Quant Trader (Equity Options)

Location: London, United Kingdom

Company

hirify.global is a proprietary trading firm deploying its own capital across discretionary, systematic, and market-making strategies in global listed derivatives.

What you will do

• Monitor market flows and analyse participant positioning to identify pricing dislocations and trading opportunities.
• Research and backtest volatility curve, term structure, relative value, carry, and dispersion strategies.
• Discover new alpha by combining market-dynamics observations with quantitative research.
• Trade and risk-manage an extensive equity options portfolio, with a current emphasis on US equity options.
• Contribute to the expansion of the desk's alpha and systematic strategy capabilities.
• Collaborate with infrastructure and development teams to optimise electronic trading execution.

Requirements

• 2–5 years of experience in US equity options quantitative research or trading.
• Strong understanding of options markets, volatility, and equity derivatives.
• Exposure to or strong interest in volatility relative value, volatility carry, term structure, path, or dispersion strategies.
• Commercial trading mindset with willingness to own risk and strategy responsibility.
• Strong analytical and quantitative research capabilities in a fast-moving trading environment.
• Familiarity with Python and SQL or similar programming and database languages.

Nice to have

• Experience on a major volatility desk at a bank or multi-strategy hedge fund.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive compensation package with an annual discretionary bonus.
• Group pension plan and enhanced annual leave after two years of service.
• 25 days of annual leave plus public holidays.
• Private healthcare and life assurance.
• Fully catered breakfast, lunch, and snacks prepared by an in-house chef.
• On-site gym with instructor-led classes, monthly company events, and social activities.