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PEAK6 Capital Management, based in the historic Chicago Board of Trade, is a leading proprietary options trading firm with over 25 years of industry experience. The firm distinguishes itself through a unique combination of financial expertise, robust risk management, and cutting-edge technology. Its team of technologists, engineers, and traders utilizes proprietary technology and a data-driven approach to provide consistent liquidity to the options market for both institutional and retail clients.
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What People Are Saying About PEAK6
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Learning & Development: Structured options education, mentorship, and an 18-month trading-associate path that progresses to managing an individual portfolio are highlighted on this team. Feedback suggests juniors gain hands-on exposure to real trading alongside experienced traders and technologists.
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Autonomy: Employees are encouraged to take ownership and move quickly with relatively little micromanagement. Feedback suggests the entrepreneurial setup lets self-directed people test strategies and build tools with meaningful responsibility.
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High Talent Density: Colleagues are often described as smart, friendly, and technically capable, creating a strong peer learning environment. Feedback suggests this is especially visible on trading desks where analytical problem-solving and idea-sharing are common.
What People Are Saying About PEAK6
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Learning & Development: In Austin, employees benefit from structured options education, mentorship, and hands-on exposure to real trading and technology problems in line with the division’s training model. This approach helps people build market, risk, and tooling skills while gaining access to senior decision-makers.
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Team Support: Teams in Austin work cross-functionally across traders, engineers, and researchers, reflecting the firm’s collaborative operating model. This structure supports day-to-day problem-solving by drawing on adjacent expertise quickly.
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Autonomy: Roles in the Austin hub emphasize ownership and an idea meritocracy where contributions matter regardless of title. This gives employees latitude to test ideas and influence processes without heavy bureaucracy.
Recently posted jobs
Fintech • Information Technology • Financial Services • App development
Supports back-office trading operations by reconciling trades, positions, and profit and loss; maintaining trading data quality; investigating issues with trading desks and clearing firms; assisting with month-end reporting; improving operational processes; and completing firm initiatives and ad hoc projects.
Fintech • Information Technology • Financial Services • App development
Lead product vision, roadmap, and delivery for trading platforms, tools, and AI agents. Define agent autonomy, trust controls, and human-in-the-loop workflows while improving trader performance, efficiency, and risk outcomes. Build and lead a lean product team, partner with engineering, risk, compliance, and legal, and establish an agent-native product operating model that can scale across PEAK6 businesses.
Fintech • Information Technology • Financial Services • App development
Oversee global employee benefits strategy, administration, compliance, vendor relationships, open enrollment, retirement plans, leave programs, and employee communications. Lead benefits plan evaluation, regulatory activities, audits, system administration in Workday, data analysis, and process improvements across U.S. and international locations. Manage benefits team members and collaborate with HR, payroll, finance, brokers, carriers, and third-party administrators.
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internship opportunities
Trading Bootcamp Internship:
Our Trading Bootcamp internship offers students hands-on exposure to options trading, market analysis, and risk management. Participants engage in real trading simulations and technical workshops, gaining practical skills while working alongside experienced traders and technologists. We offer a week-long opportunity at the start and end of the summer.
Women’s Trading Experience Internship:
The Women’s Trading Experience is a specialized internship program designed to support and encourage women considering careers in trading. This program combines hands-on trading education, mentorship from women leaders in the field, and networking opportunities, providing valuable insights and industry experience.
our mission + vision
PEAK6 Capital Management is dedicated to driving capital and liquidity in the options market by embracing risk and leveraging advanced technology. We empower our team to innovate, manage risk effectively, and respond to market opportunities, setting high standards for the industry and supporting the stability of global financial markets.
training and tools
We offer a 15–18 month education and development program for new trading associates. Participants receive comprehensive training in financial markets, investment strategies, and internal processes, along with hands-on experience using advanced analytical tools, trading platforms, and portfolio management software. Through ongoing mentorship and skill-building, associates work in teams focused on specialized strategies that align with their individual strengths. We provide the training and resources you need to confidently bring your best ideas to the market.
