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High-Paying Trading Operations Role for STEM Graduates
1 month ago
Optiver: A Premier Market Making Institution
">We are seeking highly skilled and motivated individuals to join our team as Trading Operations Analysts. As a member of our operations team, you will play a critical role in optimizing our automated trading system, leveraging technical skills to automate manual processes, and creating data visualizations to inform business decisions.
">About Optiver
">At Optiver, our mission is to constantly improve the market by injecting liquidity, providing accurate pricing, increasing transparency, and acting as a stabilizing force. With a focus on continuous improvement, we participate in safeguarding healthy and efficient markets for everyone who participates. We tackle tough problems, challenge the status quo, and strive for excellence. As one of the largest market making institutions, we are a trusted partner of 70+ exchanges across the globe.
">Culture and Location
">Our Chicago office operates in the heart of the derivatives trading capital of the US. Active on leading US exchanges, we trade a wide range of products from listed derivatives to cash equities, ETFs, bonds, and foreign exchange. Our culture parallels the energetic city we're immersed in, offering a dynamic and fast-paced work environment that fosters growth and collaboration.
">Responsibilities
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- Operate and optimize our world-class automated trading system">
- Leverage technical skills to automate manual processes and scale our business">
- Create data visualizations and reporting to inform business decisions">
- Work on projects directly related to improving trading profitability and risk">
- Monitor and optimize financing, capital, electronic trading fees, rebates, stock lending, short-sale costs, settlement/buy-in risks">
Requirements
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- Graduating with a bachelor's, master's, or PhD in a STEM or related field">
- Expected graduation date of Spring 2025 (Fall 2025 start date)">
- Proficient with a programming language, preferably Python">
- Superior analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving skills">
- Excellent communicator and team player">
- Able to work accurately and structuredly">
- Driven to continuously improve and optimize">
- Able to work under pressure and multitask">
What We Offer
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- Competitive salary of $90,000 per year">
- Performance-based bonus structure that is unmatched anywhere in the industry">
- Ownership over initiatives that directly solve business problems">
- 25 paid vacation days and market holidays">
- Fully paid commuting expenses and health insurance">
- Daily breakfast and lunch">
- Training opportunities">
- 401(k) match up to 50% and charitable match opportunities">
- Regular social events and clubs">
Eligibility
">We accept one application per role per year. If you have previously applied to this position during this season and have been unsuccessful, you can reapply once the next recruitment season begins in 2025.
">Equal Opportunities Employer
">We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. Optiver recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, or other legally protected characteristics.
