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About the Role
Maven Securities is rapidly expanding its Quantitative Positional Trading Team and seeking exceptional Quant Traders to drive this fast-growing unit. This role focuses on statistical arbitrage and relative value position taking, with key emphasis on fair value generation, portfolio construction, and alpha performance evaluation. The successful candidate will contribute to daily operations and have opportunities to shape the desk's future evolution. This position is ideal for individuals with quantitative research or derivatives trading experience seeking a risk-taking role that utilizes systematic and quantitative strategies, and who enjoy end-to-end involvement in the investment process.
Responsibilities
- Active participation in trading and risk management of systematic strategies and discretionary decision making
- Active participation in optimising and parametrising execution systems
- Conduct research and backtests on potential alphas across the volatility surface, term structure, 0DTE, relative value and dispersion trades
- Perform analysis into PnL attribution, market dynamics and changes in volatility surfaces
- Collaborate with infrastructure, tech and quant teams for modelling and execution improvements
Requirements
- 2+ years’ experience in quantitative research or trading
- Prior experience from derivatives desks preferred
- Experience in portfolio construction preferred
- Commercial trading mindset with appetite for risk ownership and strategy responsibility
- Strong and effective communication skills for quick iteration in a fast-moving work environment
- Strong analytical skills and research capabilities
- Familiarity with Python and SQL or similar programming and database languages
Skills
- Quantitative research
- Derivatives trading
- Statistical arbitrage
- Relative value position taking
- Fair value generation
- Portfolio construction
- Alpha performance evaluation
- Systematic strategies
- Quantitative methods
- Risk management
- Python
- SQL
Location
- Onsite
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 2+ years
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive compensation package
- Annual discretionary bonus
Benefits
- Group pension plan
- Enhanced annual leave allowance after 2+ years’ service
- 25 days’ annual leave (plus public holidays)
- Fully catered breakfast, lunch, and snacks
- Private healthcare
- Life assurance
- On-site private gym with instructor-led classes
- Monthly company events and social activities
About the Company
- Maven Securities is a leading, employee-owned proprietary trading firm specializing in derivatives trading.
- We leverage sophisticated technology and quantitative methods in systematic, market-making and discretionary strategies.
- We differentiate ourselves by exclusively managing our own capital, delivering exceptional returns on equity since inception, and preserving an entrepreneurial, highly collaborative culture.
- A fast-growing global firm with plenty of opportunities where you will have a significant impact