Early Career- Junior Options Trader

As a Junior Options Trader you will support on:

Trading & Risk Support

• Assist in monitoring and managing risk across our options books under the guidance of senior traders.
• Help maintain orderly books: checking positions, PnL, exposures, and ensuring adherence to risk limits.
• Execute trades and adjust positions according to desk playbooks and senior trader instructions.

Research & Strategy Development

• Support research into options and volatility strategies (systematic and positional), including idea testing and backtesting.
• Work with historical and real-time data to analyse performance, market microstructure, and edge.
• Help maintain and refine models, parameter sets, and dashboards used by the desk.

Collaboration & Tooling

• Work closely with quant developers and engineers to improve pricing, risk, and execution tooling.
• Help specify and test new features or enhancements to our trading systems and infrastructure.
• Communicate clearly with other desks (market making, OTC, DeFi) when strategies or flows overlap.

Learning & Development

• Rapidly ramp up on options theory, volatility surfaces, and crypto derivatives market structure.
• Participate in code reviews, strategy discussions, and post-trade analyses to accelerate your learning curve.
• Continuously update your knowledge as markets, venues, and products evolve.

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Knowledge Skills & Experience

We are hiring for early-career profiles. You might recognise yourself in one of the following paths (all are welcome to apply):

Quantitative Graduates

• Recent or upcoming graduate from a top university in financial engineering, mathematics, physics, computer science, or a related quantitative field.
• Strong interest in options, derivatives, or quantitative trading, demonstrated through coursework, projects, internships, or competitions.Systematic / Algorithmic Trading Background

• Experience (internship or full-time) in systematic or algorithmic trading, research, or execution (not necessarily in options) and a strong desire to specialise in options trading.
• Comfortable working with data, writing code, and thinking in terms of models, signals, and risk.Junior Options Desk Experience

• 6–24 months of experience on an options desk (crypto, equities, FX, or rates), in trading, structuring, or quant support.
• Familiarity with options concepts (greeks, implied volatility, basic strategies) and day-to-day desk workflows.

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Core Requirements

• Strong quantitative and analytical skills; solid understanding of probability, statistics, and numerical methods.
• Working proficiency in Python ( Rust, C++ or Java is a plus); experience with data analysis libraries is a plus
• Genuine interest in crypto markets, derivatives, and market microstructure. Prior crypto experience is a plus but not mandatory.
• High attention to detail, especially under time pressure; comfortable operating in a fast-moving trading environment.
• Curious, proactive, and eager to learn from feedback and from more experienced team members.
• Prior internship or role at a market maker, prop trading firm, hedge fund, or crypto-native trading firm is highly desired.
• Strong communication skills and fluency in English; able to work effectively with globally distributed teams.