Applications close 12pm BST on Monday 21st October. Please note, in order to be eligible for this position, you must currently have the right to work in the US.
As a Trader Graduate, you will complete an intensive training programme run by our most talented traders, including theory training, education sessions, live-market trading, and programming courses. We will teach you the skills to trade with the latest available tools and we aim to give you responsibility for the profit and loss of your book as soon as you are ready.
We are looking for final year applicants from any quantitative background with a competitive nature and a strong understanding of probability and statistics to join our Graduate Trader Programme in Chicago. The programme start date will be 1st September 2025.
Training Location
All Graduates will complete an initial 3-month training period in London. Upon completion of training, candidates will be relocate to our Chicago office to join Options Market Making trading desks.
What we’re looking for
- Outstanding numeracy
- Competitive nature and a strong understanding of probability and statistics
- Curiosity to learn with a keen interest in financial markets
- Excellent analytical skills with the ability to solve problems creatively
- Strong communication skills and drive to work collaboratively
- A final year undergraduate student or a final year masters student
- Familiarity with programming languages such as Python, VBA, SQL, R, C++ or C#
What we offer:
- Opportunity to execute live trades within 3 months of starting
- Direct exposure and graduate training from industry leaders
- The upside of start-up without the associated risks
- Informal, friendly and highly rewarding culture with a relaxed dress code and frequent social events.
- Fast growing global firm where your work will have a significant impact
Maven is proud to be using the Rare Contextual Recruitment System which allows us to understand each applicant’s achievements in the context in which they have been gained. We seek to recruit the best people, from every background, regardless of their personal circumstances, and the CRS helps us to do that, therefore we encourage all applicants to fill in the form that we will send you. The CRS is only ever used to screen people in, not out and under no circumstances are candidates ever marked down for supplying this information.
Please only apply to one of our Intern or Graduate programmes, as we are only able to consider your application for one programme.