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| SUMMARY Ketchum Trading a privatelyheld proprietary trading firm seeks a proven Sr Financial Engineer for our expanding team in downtown Chicago to develop implement and enhance algorithms and trading strategies for our automated trading system The successful candidate will be an integral part of our small core development group responsible for the development and maintenance or highly scalable multithreading and multitiered trading applications The chosen individual will possess excellent analytical and technical skills have a proven quantitative background be a creative problem solver clear communicator and present a strong record of successfully working with others in a team environment RESPONSIBILITIES Propose trading strategies and algorithm enhancements Define and implement data collection and data acquisition methods Perform statistical analyses to verify and optimize innovations and enhancements to trading models Guide developers in specification process and participate in software testing to ensure successful implementation of functional requirements Monitor trading performance and devise improvements QUALIFICATIONS Graduate degree in statistics math physics or another quantitative discipline Highly proficient in Statistics and Econometrics At least 5 years experience in the trading industry Experience with algorithmic highfrequency trading Experience developing financial models Experience with R Python or other scripting languages familiar with Linux |
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