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Financial Engineer, Chicago, IL, 60606
Financial Engineer
Company: Objective Paradigm, Inc.  
Location:   Chicago, IL, 60606  
Compensation:   Base salary plus performance bonus  
Years Experience:   1-3 yrs  
Position Type:   Employee  
Employment type:   Full time  
Updated:   02 Jul 2008  
eFC Ref no:   388492  
 
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We are seeking highly motivated Financial Engineers with various areas of expertise. Our ideal candidate has an advanced degree (MS PhD) in a quantitative field. In most instances this person will work with Developers, IT Staff, Traders and the other Financial Engineering teams.

Areas of desired expertise include:

Interest Rates, this person will:

  • Support market making operations on US Treasury cash and futures products and interest-rate swaps.
  • Possess a strong background in interest-rate products
  • Develop pricing models for cash and futures interest-rate products
  • Develop forward curves using various exchange-traded and OTC interest-rate products
  • Manage development and implementation of quantitative strategies
  • Have good C# or C++ Skills
  • Apply advanced risk management techniques to the desk’s book.

Volatility Specialist, this person will:

  • Research, develop, and implement tools and models relating to option volatility.
  • Perform research in academic literature, creating and validating models used for the volatility surface
  • Modify models for differences in product and regime, and implement solutions in a reasonable way
  • Confront practical situations untouched by academics, while collaboratively and independently solving unique problems quickly and accurately.
  • Create practically and mathematically robust solutions and models that properly account for risk

Index Options, this person will:

  • Have a solid understanding of the US listed options market, especially index options.
  • Have experience with Monte Carlo techniques, Stochastic Calculus and Vol modeling.
  • Develop models to price options on broad based indexes, both on cash and futures.
  • Develop rich/cheap indicators.
  • Develop models of volatility term structures.
  • Apply advanced risk management techniques to the desk’s book.

Equity Options, this person will:

  • Have a strong background in equity options modeling and correlation management
  • Develop models and strategies for option portfolios, including price, volatility and risk
  • Work directly with technology teams to build tools for market making options on major options exchange.
  • Have experience in developing models and strategies for options pricing.
  • Have a deep understanding of correlation and dispersion trading and modeling
  • An advanced quantitative degree (PhD/MS) in engineering, mathematics or science
  • Familiarity with C# development on the .net platform preferred.
  • Trading experience a plus.

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Contact:
Kevin Krumm
Company:
Objective Paradigm, Inc.
Telephone:
773 572 6402
Email:
kkrumm@opstaffing.com
Website:
www.opexecutivesearch.com
Address:
805 North Milwaukee
Suite 300
Chicago
USA
60622
Recruiter Ref:
FE1

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