Junior Floor Trader - Options Market Making

ABOUT THE COMPANY:Maven is a market-leading proprietary trading firm allocating internal capital across discretionary, systematic, and market-making strategies. Our collective expertise spans traders, engineers, and technologists, unified by an unwavering dedication to enhance our efficiency as a premier liquidity provider for global listed derivatives. We leverage cutting edge execution and pricing technologies to elevate and improve how financial markets operate.THE ROLE: We are seeking a junior trader to join our Options Market Making trading team in Chicago. The role will involve collaborating with Maven’s in-house traders, examining the market we engage in and providing them with real time trading information as well as executing trading decisions directly from the CBOE SPX trading floor.While the role will ultimately be in Chicago, prospective candidates will be expected to undergo training as part of our Grad Trader Training cohort in London for a duration of approximately three months beginning in September 2024.RESPONSIBILITIES:Execute tradesCreate tools and systems to advance the team’s trading and operational processes.Improve trading and automation tools to support our research, pricing and execution Day-to-day responsibility for scripts that support the trading activity Analyse trading strategies and suggest improvements to manage position sizes and exposure. Working with traders to design and improve trading strategies through data analysis, prototyping as well as collaboration with developersProactively support operational tasks on the trading desksCANDIDATE SPECIFICATIONS:Proactive self-starter with 0-2 years experience in Options Market MakingDesire to be in/thrives in collaborative team settingAbility to make decisions quickly in a fast paced competitive environmentExcellent communication and teamwork skillsAbility to cultivate and maintain relationships with trading partnersAbility to demonstrate wider interest in financial marketsOutstanding numerical and analytical skillsProactive interest in improving existing trading strategies and identifying new opportunitiesAbility to take a high level of responsibility in an expanding, highly successful firmExcellent attention to detailFast problem solving skillsStrong Python and Excel skillsEmbodiment of Maven’s core values: Integrity and fairness, market leading, creativity, individual and collective success, discipline and accountabilityWHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU:Competitive compensation 401k Annual discretionary bonus 25 days’ annual leaveInformal dress code Private healthcare and life assuranceMonthly company events