Proprietary equity options trading firm with focus on risk management and market-making
Group One is a proprietary trading firm specializing in US equity options market-making. The tech stack is Windows/.NET/C#/Java-heavy with Azure infrastructure, typical of financial services firms built before cloud-native architectures dominated. Current hiring spans compliance, engineering, finance, and support roles across director through intern levels, with active projects centered on compliance framework buildout and regulatory coordination — suggesting either recent regulatory pressure or a scaling push in back-office operations.
Notable leadership hires: Compliance Director
Group One Trading is a proprietary trading firm headquartered in Chicago that makes markets in US equity options. The firm operates as a partnership and emphasizes superior risk management and software development as competitive edges. With 51–200 employees, the organization appears split between front-office trading/finance roles and growing back-office functions in compliance and engineering. Current hiring velocity is steady, with vacancies across compliance, engineering, finance, and support; leadership gaps are being filled at the director level.
Primary languages are C#, Java, and C++; infrastructure runs on .NET with Windows Server/Azure. SQL Server provides database management; VMware vSphere handles virtualization. Active Directory and Azure AD manage identity.
Yes — 2 compliance roles are open across director and junior levels. Compliance buildout is a stated active project area.
Chicago, Illinois. All current hiring is within the United States.
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