Staff Product Data Analyst, Fraud & Surveillance

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<p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-contrast="auto"><em><span style="color: rgb(255, 66, 0);"><strong>Disclaimer:</strong> </span>Please be advised that the most accurate and up-to-date information about our open roles—including job descriptions, compensation, and benefits—can only be guaranteed on our official job board. For the latest listings and details, please visit: <a href="https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/ninjatrader">https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/ninjatrader</a>.</em></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span data-contrast="auto"><strong>JOIN US ON OUR MISSION TO BECOME THE #1 RETAIL TRADING PLATFORM IN THE WORLD</strong></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">Welcome to the dynamic world of NinjaTrader! As an industry-leading trading platform and futures broker, we're empowering traders to take control of their financial destiny. How do we do it? We provide cutting-edge products and services that enhance the trading journey. Whether a seasoned pro or just starting out, NinjaTrader equips traders with award-winning software and brokerage services to navigate the world's leading financial markets with confidence. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">Our growth story is nothing short of exhilarating. Since 2003, NinjaTrader has been dedicated to understanding and supporting traders on their journey toward trading triumph. Through those efforts, our user base has grown to over 2 million users and we have become the number one rated futures brokerage worldwide.</span> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">But we're not stopping there. We're constantly evolving, pushing boundaries, and modernizing the futures industry. Our commitment to innovation means users will always have access to dynamic tools, real-time support, and a community of like-minded traders. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">So, why work at NinjaTrader? Here, you're not just part of a team; you're part of a movement. We empower employees to reach new heights in their careers by providing a dynamic culture focused on social connection, professional development, and employee recognition initiatives. Sounds too good to be true? </span><a href="https://www.greatplacetowork.com/certified-company/7025362"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">Take it from our employees.</span></span></a><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">Join us as we redefine what's possible in trading, advocate for our customers, and continue our journey toward becoming the world's top retail-focused trading platform in the world. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></span></p></div><p><span style="color: rgb(255, 66, 0);"><strong><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">What you'll do:</span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">NinjaTrader's Trade Surveillance team is being built to protect the integrity of our markets</span> <span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">and our partners' programs by catching fraud and abuse before it costs anyone money. As a</span> <span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Staff Product Data Analyst, you'll own building and maintaining the in-house detection layer</span> <span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">— the models and rules that flag wash trading, collusion, and eval/prop-firm fraud across our</span> <span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">trading data — and the partner-facing surveillance reports built on top of them. Engineering</span> <span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">builds the data pipeline; you define what runs through it, applying market-structure</span> <span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">judgment to turn raw fills into defensible fraud findings that partners and leadership can act</span> <span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">on.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">In this role you will:</span></strong></p>
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<li><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Own and evolve the detection models and rules that flag market abuse — wash trading,</span> <span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">hedging and reverse trading, collusion and coordinated accounts — across our trading</span> <span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">data</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Own partner-facing surveillance reporting end to end, starting with standardized</span> <span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">end-of-day reports and evolving toward real-time monitoring</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Work directly with eval and prop-firm partners to validate true and false positives, calibrate</span> <span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">detection quality, and tune thresholds and rules</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Collaborate with partners on custom reporting and solution feasibility for partner requests</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Translate fraud patterns into precise, tunable detection logic across matching criteria, </span><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">hold-time thresholds, recurrence windows, and P&L severity scoring</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Maintain data quality and hygiene across the surveillance data that feeds detection and </span><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">reporting</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Investigate flagged cases end to end and produce clear, evidence-backed findings that </span><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">partners and internal leadership can act on</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Reduce false positives continuously and surface new fraud patterns as bad actors adapt</span></li>
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<p><span style="color: rgb(255, 66, 0);"><strong><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">What you'll need:</span></strong></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Deep trade-surveillance or market-risk experience, including hands-on knowledge of</span> <span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">market-abuse patterns such as wash trading, hedging, reverse trading, collusion, and copy</span> <span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">trading, and how each can produce benign-looking lookalikes</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Working knowledge of futures/derivatives trading mechanics — fills, positions, and P&L —</span> <span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">and what abusive trading looks like in practice</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Strong SQL and hands-on experience with a cloud data warehouse (BigQuery and Athena</span> <span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">preferred), and comfort investigating large, messy transactional data</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Proven ability to design detection rules or anomaly models and defend them analytically</span> <span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">— including precision/recall tradeoffs, thresholds, and validation — with domain judgment</span> <span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">leading the analysis</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">10+ years in data analytics or data science, ideally in trading, fraud, risk, fintech, or market</span> <span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">surveillance</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ability to maintain data quality and turn technical findings into clear, concise reporting for</span> <span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">partners and executives</span></li>
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<p><span style="color: rgb(255, 66, 0);"><strong><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Bonus Points for:</span></strong></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Master's degree in analytics or a related quantitative field</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Prior prop-firm or brokerage experience</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Python or experience with fraud, AML, or surveillance tooling</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Experience building toward real-time or streaming detection</span></li>
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<p><span style="color: rgb(255, 66, 0);"><strong><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Compensation:</span></strong></span><br><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The salary range for this role will be $162,000.00 - $212,000.00 USD. In addition, this position</span> <span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">will also receive an annual target bonus of 12%. Bonus pay at NinjaTrader is based on</span> <span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">individual performance (50%) as well as company/team performance (50%).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Salary and bonus earnings are only two components of the total compensation package</span> <span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">offered by NinjaTrader. NinjaTrader offers a 401(k) plan through ADP under which the</span> <span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">company will match up to 3.5% of employee contributions. Annual paid time off allowance</span> <span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">accrues at a rate of 23 days per year plus seven paid holidays.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(255, 66, 0);"><strong><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Location:</span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">This role is based in Chicago, IL. *There may be remote flexibility for exceptional candidates in</span> <span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">the following states: California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Missouri,</span> <span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Montana, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina,</span> <span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Washington DC, Wisconsin.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(255, 66, 0);"><strong><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Hybrid:</span> </strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">For Chicago-based employees, we follow a hybrid work schedule: In-office Tuesday through</span> <span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Thursday, with remote work on Mondays and Fridays. In addition to these weekly remote</span> <span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">days, we offer:</span></p>
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<li><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">20 additional flex remote days annually</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">6 Company Wide Office-Optional weeks tied to major holidays</span></li>
</ul><div class="content-conclusion"><p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span data-contrast="auto"><span style="color: rgb(255, 66, 0);">Our Core Benefits Include:</span></span></strong></span></p>
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<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Generous PTO</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">7 Paid Holidays Annually + 5 Conditional Holidays Annually</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">1 Service Day Annually</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">401k with 3.5% Company Match</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Paid Parental Bonding Leave</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Health, Vision, Dental Coverage</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Life and Disability Insurance Covered 100% by NinjaTrader</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><em>We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.</em></span></p></div>