About the job
Working Hours: This position requires shift work to provide 24/7 support across multiple regions.
Role Overview
At Squarepoint Capital, we are establishing a Central Trading & Monitoring team dedicated to ensuring continuous oversight of trading activities and operational processes. As a Shift Trader, you will be pivotal in risk management, trade supervision, operational lifecycle management, and incident response. Additionally, you will enhance the team's workflow efficiency by developing tools and scripts to automate monitoring and trading operations.
Key Responsibilities
- Active Risk Monitoring:
- Track real-time exposures related to Squarepoint’s trading operations.
- Proactively issue alerts and escalate incidents as necessary.
- Implement hedging strategies in line with established protocols.
- Monitor profit and loss along with risk metrics to ensure stability during market holidays.
- Production Monitoring:
- Oversee systematic trading strategies and initiate restarts as required.
- Respond to alerts and maintain seamless trading process operations.
- Assist internal teams with issue escalation and resolution.
- Ad-hoc Trading & Operations Tasks:
- Carry out ad-hoc hedging and booking activities as they arise.
- Support pilot projects and special initiatives.
- Respond to various requests from both internal and external stakeholders.
Additional Oversight Areas (as activities scale):
- Monitor market-making activities and exposures, intervening as necessary.

