SYSTEMATIC TRADER

SYSTEMATIC TRADER

Location: Dubai, UAE

An established global financial services group is seeking an experienced Systematic Trader to join its institutional trading team in Dubai.

The role will oversee quantitative trading and market-making activities across multiple asset classes, combining strong programming and analytical capability with a detailed understanding of electronic markets, execution, risk management and production trading systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and monitor systematic trading and market-making strategies.
• Develop, enhance and support real-time algorithmic trading systems.
• Analyse large datasets to identify trading opportunities and improve execution.
• Assess strategy performance, transaction costs, execution quality and risk.
• Work closely with Quantitative Research, Data Science, Technology, Institutional Sales and Risk teams.
• Support the testing, deployment and optimisation of production trading systems.
• Maintain robust governance and controls around electronic and automated trading.

Skills and Experience

• Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Engineering or a related analytical discipline.
• Relevant experience in FICC, equities, derivatives, electronic trading or market making.
• Strong programming skills, preferably in Java and Python.
• Experience developing or supporting real-time algorithmic trading systems.
• Strong knowledge of quantitative strategies, execution methods, trading technology and risk controls.
• Commercially minded, analytical and comfortable working in a fast-paced institutional environment.
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills.
• Suitable to perform an FCA SMCR Certification Function.