Systematic Options Trader

About the role

Join our global team of experts responsible for the innovation, advancement, and day-to-day management of our quantitative systematic trading strategies. You will balance operational, research, and engineering responsibilities to drive participation and profitability in systematic options trading.

Responsibilities

• Build a deep understanding of the systematic market-making business, partnering with low-latency developers, alpha researchers, site reliability engineers, pricing researchers, and infrastructure developers
• Identify new ways of instrumenting and measuring existing systematic behaviors to drive participation and profitability; monitor both internal behavior and competitor activity
• Guide the evolution of the trading platform and its component strategies
• React to outsized market flows and regime shifts in real time by adjusting pricing, risk tolerance, and strategy parameters
• Identify under-participation in opportunity and formulate plans to capture it
• Maintain operational excellence in all aspects of trading activities
• Own the definition and setting of risk management protections and have authority over trading activities

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM or economics program from a top institution
• Excellent problem-solving and strategic decision-making skills; ability to make informed, defensible decisions in a fast-paced trading environment
• Proficiency in Python and associated data science libraries (pandas/polars, scikit-learn, plotly/matplotlib, etc.); comfort writing code to subscribe, process, and display data in soft real-time
• Familiarity with Linux, SQL, Git, and VS Code; Kdb+/Q is a plus but not required
• Track record of building and operating complex trading strategies
• Detail-oriented with strong written and oral communication skills

Location

New York or Miami