Optiver is seeking an Automated Trading Risk (ATR) Manager to enhance our dynamic and goal-oriented ATR team. The ideal candidate will possess a strong quantitative and technical foundation and is interested in solving problems in the world of automated trading. In this role, you will work closely with our traders, contributing to the development and enhancement of risk systems, methodologies, and limits. Your contributions will be key in our rapidly expanding team and in realizing our strategic vision for the future.
As an Automated Trading Risk Analyst, your mission will be to ensure the automated trading activities operate within the risk appetite established by the Management Board, identify and advise management where this is not the case. In this role, you will interact very closely with multiple departments - Trading, Tech, Market Risk, Credit Risk, Compliance. The content you manage is extremely dynamic, so it’s almost guaranteed that no day will be like the other.
You will be empowered to contribute directly, deliver your best work, and shape your role as you develop further
What you’ll do
As an Automated Trading Risk Analyst your responsibilities include:
This position is designed for a forward-thinking professional passionate about solving complex problems. You will be spending most of your time on the Trading floor to build an understanding of the interactions between human and machine. If you are eager to make a meaningful impact within a top market maker, we invite you to apply and join our pioneering team at Optiver. Your responsibilities will include:
- You will design and build tooling to maintain a cohesive and effective control framework underpinning out algorithmic trading activities.
- Monitor our ATR systems and make configuration or input changes required to keep operations smooth and safe. You will flag issues and suggest improvements to our operating model.
- For internal ATR controls, you will work closely with the Technology team and define functional requirements to improve our framework.
- When onboarding new products or markets, new business activities, or new technologies, you will ensure the emerging ATR risks are properly mitigated.
- You will regularly perform end to end risk reviews on specific ATR topics and report on findings and recommendations to relevant stakeholders and to senior management.
What you’ll get
- The opportunity to work alongside best-in-class professionals from over 40 different countries
- Highly competitive compensation package including performance-based bonus structure
- 401(k) match up to 50%
- Comprehensive health, mental, dental, vision, disability, and life coverage
- 25 paid vacation days alongside market holidays
- Extensive office perks, including breakfast, lunch and snacks, regular social events, clubs, sporting leagues and more
Who you are
- Holding a quantitative S.T.E.M degree.
- Enjoy working in dynamic and fast paced environments
- Proficient programming in Python.
- You’re eager to continuously improve and to help others improve.
- 0-2 years of experience
- You enjoy driving initiatives and managing projects.
- Demonstrating exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
- Must have legal authorization to work in the U.S.
Who we are
At Optiver, our mission is to improve the market by injecting liquidity, providing accurate pricing, increasing transparency and stabilising the market no matter the conditions. With a focus on continuous improvement, we prioritise safeguarding the health and efficiency of the markets for all participants. As one of the largest market making institutions, we are a respected partner on 100+ exchanges across the globe.
Our differences are our edge. Optiver does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, or other legally protected characteristics.
Below is the expected base salary for this position. This is a good-faith estimate of the base pay scale for this position and offers will ultimately be determined based on experience, education, skill set, and performance in the interview process. This position will also be eligible for a discretionary bonus (if determined by Optiver) and Optiver’s benefits package with the benefits listed above.
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What We Do
Optiver’s story began over 30 years ago, when we started business as a single trader on the floor of Amsterdam’s options exchange. Today, we are at the forefront of trading and technology as a leading global electronic market maker, focused on pricing, execution and risk management.
Why Work With Us
People at Optiver love challenges, welcome collaboration, and strive to be better tomorrow than they are today. Improving the market is an extraordinary challenge that requires a carefully crafted approach. Optiver provides a collaborative working environment to tackle these challenges. In fact, it is this way of working that sets us apart.
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