading decisions across financial products such as options, ETFs, and futures.
• Apply quantitative problem solving, game theory, market knowledge, metrics, and data analysis to optimize trade selection, execution, and profitability.
• Requires experience trading complex financial products, proficiency in Python, SQL, and R, and the ability to make high-pressure decisions under time constraints.
• Requires a Bachelor’s Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics from a top university; base salary is $175,000–$350,000 plus eligibility for discretionary incentive compensation.