Central Risk Book Quantative Trader

Job Title: Central Risk Book Quantitative Trader
Cargill is a family company committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. We sit at the heart of the supply chain, partnering with producers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living. By providing customers with life’s essentials, we enable businesses to grow, communities to prosper, and consumers to live well.

This position is in our Ag & Trading enterprise, where we connect producers and users of grains and oilseeds around the globe through origination, trading, processing, and distribution. We also offer a range of farmer services and risk management solutions.

Job Purpose and Impact
Cargill is one of the largest agricultural trading company's, in which sits proprietary trading departments such as the World Trading Group. A centralized execution platform is being developed within the technology department, and we are looking for an individual to lead the implementation and the risk taking of a Central Risk/Liquidity Book leveraging that platform. The role will report into the systematic trading team (within the world Trading Group).

Key Accountabilities
Lead the CRB construction, managing risk and optimizing returns by collaborating with the team in charge of the centralized execution platform
Collaborate to improve execution algorithms and reduce overall slippage
Optimize execution of the flows coming from the whole supply chain (proprietary trading but also hedging) by netting or scheduling by risk taking intraday / overnight
Build a market making tool within the book to offer proprietary traders and merchants/hedgers the ability to trade internally
Build an independent high frequency systematic overlay program to run within the book using public and proprietary data

Qualifications
5-10 years of experience in CRB trading and research on futures and options
Hands on programming experience in python, sql, c++, c#/java on tick and client flows data
Successful track record of systematic market making at higher frequency
Successful track record of systematic trading at higher frequency
Excellent communication and collaborative skills, with a proven track record of driving change in a company