Quantitative Trading Associate (Hong Kong)

Kernel Trading Technologies
Kernel Trading Technologies

Hong Kong

Posted 6+ months ago
Location: Hong KongJob Responsibilities- Operate real-time trading oversight for our quant portfolio during HK hours - Improve automatic monitoring and dashboard for executions, slippage, and trading venue health - Maintain and improve programmatic runbooks (enable/disable trading, circuit breakers) when conditions warrant - Ensure trading executions follows various local exchange rules - Lead incident response and reconciliations (positions/cash/borrow)- Execute and automate portfolio operations at scale - Actively monitor for intraday recall incidents for stock borrow requests to ensure portfolio stability - Evaluate and trigger automated rebalancing from optimizer in cases of broker recalls - Handle recalls/clawbacks, and develop intraday tools to refresh inventory - Source and optimize stock borrow, improve approval rates with regarding to different CSI buckets (CSI300 vs. CSI500 vs. CSI1000 vs. CSI2000) - Experiment new broker borrowing approaches and implement metrics for quantifying improvements- Develop deep understanding of market structure, brokers and our execution platform to facilitate universe growth - Develop comprehensive metrics for evaluating real-time execution differences among expanded universe - Systematically monitor for corporate action events and utilize quantitative framework to reconcile positions - Collaborate closely with local brokers and treasury desks on rolling out improvements to our system - Partner with PMs/treasury/devs to turn recurring issues into durable automation and runbooksRequired Skills, Qualifications and Experience- Bachelor’s degree in STEM, Finance, or Economics program from a top institution- Excellent problem-solving ability with data-driven approach- Skill assets: experience with Linux, proficiency in Python