About Careertakes

👉 Important disclosure: Careertakes is a third-party recruiting platform supporting this hiring process. If selected, you will be employed directly by our client, Accounting & Finance.

Applicants for this role may also receive access to additional matched opportunities through the Careertakes platform.

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What You’ll Do

Confidential Client is hiring a Full Time Junior Trader to work on a fixed‑income relative‑value trading desk. This role provides hands‑on exposure to portfolio construction, execution, quantitative research, technology, and risk management from day one.

• Work directly with the head of the trading desk on live positions, execution, and risk management.
• Monitor fixed‑income markets, relative‑value relationships, portfolio exposures, and trading opportunities.
• Build and improve analytical tools, trading systems, data pipelines, dashboards, and automated workflows.
• Research new strategies and test ideas using market data and quantitative methods.
• Investigate pricing discrepancies and explain drivers of market and portfolio performance.
• Learn the desk’s investment process and progressively assume greater trading and risk responsibility.

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What We're Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in economics, mathematics, statistics, physics, computer science, engineering, or another rigorous quantitative discipline.
• Genuine intellectual curiosity and interest in markets, trading, technology, and risk.
• High attention to detail — small mistakes matter in trading.
• Strong problem‑solving, quantitative, and communication skills.
• Willingness and ability to work full‑time from the Chicago, Illinois office for at least the first 18 months.
• Direct fixed‑income or trading desk experience is valuable but not required if you can demonstrate unusual ability and drive.

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Compensation & Benefits

Estimated base salary: $69,615 per year (estimated) — competitive base plus discretionary performance bonus.

Benefits include:

• Discretionary bonus eligibility
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Employer paid group term life and AD&D insurance
• Voluntary LTD, life & AD&D
• Flexible vacation policy
• Retirement plan with employer match

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Location, Legal & Workplace

This position is based in Chicago, IL. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States. Confidential Client will consider reasonable accommodations for qualified applicants with disabilities.

Confidential Client is an entrepreneurial, high‑bar trading environment — this is not a conventional entry‑level finance job. If you want maximum responsibility early in your career and can meet a very high standard, we encourage you to apply via Careertakes.

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Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency

Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind. To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.

If you have questions about how your data is used, please contact us directly.