JPMorgan Chase
Systematic Derivatives - Associate
$150K–$200K
New York, NY · Full-time · Posted Sep 15, 2026
About the job
Supports systematic options trading by managing risk and performance, developing automated trading and liquidity-provision systems, and partnering with quantitative research and technology teams to deploy strategies.
What you'll do
- Manage and optimize systematic options strategies; assess market developments, products, and trading opportunities.
- Analyze portfolio exposures, performance, P&L drivers, risk events, and execution outcomes; build tools to improve trading and risk management.
- Partner with quantitative research and technology teams to develop, test, deploy, and enhance systematic strategies and automated trading systems.
What they ask for
- Strong understanding of listed options markets, exchange mechanics, derivatives pricing, and risk management.
- Quantitative background and ability to analyze complex datasets and solve analytical problems.
- Experience with Python and data analysis libraries for building tools, automating workflows, and conducting research.
- Strong understanding of statistics, probability, and systematic decision-making frameworks.
Nice to have
- Experience with equity and index options market making, volatility products, options market structure, or automated risk management.
- Experience with systematic or algorithmic trading strategies, machine learning, AI, or advanced statistical modeling.
Pay
$150,000.00-$200,000.00 USD base salary
Tools
Python
AI focus
Support development and monitoring of AI-driven trading solutions; the posting also cites AI among techniques that may be applied to systematic trading strategies.
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