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About the Role
We are seeking an Exotic Options Trader in NYC to collaborate with local and global options teams, price complex derivatives, identify trading opportunities, and manage sell-side counterparty relationships. This role is key to expanding our exotic options trading capabilities, requiring deep product knowledge, market intuition, and the ability to price quickly and accurately.
Responsibilities
- Price complex derivatives
- Identify trading opportunities
- Strategically manage relationships with sell-side counterparties
- Collaborate with colleagues across products and regions
- Contribute to idea generation
- Contribute to model development
- Contribute to strategic positioning
- Cultivate sell-side relationships
- Access flow that might otherwise be missed
Requirements
- 3-6 years of experience in exotic options trading
- Strong quantitative skills in pricing complex derivatives
- Familiarity with the sell-side landscape
- Track record of building productive counterparty relationships
- Able to think critically and implement new ideas
- Experienced teaching others and open to learning new techniques
- Strong communicator with excellent planning, analytical, and people skills
- Comfortable coordinating across time zones
- Reliable and flexible team player with a positive attitude
- Detail-oriented, organized, and thorough
- Desire for continuous improvement
- Willingness to spend multiple weeks a year traveling to London and Hong Kong is a plus
Skills
- Exotic options trading
- Pricing complex derivatives
- Quantitative skills
- Sell-side landscape knowledge
- Relationship building
- Critical thinking
- Idea implementation
- Teaching
- Learning new techniques
- Communication
- Planning
- Analytical skills
- People skills
- Coordination across time zones
- Teamwork
- Attention to detail
- Organization
- Thoroughness
- Continuous improvement
Location
- NYC
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 3-6 years
About the Company
- Jane Street has a culture of strong collaboration both across teams and across regions.
- The Trading team is full of highly motivated professionals who have created a culture of trust, respect, and collaboration.