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# Portfolio Manager, Systematic Agriculture at Teza Technologies

- **Company:** Teza Technologies
- **Location:** Austin, TX
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-06-30
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-11
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/teza-technologies/b4043c0a-b69a-4e06-9d33-69c2663bf710

## Job description

We're looking for an experienced Portfolio Manager to build and scale systematic trading strategies across global agricultural markets. This role is ideal for someone who combines deep knowledge of agricultural commodity fundamentals with a quantitative mindset. You'll have the opportunity to develop differentiated alpha by integrating supply and demand dynamics, weather, satellite imagery, logistics, positioning, and alternative datasets into systematic trading models. You'll work alongside experienced quantitative researchers, engineers, and data specialists while having the autonomy to shape research direction, portfolio construction, and execution.

Location Austin, TX or London, UK (onsite)

## Key Responsibilities

- Develop and manage systematic trading strategies across agricultural commodity markets.
- Generate alpha by combining fundamental commodity research with quantitative modeling and statistical analysis.
- Build predictive models using datasets such as weather, crop conditions, satellite imagery, freight flows, inventories, positioning, macroeconomic data, and other alternative data sources.
- Design and evaluate new signals through rigorous research, backtesting, and performance attribution.
- Continuously improve portfolio construction, risk allocation, and execution efficiency.
- Partner closely with quantitative developers to productionize research and build scalable trading systems.
- Work across the full research lifecycle, from idea generation through live deployment and ongoing monitoring.

## Basic Requirements

- Deep understanding of agricultural commodity markets, including supply and demand dynamics, seasonal effects, logistics, weather, and global trade flows.
- Several years of experience managing or researching systematic commodity strategies.
- Strong quantitative background with experience applying statistical or machine learning techniques to financial markets.
- Excellent Python programming skills and the ability to work with large datasets.
- Experience building systematic investment strategies rather than discretionary trading alone.
- Strong understanding of portfolio construction, risk management, and systematic execution.
- Intellectual curiosity and a passion for developing new sources of alpha.

## Nice to Have

- Experience trading multiple commodity sectors beyond agriculture.
- Familiarity with alternative datasets, remote sensing, satellite imagery, or geospatial analytics.
- Experience with machine learning applied to commodity forecasting.
- Knowledge of real-time research infrastructure and production trading systems.
- Graduate degree in a quantitative discipline.
- Track record of managing external or proprietary capital.

## Benefits

- Health, visual and dental insurance
- Flexible sick time policy

## About Teza Technologies

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Teza Technologies is a systematic trading firm that translates complex mathematical concepts into financial strategies across global markets, blending high-performance technology with deep scientific research.
- **Entity Type**: Private (bootstrapped; no external funding rounds disclosed)
- **Headquarters**: Chicago, United States
- **Founded**: 2009
- **Founders**: Dr. Misha Malyshev

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Capital Markets / Quantitative Finance / Hedge Funds
- **Target customers**: Institutional investors; the firm operates a multi‑strategy quantitative hedge fund that trades on its own capital (internal money from 2009–2015, later opened to institutional capital).
- **Mission or purpose statement**: “Talent, science, and innovation meet” – the firm aims to be the best team on the financial markets through collaborative research and scientific rigor.

## Products & Services
- **Futures**: Models supply/demand across global commodities, bonds, and currencies using a framework built on market microstructure and economic causality. Strategies are market‑neutral and statistically driven, processing over 500 billion market data packets daily.
- **Equities**: Spans thousands of instruments in U.S. and APAC markets, combining scale with precision. Statistical arbitrage and high‑throughput systems are core.
- **Options**: Expanding into volatility surfaces and correlation models. Volatility‑aware strategies that draw on firm‑wide equities and futures capabilities.
- **Artificial Intelligence**: Deep learning architectures including LLMs and neural networks to uncover hidden signals. Integrated into every stage of the trading lifecycle.
- **Technology Platform**: Low‑latency infrastructure, real‑time execution, scalable research stack. At peak processes 7+ million messages per second.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available
- **Key Metric**: Approximately 76 employees (LinkedIn); estimated annual revenue of $10M is reported by some third‑party sources but has not been officially confirmed.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: The firm is privately held with no disclosed external investors. Key past talent sources include Citadel, Tower Research Capital, Yandex, and Goldman Sachs.
- **Growth Signals**: Headcount grew +16.3% year‑over‑year (LinkedIn); active job postings increased +87.5% year‑over‑year; expanded into Armenia and deepened presence in global equity and options markets; multi‑strategy platform now covers global futures, equities, and options.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Proprietary formula for hiring**: “Success = step(IQ) × step(IT) × step(HR) × exp(Drive)” – filters for fast thinking, technical fluency, collaboration, and ownership. Creates a culture of high‑performing, autonomous teams.
- **Scientific culture**: Flat, open‑door structure with minimal bureaucracy; strong emphasis on R&D and rapid prototyping.
- **Infrastructure scale**: Processes 100+ billion market data packets daily; built one of the fastest low‑latency execution systems.
- **Track record**: Operating since 2009 with deep roots in HFT (historical Sharpe ratios of 10‑20), now diversified across multiple strategies and asset classes.

## Strategic Focus
- **Expansion beyond HFT**: Transitioned from a pure high‑frequency trading shop to a multi‑strategy quantitative hedge fund.
- **Options trading**: Actively building and scaling options strategies using the firm’s equities and futures expertise.
- **AI integration**: Deploying LLMs, neural nets, and machine‑learned alpha across research and trading.
- **Global footprint**: Offices in Chicago, Austin, London, Yerevan, and presence in Colombia, with plans to further expand talent pools globally.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: “Scientific, open‑door culture with a flatter structure.” Employees are encouraged to question, experiment, and collaborate across disciplines. No micromanagement, no bureaucracy.
- **Benefits** (U.S.): 401(k) with immediate vesting, two medical plans (PPO and HDHP with HSA), wide range of coverage.
- **Work environment**: 76 person firm with offices in six time zones; hybrid/office‑based depending on role. Most employees write code (C++, Java, Python).
- **Interview process**: Averages 25‑30 days; includes coding tests, live problem‑solving, and non‑technical assessments. Technical topics vary by role. Uses an Automated Employment Decision Tool (AEDT) for skills assessment.
- **Notable engineering culture**: Emphasis on technical fluency across the entire firm (not just developers). Research and engineering teams work tightly together.

## Sources
1. [teza.com](https://www.teza.com/) – Company homepage
2. [teza.com/who-we-are](https://www.teza.com/who-we-are/) – Company story, leadership, values
3. [teza.com/what-we-do](https://www.teza.com/what-we-do/) – Products, technology, AI, strategies
4. [teza.com/careers](https://www.teza.com/careers/) – Careers page, benefits, interview process, culture
5. [linkedin.com/company/teza-technologies](https://www.linkedin.com/company/teza-technologies) – Employee data, headcount growth, job trends, talent sources

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