Bridgewater Associates
Trading Associate
Eligibility
- Graduate or soon-to-be graduate
Trading Associate role for graduates or soon-to-be graduates to execute systematic trading strategies, improve processes, and collaborate across teams in a global macro investment environment.
Responsibilities
- Execute trades according to systematic proprietary processes
- Contribute to understanding of market microstructure and transaction costs
- Collaborate with technologists and researchers to improve investment implementation systems
- Drive initiatives to improve system quality, reliability, and efficiency
- Develop and maintain relationships with liquidity providers and vendors
- Oversee transaction costs and execution outcomes with analytics team
- Perform some engineering work to evolve strategy and system logic
Requirements
- BA/BS degree or on track to graduate in 2026-2027
- Analytical, logical, and structured thinker
- Excellent communication skills
- Comfortable working nontraditional hours across market time zones
- Deep interest in financial markets and market structure
- Critical thinker and process improver
- High personal responsibility and ownership
Graduation requirements
Graduation years: 2026, 2027
Skills
- Trading
- Market Understanding
- Process Improvement
- Communication
- Analytical Thinking
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