Index Options Low-Latency Trader & Execution Lead

Risk Hub; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 225,000 - 275,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Paid leave

Insurance

Job summary

IMC Trading in Chicago is seeking an Index Options Low-Latency Execution Quantitative Trader to join our team. You will work at the intersection of trading, research, and development, owning a defined portion of the strategy and driving improvements in our ultra-fast execution systems.

You will analyze pricing data and trades, backtest hypotheses, and work with traders, quants, and developers to bring ideas from inception to production, while maintaining an ownership mindset and bias toward

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in low-latency index options execution.
• Strong understanding of exchange microstructure and automated trading systems.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with ownership mentality and bias toward action.
• Ability to perform efficient analysis on large datasets in Python.
• Strong communicator across trading, research, and development teams.

Responsibilities

• Drive revenue in low-latency index options trading by improving execution systems.
• Deliver high-quality analysis using pricing data, trades data, and exchange feed.
• Analyze trade examples to understand system behavior and opportunities.
• Backtest and analyze changes to execution systems to improve performance.
• Collaborate with traders, quants, and developers to take ideas from inception to production.
• Take ownership of a defined area of the strategy and grow plans over multiple months.

Skills

Low-latency trading

Python analysis

Exchange microstructure

Cross-functional collaboration

Entrepreneurial mindset

Quant research

Ownership mindset

Education

Graduate in quantitative field

Job description

IMC Trading in Chicago is seeking an Index Options Low-Latency Execution Quantitative Trader to join our team. You will work at the intersection of trading, research, and development, owning a defined portion of the strategy and driving improvements in our ultra-fast execution systems.

You will analyze pricing data and trades, backtest hypotheses, and work with traders, quants, and developers to bring ideas from inception to production, while maintaining an ownership mindset and bias toward