CareerPlan

Equity Derivatives Trader - Associate / Vice President

New York, NY, USFull-time$150k–$235k2026-10-19 → 2026-11-09

Core

Price, trade, and risk-manage single stock equity derivatives (options) in a flow-facing environment, providing liquidity to institutional clients.

Role type

Senior IC equity derivatives trader (single-name options)

Builds

Liquidity and competitive pricing for institutional clients

Domain

Financial services / Equity derivatives

Required skills

Single-name option pricing, market making, real-time risk management, option Greeks (delta, gamma, vega, theta, skew), volatility monitoring, hedging, inventory management, P&L attribution, regulatory compliance

Preferred skills

OTC single-name options experience, volatility surfaces/skew/term structure knowledge, Python/VBA/SQL programming, pricing model contribution

Technologies

Python, VBA, SQL

Responsibilities

Price and trade single stock options; manage live trading risk across key Greeks; monitor single-name volatility and corporate actions; collaborate with sales, quant, and tech teams; maintain disciplined hedging and risk limits

Seniority

Mid-Senior (2-7 years experience)