Data Analyst - Options Market Making

Data Analyst

ABOUT THE COMPANY:

Maven is a market-leading proprietary trading firm allocating internal capital across discretionary, systematic, and market-making strategies. Our collective expertise spans traders, engineers, and technologists, unified by an unwavering dedication to enhance our efficiency as a premier liquidity provider for global listed derivatives. We leverage cutting edge execution and pricing technologies to elevate and improve how financial markets operate.

THE ROLE: 

We are seeking a Data Analyst to join our Options Market Making business. The eligible candidate will be responsible for collaborating with our Trading and Research teams to examine the markets we engage in and evaluate the strategies we employ to develop innovative trading ideas.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Create tools and systems to advance the team’s trading and operational processes.
• Improve trading and automation tools to support our research, pricing and execution desks. 
• Day-to-day responsibility for scripts that support the trading activity 
• Analyse trading strategies and suggest improvements to manage position sizes and exposure. 
• Working with traders to design and improve trading strategies through data analysis, prototyping as well as collaboration with developers
• Proactively support operational tasks on the trading desks
• To comply with all applicable Compliance policies, procedures, laws and regulations.

CANDIDATE SPECIFICATIONS:

• Strong Python skills
• Full Stack Development skills 
• Ability to design and Build complex UI’s in Javascript/React
• Good Knowledge of SQL and high performance databases like Clickhouse and TimescaleDB
• Knowledge of GIT CI/CD Experience developing and deploying robust and reliable software
• Knowledge of additional compiled languages is a plus
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills
• Ability to demonstrate wider interest in financial markets
• Outstanding numerical and analytical skills
• 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
• Excellent attention to detail
• Fast problem solving skills
• Embodiment of Maven’s core values: Integrity and fairness, market leading, creativity, individual and collective success, discipline and accountability

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU

• Competitive compensation 
• Group Pension plan 
• Annual discretionary bonus 
• Fully catered breakfast, lunch and snacks. 
• 25 days’ annual leave
• Informal dress code 
• Private healthcare and life assurance
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Monthly company events
• Private Gym