Job Description

Quantitative Trader – HFT Futures
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Sydney, Australia

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Nine Mile is an electronic principal trading firm focused on market-making and arbitrage opportunities globally. Technology is at the forefront of our business, powering Nine Mile's unified global trading platform and the micro-decisions required for successful trading.

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Nine Mile's scale and efficiency allow us to be nimble, responding quickly to market opportunities and regulatory changes, whilst operating within a robust operational risk management framework.

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At our heart, it's our people that power Nine Mile – our strategy, technology, and relationships. We are proud to have a team of highly motivated, intelligent individuals who strive to solve complex problems through creative, sophisticated technology in an open, meritocratic environment.

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The Role

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As part of our continued expansion across APAC futures markets, we are seeking an experienced Quantitative Futures Trader to strengthen and scale our HFT market-making capabilities.

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The primary focus will be on providing liquidity in APAC-listed futures, while also welcoming candidates with strong global futures market-making experience who are interested in building and trading strategies within the region.

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In this role, you will be responsible for:

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- Designing, implementing, and optimising high-frequency, low-latency market-making strategies across futures markets, with a focus on APAC venues.
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- Actively managing real-time risk, inventory, and quoting behaviour in fast-moving market conditions
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- Working closely with our ETF market-making desk to align pricing, hedging, and risk across related products
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- Partnering with our in-house developers to enhance trading infrastructure, execution performance, and latency-sensitive systems
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- Identifying new futures products and venues where market-making opportunities exist and scaling them efficiently
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- Owning strategy performance and contributing directly to consistent, scalable PnL
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- This is a high-impact, front-office role offering meaningful autonomy within a proven, high-performance HFT trading environment.
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What You Will Bring

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- 3+ years of experience in HFT futures market making at a leading proprietary trading firm or similar high-performance trading environment
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- Proven track record trading APAC futures markets, or robust global futures market-making experience with a desire to expand into APAC
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- Strong understanding of market microstructure, order book dynamics, and liquidity provision
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- Advanced programming skills, ideally in Python and/or C++, with a strong appreciation for performance and latency
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- Excellent quantitative skills, including probability, statistics, and numerical methods as applied to market making
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- Ability to operate effectively in high-pressure, real-time trading environments
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- Strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset
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- Solid academic background in Mathematics, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related STEM discipline
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Our Culture

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At Nine Mile, we operate in a highly collaborative and dynamic setting. Our success depends not only on our vision, technology, and strategies, but on the people who bring them to life every day.

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We foster a culture that rewards open interaction, rigorous problem-solving, creativity, and teamwork. We believe helping others succeed is as important as individual achievement.

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Challenge your ideas. Work with us.

📌 APAC HFT Futures Quant Trader (New South Wales)
🏢 Nmftrading
📍 New South Wales