As an Options Platform Analyst at Citadel Securities, you have the opportunity to work with best-in-class processes and controls to enable the firm's trading strategies and manage the firm's financial and regulatory risks in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
Responsibilities:
Innovate, design, implement, and run analytics on the options market making business
Employ technical expertise and domain knowledge to develop new insights into the systematic trading platform, driving enhanced revenue, efficiency, and resilience
Conduct investigation into trade and position data with a strong focus on automation of reporting and anomaly detection from a granular to larger scale level
Visualize complex datasets that will inform both strategic business and tactical trading decisions
Collaborate with traders, quantitative researchers, and developers to share knowledge amongst each other and implement change
Maintain and improve the platform's existing suite of tools and reports
Reconciliation of heterogeneous data sources
Ad-hoc reporting for C-suite as requested
Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in STEM program from a top institution
In-depth data analytic experience in Python (pandas/polars, plotly, etc.) and SQL; High Performance Computing, C++, KDB+/Q experience a plus but not required
Experience working on data pipelines and automating manual processes
Strong attention to detail and a desire to work on detail-oriented data tasks
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Demonstrated self-starter, with the drive and can-do attitude to learn new things and push through challenges to deliver results
Excellent problem-solving and strategic decision-making ability; able to keep the big picture in mind, making informed and defensible decisions in a fast-paced trading environment
Prior experience in electronic trading is a plus, eagerness to learn required