A Chicago based Equity Trading firm is looking for an experienced trader/risk manager/asset allocation analyst to join the firm's Equity Portfolio team. The company has access to exchange listed derivatives, equities, commodities and selected cash markets. The role will be responsible for overseeing daily trading operations of the firms low latency-high frequency portfolios and will include: managing and evaluating existing strategies, managing and defining risk and capital usage, generate new quantitative trading ideas, oversee the quantitative research, software development and implementation of these strategies. The ideal candidate must have 2-5 years of actual trading experience with a high frequency-equity firm, experience allocating capital to high frequency traders, have an advanced degree in a quantitative field [Stats, Financial Modeling], and have demonstrated programming experience with SQL, R, Perl and UNIX. The role requires macro trading expertise combined with a stats background with current programming skill. This is a role for a creative thinker/problem solver who be directly involved in the main revenue generation business for the firm. Candidates from all asset classes are encouraged to apply.