Trading Associate

Bridgewater Associates • Westport, CT

7d • Onsite

About The Position

Bridgewater Associates is seeking a Trading Associate to join their Investment Implementation Department, specifically the Trading Execution Team. This role is responsible for implementing the investment views of the firm while minimizing transaction costs and information leakage. The Trading Associate will execute trades, generate and evaluate ideas for better trading decisions, and collaborate with strategists and technologists to improve processes. The role involves extensive training in Bridgewater's trade execution strategies, logic, and production systems. Upon training, TAs will implement desired exposures, develop a view of the outside world through market interaction, and drive the evolution of execution strategies. Traders at Bridgewater do not have discretion and operate using a systematic set of rules. The team is based in CT and trades global markets, with shifts potentially covering Asian, European, or New York market hours. A deep sense of intellectual curiosity is required to understand market structure and drive the evolution of the systematic process.

Requirements

• Are analytical, highly logical, and structured in your thinking
• Have excellent communication skills and can interact with counterparties and colleagues clearly and effectively
• Thrive in a fast-paced environment
• Are comfortable working nontraditional hours to implement our trades in Asia and European markets, and are excited about having a unique position at the nucleus of BW’s trading activity through close interaction with the markets
• Are deeply interested in understanding financial markets, market structure, and game theory
• Can think critically about outcomes and transform perceptions into strategic changes
• Have a knack for automation and naturally seek ways to improve processes
• Hold a high degree of personal responsibility and ownership in everything you do
• Demonstrate humility, innate curiosity, and openness to new ideas and approaches
• Are driven, confident, and goal-oriented
• Are honest, exceptionally direct, and eager to provide and receive objective feedback
• Constantly strive for self-improvement through feedback and self-reflection and are committed to the pursuit of excellence
• Possess a BA/BS (or are on track to graduate in 2025-2026), with a quality academic record, from an accredited undergraduate institution

Responsibilities

• Executing Bridgewater’s desired exposures according to our systematic, proprietary processes
• Contributing to Bridgewater’s understanding of market microstructure, transaction costs, market participants, and products in the markets
• Working with technologists and researchers to construct new investment implementation systems and execution strategies or overhaul old ones
• Driving initiatives to improve the quality, reliability, and efficiency of the systems you own
• Developing and maintaining strong relationships with our liquidity providers and external vendors
• Work together with our analytics team to oversee our transaction costs and execution outcomes
• Traders may perform some engineering work to evolve our strategies and system logic and to conduct analysis.

Benefits

• Competitive suite of benefits

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level