Quantitative Trader

🕒 October 21

🌐 Canada, United States – Remote

🇨🇦 Canada – Remote 🇺🇸 United States – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

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Wealthsimple

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2014

💼 Consulting

🛡️ Insurance

💳 Fintech

🔥 Funding within the last year

💰 $393M Series E - Wealthsimple on 2025-10

Consulting • Insurance • Fintech

Wealthsimple is a Canadian financial technology company that provides consumer banking, investing, and wealth management services. It offers chequing accounts, savings, credit cards, self-directed trading (stocks, ETFs, options), cryptocurrency trading, managed portfolios, tax services, and advisory wealth management for high-net-worth clients. Wealthsimple combines digital-first banking and low-fee investing products aimed at retail customers, along with tools and educational content to support personal finance.

📋 Description

• Conduct research and build quantitative models describing and predicting market behavior • Research liquidity profiles, price movement, and market microstructure • Model order-flow characteristics, including flow toxicity and activity classification • Develop algorithms for order generation and routing • Collaborate with engineers to deploy trading systems into production • Manage daily operations of algorithmic trading systems • Respond to changing market conditions to optimize order placement • Design and maintain simulation frameworks using historical data to validate algorithm performance • Partner with engineering, data science, operations, and product teams • Define new tools and pipelines and own trading outcomes

🎯 Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in quantitative trading, quantitative research, algorithmic trading development, or a closely related capital markets role • STEM degree from a leading institution • Excellent Python scripting • Solid foundation in statistics, probability, stochastic processes, and quantitative methods • Understanding of Canadian equity market structure • Familiarity with low-latency trading technologies and methodologies • CIRO-registered as a trader is an asset • Must be legally eligible to work in Canada or the United States

🏖️ Benefits

• Top-tier health benefits and life insurance • Long-term group savings with employer match, through Wealthsimple for Business • 20 vacation days • 4 wellness days • Unlimited sick and mental health days per year (subject to role eligibility) • Ability to work outside Canada for up to 90 days per year (subject to role eligibility) • Employee resource groups, including Rainbow (2SLGBTQ), Women of WS, and Black at WS • Hybrid team collaboration across North America

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