Trading Operations Analyst

Optiver is seeking a skilled Trading Operations Analyst to join our team. This role is a pivotal position within our trading teams, driving the operation and optimization of both our semi-automated and fully automated market making activities and trading systems. With a razor-sharp eye for detail, the ideal candidate embodies operational excellence and thrives in a dynamic, entrepreneurial, and collaborative environment.

Who we are:

Optiver is a tech-driven trading firm and leading global market maker. As one of the largest market making institutions, we are a trusted partner of 70+ exchanges across the globe. Our mission is to constantly improve the market by injecting liquidity, providing accurate pricing, increasing transparency and acting as a stabilising force no matter the market conditions. With a focus on continuous improvement, we participate in the safeguarding of healthy and efficient markets for everyone who participates.

Optiver Chicago’s culture parallels the energetic city we’re immersed in. Home to the Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago Board Options Exchange, and Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Chicago has established itself as the trading capital of the US. Active on leading US exchanges, Optiver’s Chicago office trades a wide range of products from listed derivatives to cash equities, ETFs, bonds and foreign exchange.

What you’ll do:

Our Trading Operations Analysts take ownership of critical elements of our trading operations, executing the daily workflows that make us a leading options market-making firm. Your work and projects require the cooperation of several different teams at Optiver and you play a critical connectivity role between those teams and trading. Join us in this dynamic role and make a meaningful impact on our success in the financial markets. 

• Operating and optimizing day-to-day trading system controls, parameterization and pricing readiness 
• Monitoring and analyzing: positions and automated market making activities + corporate events and their impact on the portfolio
• Monitoring and optimizing: financing and electronic trading fees and rebates + stock lending, short-sale costs and settlement/buy-in risks 
• Owning and automating exercise of options contracts on all US exchanges
• Managing Optiver’s registered market making and Lead Market Making requirements
• Optimizing reporting processes through automation and key insights 
• Working on projects directly related to improving trading profitability and risk 

Who you are:

• 1-3 years of work experience in financial markets and a strong interest in options trading
• Proficiency with a programming language, preferably Python
• Bachelor’s degree in STEM or a related field
• Strong analytical, quantitative and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills
• Ability to work in an accurate and structured way
• Drive to constantly improve and optimize
• Able to work under pressure and multi-task
• Legal Authorization to work in the US

What you’ll get:

• Work alongside best-in-class professionals from over 40 different countries.
• Performance based bonus structure that is unmatched anywhere in the industry. We combine our profits across desks, teams and offices into a global profit pool fostering a truly collaborative environment to work in.
• Ownership over initiatives that directly solve business problems.  

Alongside this you will get great other benefits such as 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, and many more.