Senior Associate, Options Trading Support

Blockchain.com; London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading digital assets platform in London is seeking a Senior Associate for Options Trading Support. You will manage operational risk and ensure trade integrity, requiring fluency in Python and SQL, along with 4+ years in financial operations. Join a dynamic team focused on automated solutions and operational efficiency in the evolving options market. This role offers competitive compensation and a hybrid work environment.

Benefits

Full-time salary based on experience

Unlimited vacation policy

Work from Anywhere Policy for up to 20 days per year

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in financial operations or derivatives support.
• Experience building tools for trade capture, reconciliation, or reporting workflows.
• Working knowledge of options pricing and exposure calculations.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain automated reconciliation tools across multiple venues.
• Design risk and P&L attribution frameworks using Python/SQL.
• Develop monitoring scripts for operational anomalies and portfolio drifts.

Skills

Fluency in Python

Fluency in SQL

Operational Risk Management

Data Analysis

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical or analytical discipline

Tools

pandas

NumPy

Jupyter

Job description

Senior Associate, Options Trading Support

London

Blockchain.com is the world's leading software platform for digital assets. Offering the largest production blockchain platform in the world, we share the passion to code, create, and ultimately build an open, accessible and fair financial future, one piece of software at a time.

We are looking for a technically strong Senior Associateto join our Middle Office – Options team in London. You will be responsible for managing operational risk and ensuring front-to-back trade integrity in our growing options business, with a secondary focus on DeFi. The ideal candidate brings a junior quant mindset, is fluent in Python and SQL, and has hands-on experience automating risk and P&L processes, building scalable reconciliation frameworks, and working directly with options or structured derivatives.

This is a front-line technical operations role, bridging trading, risk, and engineering, and best suited for someone who thrives in high-velocity trading environments and enjoys solving problems with data, code, and process design.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Build and maintain automated reconciliation tools, integrating data across multiple venues, clearing brokers, and internal systems for trade matching, lifecycle events, and settlements.
• Design and implement risk and P&L attribution frameworks, leveraging Python/SQL to parse large datasets and deliver real-time or end-of-day exposure, VaR, and stress analytics.
• Work directly with traders and quants to monitor margin utilization, capital efficiency, and risk constraints across venues; contribute to tooling around execution algo performance and post-trade analysis.
• Act as a technical operations liaison with Treasury, Finance, and Risk teams to ensure accurate trade capture, funding, and fee allocation.
• Develop monitoring scripts, dashboards, and alerts to track operational anomalies, portfolio drifts, or data inconsistencies—taking a programmatic approach to error reduction and efficiency.
• Assist with the structured product lifecycle from a middle-office lens, including digital options, variance products, and on-chain derivatives where applicable.
• Stay on top of evolving options market structure, risk methodology, and cross-venue margin requirements; contribute to internal tooling and documentation on these topics.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical or analytical discipline (Finance, Computer Science, Engineering, Math, Physics).
• 4+ years of experience in financial operations, quantitative middle office, or derivatives support—ideally with options or structured products.
• Fluency in Python and SQL is required. Experience with pandas, NumPy, Jupyter, and automation frameworks is a must.
• Demonstrated experience building tools and scripts for trade capture, reconciliation, or reporting workflows.
• Working knowledge of options pricing, margining methodologies and exposure calculations.
• Detail-oriented, with strong communication skills and an ability to work independently in a global cross-functional team.

COMPENSATION & PERKS

• Full-time salary based on experience and meaningful equity in an industry-leading company
• Unlimited vacation policy; work hard and take time when you need it
• The opportunity to be a key player and build your career at a rapidly expanding, global technology company in an emerging field
• Hybrid model working from home & awesome office location in the heart of London
• Work from Anywhere Policy: You can work remotely from anywhere in the world for up to 20 days per year.

Blockchain is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, and apprenticeship. Blockchain makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business need at the time.

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