Experienced Market Making Analyst CME ICE NYMEX CBOT Etc

Thinktank IFSC Private Limited is seeking experienced Market Makers to join our global derivatives trading desk. The role involves providing continuous two-sided liquidity across major derivatives exchanges including CME, ICE, Eurex and other leading venues.

The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of derivatives microstructure, risk management, and automated or semi-automated market making strategies across futures and options products.

This position is designed for professional traders with prior exchange market-making experience who are capable of independently managing quoting strategies, inventory risk, and execution in fast-moving markets.

• Provide continuous two-sided quotes in listed derivatives across exchanges such as CME, ICE, and other global venues.
• Manage inventory risk and position limits while maintaining tight bid-ask spreads.
• Develop and optimize systematic or semi-systematic market making strategies across futures, options, and spreads.
• Monitor order book dynamics, liquidity, and volatility regimes to adjust quoting strategies in real time.
• Work with the technology team to improve execution algorithms, spreaders, and trading infrastructure.
• Identify arbitrage opportunities and microstructure inefficiencies across related instruments and exchanges.
• Ensure compliance with exchange messaging policies, market conduct rules, and internal risk limits.
• Collaborate with risk and operations teams to maintain efficient trading workflows and capital usage.

• 37+ years of professional trading experience in market making or high-frequency trading.
• Proven experience quoting on exchanges such as CME, ICE, Eurex, or similar derivatives venues.
• Strong understanding of futures, options, spreads, and derivatives pricing.
• Experience with professional trading platforms such as Trading Technologies (TT), TT ADL, CQG, or similar systems.
• Demonstrated ability to manage high message-rate quoting strategies and inventory risk.
• Strong analytical and quantitative mindset with the ability to react quickly to market changes.
• Familiarity with exchange market-making programs and compliance requirements is preferred.

• Experience trading equity index, rates, energy, or commodity derivatives.
• Knowledge of statistical arbitrage, spread trading, or volatility trading.
• Familiarity with automated trading strategies and API-based execution.
• Ability to analyse market data and refine quoting logic.

• Competitive base compensation
• Performance-linked payout based on trading P&L
• Access to institutional trading infrastructure and global markets

• Trade across major global derivatives exchanges
• Institutional infrastructure and low-latency execution environment
• Opportunity to scale strategies with firm capital
• Collaborative trading environment focused on systematic and quantitative strategies