Options Quant Trader/PM

Anson McCade
Chicago, United States
$150K-$200K a year
Permanent
Full-time

Options Quantitative Trader (Chicago / New York, London, Amsterdam)

My client is a proprietary trading firm operating across HFT / market making and vol arb strategies. They can hire globally, and have infrastructure for latency-sensitive trading and intraday / mid frequency strategies.

They are looking to expand their options trading business by hiring a team or an individual Quant Trader covering Single Stock or Index Options in US or Indian Options markets.

The firm is currently looking for Options Traders with experience working on both the research and trading of options at HFT / intraday or mid frequency horizons.

This is an opportunity for candidates with experience in options market making / position taking with Sharpes of 4+, or intraday / mid frequency trading with Sharpes of 2+ to develop, implement and manage their own strategies and potentially build out a new desk within the group.

The successful candidate will have their own book, lead a team, and will receive a PnL % payout.

The Role :

  • Researching, implementing and executing strategies.
  • Monitoring the performance of strategies, and optimising them to maximise returns.
  • Analysing patterns in the market to identify tradable opportunities.
  • Building your desk and collaborating with the team on the development of analytics tools, libraries, and infrastructure.

About you :

  • 3+ years of experience at a buyside firm, working in Quantitative Research and Trading of options.
  • Master or PhD level degrees from a top university, in a numerate field of study.
  • You must be an experienced user of Python, Java or C++.

Job ID AMC / GHA / OQT

30+ days ago
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