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About the Role

You will be at the center of how we manage risk as a market maker in equity derivatives, with real responsibility from day one. This is a high-impact role where your decisions directly shape both our risk profile and our ability to capture trading opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Monitor risk live on our trading floor and work closely with trading teams: stress-testing assumptions, evaluating risk-reward tradeoffs, optimizing capital allocation, and supporting deployment of new quantitative and algorithmic strategies.
• Drive strategic initiatives: strengthening our limits framework, improving risk processes, and ensuring regulatory and clearing requirements are met.
• Oversee daily market risk management of our equity derivatives business, engaging directly with traders, clearing banks, trading venues.
• Monitor and investigate risk concentrations, clearing bank requirements, operational incidents, unusual trades and market moves, linking insights to current exposures.
• Operate and improve our market and operational risk frameworks, with a strong focus on automated trading strategies and effective incident follow-up.
• Design, improve, and operate our market risk frameworks and automated monitoring tools in Python.
• Assess and sign off on new trading strategies and algorithms.
• Further develop the risk-control framework, including policies, with a strong focus on trading and technology.
• Provide input to optimize capital and liquidity allocation and usage of trading strategies.

Requirements

• 3 – 5 years of experience working in an equity derivatives trading firm.
• Hands-on understanding of equity and derivatives trading.
• Clear understanding of risk factors that affect a market maker company trading a large equity derivatives portfolio.
• Excellent numerical and analytical skills.
• Able to both design and implement aspects of risk management frameworks.
• Independent thinker, with convincing communication skills.
• Results-oriented with attention to detail and focus on quality of work.
• Mindset geared towards continuous improvement and innovation.
• Collaborative team player, able to contribute in fast-paced trading environment.
• Currently authorized to work in the United States.
• Not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Skills

• Python

Location

• Austin, TX

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• 3-5 years

Education Level

• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field such as STEM, Statistics, Economics, or Finance

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Bonus opportunities
• 25 days PTO
• Paid medical, dental, and vision benefits package
• 401(k) employer sponsored contributions
• In-house meals and snacks
• Monthly drinks and festivities

About the Company

• At All Options we offer a dynamic collaborative environment where ambition is rewarded and growth is real.

Equal Opportunity

• All Options is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information or any other protected status under applicable law. All employment decisions are based on qualification, merit, and business need.