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Options & Volatility Quant Researcher (PhD)

Old Mission

Old Mission is seeking a Quantitative Researcher (Ph.D.) to join our Chicago office. You will collaborate with the options trading group to enhance pricing models and develop cutting-edge tools, focusing on volatility-based derivatives. You will work closely with traders and researchers to calibrate models, improve Greeks stability, and explore new parameterizations for the volatility surface, while building Python-based research infrastructure. #J-18808-Ljbffr Old Mission

Vacancy posted 3 days ago
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