Quantitative Volatility Trader – Options Market-Making (HK)

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Goldman Sachs in Hong Kong is seeking a Quantitative Volatility Trader (Associate/VP) to help grow its options trading business. This is a hands‑on role in a highly automated trading environment, requiring strong quantitative judgment and collaboration across teams.

This position targets professionals with 3+ years of experience in options market making or electronic trading, who can improve pricing, execution, and risk management with data‑driven insights and scalable tooling.

Qualifications

• 3+ years on an options market-making, electronic trading, or quantitative trading team.
• Strong understanding of options pricing, volatility, and risk management.
• Analytical, systematic thinking applied to trading and risk problems.
• Proficient coding: Python and/or C++ a plus.
• Data-driven mindset and ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Make real-time trading and risk decisions across an electronic options market‑making business
• Monitor and optimize automated trading systems in live markets
• Analyze pricing, hedging, execution, and inventory outcomes to improve trading performance
• Investigate unusual market events, trading outcomes, and system behavior to identify actionable improvements
• Partner closely with quantitative researchers and software engineers to develop, test, and deploy new models, strategies, and tooling
• Contribute to the calibration and enhancement of options pricing and risk frameworks
• Help improve the scalability, robustness, and efficiency of the trading platform
• Use data-driven analysis to evaluate strategy performance and prioritize enhancements

Skills

Options market making

Quantitative trading

Python

C++

Data analysis

Risk management

Team collaboration

Job description

Goldman Sachs in Hong Kong is seeking a Quantitative Volatility Trader (Associate/VP) to help grow its options trading business. This is a hands‑on role in a highly automated trading environment, requiring strong quantitative judgment and collaboration across teams.

This position targets professionals with 3+ years of experience in options market making or electronic trading, who can improve pricing, execution, and risk management with data‑driven insights and scalable tooling.