Trading Assistant
New York-based quantitative investment manager and market maker offering systematic investment programs across global financial markets, including cryptocurrencies.
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About Bluesky Capital Advisors, LLC
Bluesky Capital Advisors, LLC, branded as Bluesky Capital, was founded in New York in 2014. It manages quantitative investment products and customized managed accounts for high-net-worth individuals, family offices, and institutional investors, and provides systematic liquidity and market-making services for projects and exchanges. Its first-party site currently presents crypto-focused offerings including systematic long/short investment management, crypto market-neutral trading, crypto hedging, and crypto market making.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
The Trading Assistant will support Bluesky Capital's Electronic Market Making division by monitoring proprietary trading algorithms and systems, managing positions, monitoring markets, collaborating with quantitative developers, and helping improve trading technology.
Requirements
- B.A. or M.S. in Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Finance, or a related area
- Ability to focus for multiple hours in a day
- Attention to detail
- Strong communication skills
- Flexibility in working schedule
- Proactivity
- Ability to learn quickly
- Coding experience in Python, Matlab, or a similar scripting language
- Working knowledge of Linux
- Experience monitoring and managing risk in a trading or investment management environment
- Experience in trading
Responsibilities
- Monitor trading algorithms in production to ensure they work as expected
- Manage positions through trading technology and ensure risk limits are met
- Monitor market activity and provide trading ideas to improve algorithms and strategies
- Work with quantitative developers to resolve trading-technology issues
- Help develop and fix trading technology when you have coding experience
Hiring Process
Submit the job posting ID and resume by email or complete the application form. A team member will contact applicants if their experience is considered relevant. The form accepts a PDF resume up to 1MB and an optional cover letter.
