Quant Trader - Equity Options

Maven is a market-leading, employee-owned proprietary trading firm deploying internal capital across discretionary, systematic, and market-making strategies. We are looking for an ambitious and proactive Equity Options Quant Trader to join our Vol Alpha Trading Team.

Requirements

• Monitor and rationalise market flow to identify pricing dislocations
• Analyse and interpret other market participants' positionings to identify trading opportunities
• Conduct research and backtests on pricing and structuring volatility curve, term structure, relative value and dispersion trades
• Contribute to new alpha discovery through a combination of market dynamics observations and quantitative research toolings
• Active participation in trading and risk-managing an extensive equity options portfolio as part of a team
• Collaboration with infrastructure and development teams to optimise electronic trading execution and minimise dependencies

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package
• Annual discretionary bonus
• Group pension plan
• Enhanced annual leave allowance after 2+ years' service
• 25 days' annual leave (plus public holidays)
• Fully catered breakfast, lunch, and snacks prepared by an in-house chef
• Private healthcare and life assurance
• On-site private gym with instructor-led classes including boxing, yoga, and more
• Monthly company events and social activities