Front Office Equity Derivatives Trading Strategist

BMO Capital Markets; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Accident and life insurance

Retirement savings plans

Job summary

BMO Capital Markets is seeking a Front Office Flow Derivatives Trading Strategist in New York to design and implement trading strategies, pricing models, and execution tools for Equity Derivatives. You will collaborate with quantitative, ops and tech teams to enhance pricing, risk and workflow efficiency.

The role requires strong Python and C#/.NET expertise, experience with market data feeds, and familiarity with MQ systems, databases, and BI tools.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to develop and implement trading strategies and tools.
• Experience with pricing platforms, execution systems and risk management in derivatives.
• Strong programming and quantitative skills in a fast-paced trading environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop tools for pricing listed and OTC option strategies for equities desks.
• Create a new RFQ workflow tool for derivatives trading and sales desks.
• Build historical trade analysis tools, including P&L attribution.
• Integrate pricing and risk tools into execution platforms to streamline workflows.
• Coordinate across model development, operations and technology teams.

Skills

Python scripting

Trading strategies development

Quantitative analysis

Risk management

Market data experience

Git/CICD tooling

Equity derivatives knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Tools

C#/.NET

WPF/Blazor

MSSQL

Postgres

AMPS/ActiveMQ/Kafka

FIX protocol

Tableau/PowerBI

Job description

BMO Capital Markets is seeking a Front Office Flow Derivatives Trading Strategist in New York to design and implement trading strategies, pricing models, and execution tools for Equity Derivatives. You will collaborate with quantitative, ops and tech teams to enhance pricing, risk and workflow efficiency.

The role requires strong Python and C#/.NET expertise, experience with market data feeds, and familiarity with MQ systems, databases, and BI tools.