Systematic Trader - Freight

Mission:

Your mission is to generate returns for Interpetrol by profitably trading financial and physical freight products, within the risk limits allocated to you.

We believe that a systematic machine-assisted decision process is best to consistently achieve your mission.

Nonetheless, you will be permitted to make discretionary trades, when opportunities present themselves.

You will also be permitted to request risk limits for products outside of your primary area of focus, subject to approval of management, if trading such additional products would be complementary to your mission.

Interpetrol will support you in numerous ways, including:

• providing a platform to employ the latest technologies relevant to your mission
• providing an experienced “co-pilot” for your trading decisions
• providing a global network of physical customer relationships, through which you can access information, liquidity and profit opportunities

 

Location:

This position is offered by our office in Zug, Switzerland.

If you are an exceptional candidate but are not able to work in the region of Zug, we nonetheless encourage you to submit your application. By its nature, commodities trading is a global business, and Interpetrol continuously reviews and develops its office footprint to support operational and commercial needs.

 

Remuneration:

Your remuneration is structured to best align your incentives with the interests of Interpetrol. As a result, the focus of your remuneration will be:

• generous bonuses for your performance, which will be transparently benchmarked
• the growth of your personal enterprise value, by leveraging the platform Interpetrol provides to develop a stellar track record

 

Benefits:

You will have the flexibility to work in the environment that maximizes your productivity, including to work entirely remotely within a certain distance of your office of employment. We will provide a generous IT allowance for your remote work setup.

In addition, we will provide:

• benefits to support your health and personal finances
• generous paid time off
• a generous continuing education allowance for skills relevant to your mission
• regular corporate off-sites

 

Requirements:

• Valid Swiss work permit or EU/EFTA citizenship
• experience with programming in your language of choice
• experience with processing of large data sets is required
• ability to communicate complex ideas precisely and efficiently in English