Python Developer - Data & Analytics Team - Options Market Making

Maven is a market-leading proprietary trading firm deploying its own capital across discretionary, systematic, and market-making strategies. Backed by deep expertise in trading, technology, and research, we are relentlessly focused on improving liquidity across global listed derivatives. Through advanced execution and pricing technologies, we improve how financial markets operate.You will work alongside traders, quant researchers and other developers to help us design and build reliable, timely and accurate data and analytics to our trading and research teams. Our data pipelines handle terabytes of exchange traffic, performing numerous transformations in real-time. We perform analysis ranging from nanosecond-level investigations on low-latency trading systems to research on pricing algorithms and trading strategies.The Skills You Will HaveExcellent Python skills, with significant experience designing, developing, testing, and deploying complex and robust production systemsSolid experience with SQL and modern database technologiesVery strong business communication skills and the ability to present information clearly and conciselyEnthusiasm to rapidly learn new technologies and skillsAn efficient and diligent approach with a strong attention to detailThe ability to solve new and unfamiliar problems quickly and creativelyAn interest in trading and financeIdeal Experience Would IncludeHandling large data sets and time series dataData engineering best practices for both batch and streaming data pipelinesKnowledge of data serialisation formats, messaging middleware, data lakehouse technologies etcContainerisation and orchestration techniques (Docker, Kubernetes)Modern C++ programmingFront end development with React and TypescriptKnowledge of financial markets & securities, especially equities and optionsWe pride ourselves on being able to rapidly deliver well-engineered software into production. You will be able to see the impact of your work immediately and will be in a unique position to have a direct impact on trading revenue. We make extensive use of automated testing and peer code review to ensure quality and maintainability while keeping time-to-market short.What We Can Offer YouCompetitive compensation Annual discretionary bonus 25 days’ annual leaveInformal dress code Private healthcareMonthly company eventsPrivate Gym