Trading Analyst (Python)

Chicago, IL - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Maven is a market-leading proprietary trading firm deploying its own capital across discretionary systematic and market-making strategies. Backed by deep expertise in trading technology and research we are relentlessly focused on improving liquidity across global listed derivatives. Through advanced execution and pricing technologies we improve how financial markets operate.

THE ROLE

Youll join an Options Market Making desk as a Trading Analyst. Youll analyse trading data prototype strategies with traders and build tools that help the desk make better decisions.

Weve invested in modern tooling including AI so you can move fast and spend your time on the problems that matter. Markets generate questions faster than anyone can answer them and your job is to figure out which ones matter find good answers and explain what youve found to people wholl act on it.

Were looking for someone whos curious about markets thinks creatively about problems and is willing to challenge an answer whoever or whatever produced it.

WHAT THE WORK LOOKS LIKE

Digging into trading data surfacing patterns and producing analysis the desk can act on
Working directly with traders to prototype ideas test hypotheses and iterate on strategies
Building scripts dashboards and automated workflows that make the desk smarter over time
Framing trading problems in ways that get the most out of our tooling
Spotting operational improvements data anomalies and strategy refinements and bringing them to the desk

WHO YOU ARE

How you think

You enjoy deep analysis of problems and get energized by questions you dont yet know how to answer
You dont trust an output just because it looks polished you verify and iterate
Youre comfortable testing ideas under uncertainty
You explain complex things clearly

What you know

Strong Python you can write it read it debug it and confidently review code
Solid numerical and analytical skills comfortable with statistical reasoning and data interpretation
SQL or the willingness to learn it quickly
Some experience with AI tools for analysis coding or research we dont expect mastery but you should have been experimenting

Who you are

Interested in financial markets derivatives and how markets work
You take ownership of outcomes not just tasks
You make the people around you more effective
Youre adaptable the tools and landscape shift constantly

NICE TO HAVE

Experience in a trading environment or financial services
Experience building dashboards data pipelines or analytical tools
A portfolio GitHub profile or side projects we care more about how you think and build than where you studied

WHY MAVEN

Your analysis will directly shape trading decisions from day one
Competitive compensation in a high-performance environment
Be part of a firm that embodies integrity and fairness market leadership creativity individual and collective success discipline and accountability

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