Structured Products Trader, ABS

Structured Products Trader, ABS (New York, New York): Structured Products Trader, ABS positions available. D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P. seeks full-time Structured Products Trader, ABS, to work in its office in New York, New York. Responsibilities: Generate, underwrite, execute, and monitor investment ideas across structured credit products, including Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities ("RMBS"), consumer Asset-Backed Securities ("ABS"), whole-business securitizations, aviation finance. Manage portfolio exposures across multiple funds. Lead and execute high-impact strategies, including sourcing, negotiating with lessors, and monetizing assets directly in the market. Maintain and implement derivative hedging strategies, conduct ongoing surveillance of portfolio positions, and leverage advanced analytics, machine learning models, and structured data pipelines to enhance investment precision. Develop and maintain an extensive sell- side network to source trades and liquidity, ensuring effective execution and market access across public and private markets. The successful candidate will have a Master's degree in Finance, Mathematics, or a related field of study, plus five (5) years of experience trading structured products at a buy-side firm; managing securitized products portfolios and executing investments across a range of structured credit assets, including loans, bonds and residuals; generating investment ideas, underwriting opportunities, conducting surveillance and executing trades within both public and private markets; developing and maintaining derivative hedging strategies across rates, equities and credit; conducting granular consumer credit analysis; pricing securitized products using the Intex cashflow modeling tool; building analytics to track performance and surveillance programmatically using Python and SQL; database management of a securitized products database, including Loan Performance; modeling defaults and prepayments of granular consumer portfolios; underwriting complex deal documents to evaluate covenants and legal strategies; negotiating private transactions in the Asset-Backed space; securitization domain knowledge and interaction with stakeholders, including lawyers, bankers, and trustees; cashflow modeling of bespoke private transactions; Python programming for financial modeling; scenario analysis of non- agency mortgage cash flows; structured credit portfolio valuation using Intex software; database management of mortgage-specific datasets; and, balance sheet risk analysis for financial institutions. Alternatively, the employer will accept a Bachelor's degree in Finance, Mathematics, or a related field of study, plus seven (7) years of experience trading structured products at a buy-side firm; managing securitized products portfolios and executing investments across a range of structured credit assets, including loans, bonds and residuals; generating investment ideas, underwriting opportunities, conducting surveillance and executing trades within both public and private markets; developing and maintaining derivative hedging strategies across rates, equities and credit; conducting granular consumer credit analysis; pricing securitized products using the Intex cashflow modeling tool; building analytics to track performance and surveillance programmatically using Python and SQL; database management of a securitized products database, including Loan Performance; modeling defaults and prepayments of granular consumer portfolios; underwriting complex deal documents to evaluate covenants and legal strategies; negotiating private transactions in the Asset-Backed space; securitization domain knowledge and interaction with stakeholders, including lawyers, bankers, and trustees; cashflow modeling of bespoke private transactions; Python programming for financial modeling; scenario analysis of non- agency mortgage cash flows; structured credit portfolio valuation using Intex software; database management of mortgage-specific datasets; and, balance sheet risk analysis for financial institutions. Applicants may submit a resume by mail to D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P., Two Manhattan West, 375 Ninth Avenue, 52nd Floor, New York, NY 10001, or by email: recruitment-nyc@ world.deshaw.com. Submissions must reference 2026-6010 NYT. No phone calls please. The annual base salary for this position is $300,000 to $350,000. Our compensation and benefits package includes variable compensation in the form of a year- end bonus, guaranteed in the first year of hire, and benefits including medical and prescription drug coverage, 401k contribution matching, wellness reimbursement, family building benefits, and a charitable gift match program. D. E. Shaw is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or other category protected by law.