Exotic Options Trader

Janestreet

New York, United States
On-site
Pricing complex derivatives
Identify trading opportunities
Manage sell-side relationships
In this role, you'll price complex derivatives, identify trading opportunities, and strategically manage relationships with our sell-side counterparties

Job Summary

  • In this role, you'll price complex derivatives, identify trading opportunities, and strategically manage relationships with our sell-side counterparties.
  • You'll collaborate closely with colleagues across products and regions, contributing to idea generation, model development, and strategic positioning.
  • We're looking for someone who brings deep product knowledge and market intuition to the team.

Matching Summary

In this role, you'll price complex derivatives, identify trading opportunities, and strategically manage relationships with our sell-side counterparties.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • pricing complex derivatives
  • identify trading opportunities
  • manage sell-side relationships
  • deep product knowledge
  • market intuition
  • complex payoffs understanding

Nice-to-have

  • strong collaboration culture
  • push new directions
  • trader intuition
  • analyze special situations
  • positive attitude
  • continuous improvement desire

Key Requirements

  • 3-6 years exotic options trading experience
  • Strong quantitative skills
  • Familiarity with sell-side landscape
  • Track record building counterparty relationships
  • Able to think critically
  • Implement new ideas
  • Experienced teaching others
  • Open to learning new techniques
  • Strong communicator
  • Excellent planning skills
  • Excellent analytical skills
  • Excellent people skills
  • Comfortable coordinating across time zones
  • Reliable and flexible team player
  • Detail-oriented
  • Organized
  • Thorough

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