Trading Analyst (Python)ChicagoMaven is a market-leading proprietary trading firm deploying its own capital across discretionary, systematic, and market-making strategies. Backed by deep expertise in trading, technology, and research, we are relentlessly focused on improving liquidity across global listed derivatives. Through advanced execution and pricing technologies, we improve how financial markets operate.The RoleYou'll join an Options Market Making desk as a Trading Analyst.
You'll analyse trading data, prototype strategies with traders, and build tools that help the desk make better decisions.We've invested in modern tooling — including AI — so you can move fast and spend your time on the problems that matter. Markets generate questions faster than anyone can answer them, and your job is to figure out which ones matter, find good answers, and explain what you've found to people who'll act on it.We're looking for someone who's curious about markets, thinks creatively about problems, and is willing to challenge an answer — whoever or whatever produced it.What The Work Looks LikeDigging into trading data, surfacing patterns, and producing analysis the desk can act onWorking directly with traders to prototype ideas, test hypotheses, and iterate on strategiesBuilding scripts, dashboards, and automated workflows that make the desk smarter over timeFraming trading problems in ways that get the most out of our toolingSpotting operational improvements, data anomalies, and strategy refinements — and bringing them to the deskWho You AreHow you thinkYou enjoy deep analysis of problems and get energized by questions you don't yet know how to answerYou don't trust an output just because it looks polished — you verify and iterateYou're comfortable testing ideas under uncertaintyYou explain complex things clearlyWhat you knowStrong Python — you can write it, read it, debug it, and confidently review codeSolid numerical and analytical skills — comfortable with statistical reasoning and data interpretationSQL, or the willingness to learn it quicklySome experience with AI tools for analysis, coding, or research — we don't expect mastery, but you should have been experimentingWho you areInterested in financial markets, derivatives, and how markets workYou take ownership of outcomes, not just tasksYou make the people around you more effectiveYou're adaptable — the tools and landscape shift constantlyNice To HaveExperience in a trading environment or financial servicesExperience building dashboards, data pipelines, or analytical toolsA portfolio, GitHub profile, or side projects — we care more about how you think and build than where you studiedWhy MavenYour analysis will directly shape trading decisions from day oneCompetitive compensation in a high-performance environmentBe part of a firm that embodies integrity and fairness, market leadership, creativity, individual and collective success, discipline and accountability