Jump Trading

Autonomy, smart people, interesting problems. Avoids some of the drama of other financial trading firms. Owners have patience with new strategies.

There is a definite power-law for compensation, and inefficient price discovery is required to ensure you're at market rate.

Technical acumen of staff varies, from world-class to not so much, but headed in the right direction.

It would behoove you to stay ahead of the market on compensation, especially for back office, to allow troops to concentrate on their jobs rather than feeling they must look around. You could be more quantitative when choosing solutions; measure things carefully before diving after a solution. But generally, I am happy with the cool and level-headed stewardship.