Junior Trader
Job in
Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, 33222, USA
Listed on 2025-12-19
Listing for:
FirstWave Capital
Full Time
position Listed on 2025-12-19
Job specializations:
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IT/Tech
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Overview
First Wave is hiring a Junior Trader / Trading Associate to partner with our Head of Trading. You will split time between live execution support and building the tooling that improves our speed, precision, and risk control (TCA, analytics, routing logic, dashboards, catalyst calendar, etc). This is a hands-on seat for a detail-obsessed, Python-capable teammate who wants to grow into a senior trader.
Location- This is a full-time, onsite position in Miami, FL with no hybrid and no remote.
- Execution & Desk Ops
- Stage and execute equity orders with best-ex discipline; manage allocations and confirms.
- Monitor liquidity, halts, borrow/locates, earnings and event risk; maintain process checklists.
- Assist with pair/hedge legs (index ETFs, single-stock shorts, options frameworks).
- Build pre-/post-trade TCA (slippage, venue/algos, impact); publish daily/weekly reports.
- Develop factor exposure/beta trackers, stress and scenario views, and P&L dashboards.
- Create pipelines for earnings/8-Ks/calendar, symbol watchlists, alerts, and compliance logs.
- Own data cleanliness and reconciliation across OMS/EMS/Bloomberg/Excel.
- Codify playbooks (opens/closes, events, broken trades) and strengthen control checks.
- Progress to independent execution; contribute to routing and hedging playbooks.
- 2–5 years in trading, execution support, market operations, or data/analytics at a hedge fund, prop firm, or broker.
- Python (pandas/Num Py), SQL, and advanced Excel; able to ship clean, tested tools for the desk.
- Strong understanding of equity market microstructure; comfort with broker algos/venues.
- Familiarity with Bloomberg and common EMS/OMS workflows.
- Clear communicator under time pressure; meticulous attention to detail.
- Options basics (delta, gamma, spreads), corporate actions knowledge, or VBA.
- Experience with lightweight APIs and dash-boarding.
- Build from the ground up with direct mentorship from the Head of Trading and CIO.
- Immediate impact on execution quality, risk transparency, and firm tooling.
- Base salary ($100-150k) with team bonus and individual bonus which could bring total comp up to $200-300k
- You can apply through Linked In or you can send a resume and cover letter to and
- Please put “Junior Trader” in the subject line.
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