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KCx is seeking an Algorithmic Trader to join its team in Paris. The role sits at the intersection of trading, quantitative analytics, and client execution advisory, and is a core front-office position within KCx’s execution franchise. The successful candidate will act as both an execution specialist and product expert, responsible for monitoring algorithmic trading performance, delivering bespoke execution analytics, and driving continuous improvements to KCx’s algorithmic and Smart Order Routing (SOR) offering. This role involves direct interaction with sophisticated institutional clients including quantitative hedge funds, systematic asset managers, and performance-driven execution clients, requiring strong technical execution expertise and the ability to translate analytics into actionable trading and product improvements.
Job Responsibility:
Monitor and optimise algorithmic trading performance across low-touch, program trading, and high-touch execution channels
Provide real-time oversight of live algorithmic order flow, ensuring stable execution and rapid escalation of production issues (SOR behaviour, market data, venue connectivity, platform performance)
Coordinate with Trading, Quant Development, and Technology teams to diagnose and resolve execution incidents while minimising client impact and drive targeted algorithmic or routing improvements
Act as a technical execution partner for institutional clients on algorithmic strategy design and SOR behaviour
Deliver bespoke execution analytics and TCA to support performance reviews and wheel allocation decisions
Conduct data-driven analysis of venue interaction, liquidity capture, and execution behaviour across market regimes
Translate client objectives and analytical insights into algorithmic and routing enhancements
Contribute to the development of internal execution analytics and monitoring tools
Partner with Quant Development and Engineering teams to enhance algorithmic trading strategies and Smart Order Routing capabilities
Participate in the design, testing, and rollout of new execution strategies, routing logic, and venue integrations
Act as a liaison between trading, quant, sales, and technology teams, translating execution insights into product enhancements
Support client onboarding, bespoke execution solution design, and evolution of KCx’s electronic execution roadmap
Requirements:
Experience in Trading or Sales Trading is required
Strong understanding of equity market microstructure, venue dynamics, and electronic execution workflows