Bridgewater Associates · 19 hours ago
Trading Associate
Westport, CT
Full-time
Onsite
New Grad, Entry Level
$165K/yr - $190K/yrBridgewater Associates is a premier asset management firm focused on delivering unique insight and partnership for sophisticated global institutional investors. As a Trading Associate, you will execute trades, generate and evaluate ideas for better trading decisions, and collaborate with strategists and technologists to improve processes.
FinanceFinancial ServicesImpact Investing
No H1B
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
Qualification
Required
Possess a BA/BS (or are on track to graduate in 2025-2026), with a quality academic record, from an accredited undergraduate institution
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
Be driven, confident, and goal-oriented
Be 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
Benefits
Competitive suite of benefits
Company
Bridgewater Associates
Bridgewater manages approximately $120 billion in global investments for a wide array of institutional clients, including foreign
Founded in 1975
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$22M2016-05-25Grant· $22M
Leadership Team
Hans Anderson
Director Of Product Design
Karen Karniol-Tambour
Co-Chief Investment Officer
Recent News
2026-01-22
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