Quantitative Trader (Options Market Making)

Top Prop Trading Shop - Hiring Quant Traders in Chicago

This Jobot Job is hosted by: Ryan Kilroy

Salary: $100,000 - $300,000 per year

A bit about us:

We are a proprietary trading firm that specializes in electronic option market making strategies. We pride ourselves on data-driven decision-making and our innovative problem-solving framework, which enables us to solve complex problems posed by efficient markets. Our vision is to scale and automate our strategies with our team of traders, developers, and data scientists.

Why join us?

We foster a highly collaborative and team-oriented culture. Our traders, developers, and operations personnel work together directly, avoiding silos or departmental separations that can lead to lower quality outcomes. We believe in challenging the status quo and proving assumptions versus accepting them as the truth. Everyone's opinion is valued, and impactful change can be made at any level.

Job Details

As a proprietary trader, you will be responsible for:

Being an excellent steward of risk and capable of providing liquidity in any market condition

Making data-driven decisions and confidently standing by your actions

Proactively and effectively communicating any deviation from expected value

Quickly and accurately prioritizing efforts that drive 80% of the outcome and avoiding efforts that only solve 20% of the outcome

Learning and executing trading methodologies and gradually increasing responsibilities from shadowing to parameter tuning to placing trades

Requirements:

We are seeking candidates who possess the following qualifications:

2-5 years of experience as an experienced trader with a proven track record of success

BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Math, Physics, or related field

Exceptional attention to detail

Strong communication skills

Excellent quantitative skills

Track record of proactively solving difficult problems

Ability to take on many responsibilities quickly with a high degree of operational excellence

Jobot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide an inclusive work environment that celebrates diversity and all qualified candidates receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Sometimes Jobot is required to perform background checks with your authorization. Jobot will consider qualified candidates with criminal histories in a manner consistent with any applicable federal, state, or local law regarding criminal backgrounds, including but not limited to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring and the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

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