Quantitative Volatility Trading Researcher (Options Pricing), Vice President

Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong; onsite at the Hong Kong office.

Company

hirify.global is a global investment banking, securities, and investment management firm with offices worldwide.

What you will do

• Own the end-to-end production pricing workflow for the options market-making business.
• Define and implement business metrics to measure pricing quality and guide research and development.
• Build and extend simulation capabilities to guide development and production behavior.
• Monitor live trading, investigate unusual events and system behavior, and identify actionable improvements.
• Collaborate with quantitative researchers, traders, and software engineers to optimize interactions between pricing and trading behavior.
• Use data-driven analysis to evaluate strategy performance and prioritize enhancements.

Requirements

• 5–10 years of experience on an options market-making, electronic trading, or quantitative trading team.
• Strong understanding of options pricing in an exchange-based market-making context.
• Systematic and analytical approach to trading and risk problems.
• Professional experience writing both C++ and Python.
• Track record of using data to make sustained, systematic improvements to a trading system.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, high-accountability environment.
• Strong communication skills and a collaborative approach to working with traders, researchers, and engineers.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with market microstructure, hedging workflows, and live risk management.
• MS or PhD in mathematics, physics, or a related STEM field.
• Experience evaluating or improving trading models, signals, or execution logic.
• Knowledge of listed options in Asian or global markets.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative work across trading, quantitative research, and software engineering teams.
• Training and development opportunities and firmwide professional networks.
• Benefits, wellness, personal finance offerings, and mindfulness programs.
• Commitment to diversity, inclusion, and reasonable accommodations during the recruiting process.