Trading Associate

Bridgewater Associates LP•Westport, CT

8d•$165,000 - $190,000•Onsite

About The Position

Bridgewater Associates is seeking a Trading Associate to join their Investment Implementation Department. This role is responsible for executing trades, generating and evaluating ideas for better trading decisions, and collaborating with strategists and technologists to improve processes. The Trading Associate will receive extensive formal and informal training to become well-versed in Bridgewater’s trade execution strategies, logic, and production systems. Core responsibilities include implementing desired exposures, developing a distinct view of the outside world through market interaction, and driving the evolution of execution strategy. Traders at Bridgewater do not have discretion and execute trades using a systematic set of rules, focusing on improving these rules through a deep understanding of markets. This team trades global markets and may involve shifts covering Asian, European, or New York market hours. A strong sense of intellectual curiosity is essential for understanding market structure and driving the systematic process.

Requirements

Analytical, highly logical, and structured in thinking
Excellent communication skills and ability to interact with counterparties and colleagues clearly and effectively
Comfortable working nontraditional hours to implement trades in Asia and European markets
Deep interest in understanding financial markets, market structure, and game theory
Ability to think critically about outcomes and transform perceptions into strategic changes
Knack for automation and naturally seek ways to improve processes
High degree of personal responsibility and ownership
Humility, innate curiosity, and openness to new ideas and approaches
Driven, confident, and goal-oriented
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

Nice To Haves

Thrive in a fast-paced environment
Excited about having a unique position at the nucleus of BW’s trading activity through close interaction with the markets

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
Perform some engineering work to evolve our strategies and system logic and to conduct analysis