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Senior Quantitative Researcher - Options Market Making
Chicago · Senior
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About the role
- As a Senior Quantitative Researcher, you will lead projects that have a direct impact on our trading performance.
- You will work collaboratively with other researchers and traders from various scientific fields and prestigious academic institutions, to develop innovative real-time trading models and solutions for low latency trading systems for exchange-traded options.
Responsibilities
- You will share your knowledge and expertise with other researchers to tackle various challenging projects including but not limited to option pricing and volatility models, algorithm design and alpha research.
Requirements
- Academic degree in applied mathematics, computer science, statistics engineering or physics.
- PhD or any other track record in conducting independent research.
- Minimum 3+ years of experience in the financial industry, particularly electronic options trading.
Skills
- Senior Quantitative Researcher - Options Market Making
Compensation
- Competitive compensation
Company info
- Backed by deep expertise in trading, technology, and research, we are relentlessly focused on improving liquidity across global listed derivatives.
- We are committed to managing all recruitment activities internally to ensure a consistent and transparent candidate experience.
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