Old Mission is a global proprietary trading firm that leverages state-of-the-art technology and research to identify and execute profitable trading strategies across multiple asset classes around the world. Our offices in Chicago, New York, and London are all composed of naturally-curious individuals who thrive in a team environment and constantly strive for improvement.
Old Mission does not seek capital from outside investors, allowing us the flexibility to aggressively invest in our team members and keep them engaged in the firm’s growth.
About the Position
We are looking for an ETF Pricing Engineer to join our ETF trading operations team in a role that sits at the intersection of technology and trading, where you will support daily operations, work directly with traders, and build tools that automate workflows. You will start by learning our operational processes hands-on, supporting daily trading readiness and data quality workflows, and as you gain domain expertise, you will shift toward building features, automations, and decision-support tools for trading. This role offers full exposure to the ETF trading business, where you will collaborate closely with traders, operations, and the development team. Your work will directly support trading decisions through day-to-day responsibilities that include automating workflows that support ETF pricing such as corporate action processing, parameter updates, and listing onboarding. You will integrate new data sources and extend pricing pipelines as coverage expands. You will build tools to analyze ETF pricing, investigate data quality issues and coordinate resolution with traders and developers. You will also own daily pricing system readiness as you learn the domain.
Required Skills
- 1-4 years of experience writing Python professionally or on substantial projects
- Proficient with SQL and Linux/Unix environments
- Reliable, detail-oriented, and comfortable working early mornings (operational by 7am CT)
- Demonstrated ability to take a problem, break it down, and figure out how to solve it without hand-holding
- Genuine interest in learning how ETF trading and financial markets work
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Comfortable working in a small team where responsibilities shift based on what needs doing
- A background in ETF or capital markets is a plus
- Nice to have experience with data pipelines, reconciliation, or financial datasets
Benefits and Perks
- Fully paid Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, and Life Insurance
- Fully stocked kitchen; free breakfast and lunch every day on-site
- Tuition Reimbursement Program
- 401(k) with employer match
- Paid Vacation, Sick, and Parental leaves
- Commuter and Flexible Spending Programs
- In office M-F with 10 remote days per year
Base Salary Range
$150,000 - $200,000 - Salaries are based on numerous factors such as skills, experience, and education. Our compensation package also includes a discretionary bonus and a comprehensive benefits program for full-time employees. For more information, reach out to your recruiter.
Old Mission is not accepting unsolicited resumes from any staffing/search firms. All resumes submitted by staffing/search firms to any employee at Old Mission via-email, the Internet or directly without a valid signed search agreement will be deemed the sole property of Old Mission, and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Old Mission.
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What We Do
Old Mission is a global, multi-asset market maker. We specialize in dynamically valuing individual securities and complicated derivatives at the speed of modern markets. We price thousands of financial instruments globally and have traded trillions of dollars of securities using our proprietary systems and models, both on and off exchange. Our market making platform enables us to work with the world’s largest exchanges, brokers, and institutional investors as a trusted partner, assisting them in transferring risk, often at prices that are much tighter than our competition
