Quantitative Strategist

Maven Securities ,
London, Greater London
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Maven is looking for an ambitious quantitative strategist to join the risk-taking unit within its options business. The successful candidate will research and design scalable position-taking strategies that are synergistic to Maven's market-leading options market-making business. This is a full-time, permanent role based in London (with the possibility of transferring to Hong Kong or the US later). RESPONSIBILITIES * Use data to design and backtest trading strategies across multiple products * Work with traders to optimise execution scalably across multiple product groups * Develop predictive valuation models CANDIDATE SPECIFICATIONS Required: * Experience working with large time series data * Excellent programming skills including experience with Python * Proactive interest in improving existing trading strategies and identifying new opportunities * Ability to take a high level of responsibility in an expanding, highly successful firm * Outstanding analytical and statistical skills * Excellent attention to detail and fast problem-solving skills * Strong communication skills * The embodiment of Maven's core values: Integrity and fairness, creativity, individual and collective success, discipline and accountability Desirable: * Experience of researching volatility strategies * Familiarity with derivatives pricing models

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