Financial Engineer

Our company is a privately owned firm specializing in the trade of Treasury, Eurodollar, Energy, Agricultural Commodity and other financial products. We make markets electronically and on the floors of various exchanges. Our firm is growing quickly and we depend upon the interactions between Traders, Financial Engineers and the Software Development team for our continued success.

Financial Engineers research, develop and implement trading strategies. Projects may include: doing research in academic literature, creating financial models, developing a new futures trading strategy, implementing analytical or trade execution software, or optimizing and programming an existing trading idea. Financial Engineers will confront practical situations untouched by academics, and must be able to solve these unique problems quickly and accurately. As traders rely on the work done by financial engineers, such work must always be robust (both practically and mathematically) and properly account for risk.

At our company, a successful Financial Engineer will have the following qualifications:

a Masters or PhD degree from a respected institution with a record of academic success;
a strong analytical background;
sound quantitative skills;
motivation (you must have the desire and the ability to quickly translate ideas into useful tools and strategies);
programming experience is a must;
prior experience as a financial engineer/trader with an options trading desk;
experience automating trading ideas/ running a trading strategy desirable;
experience in relative value options trading/modeling desirable;
confidence without arrogance; and
excellent communications skills.

We offer all employees a competitive base salary, a significant bonus potential, and great benefits. Our benefits package includes health insurance, dental insurance, 401(k), paid time off, Flexible Savings Account, Commuter Savings Account and more. We are conveniently located near public transportation in downtown Chicago.

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