Job Description
Join our elite team as an Equity Options Data Analyst where your expertise fuels cutting-edge financial strategies. This contract role offers daily pay, immediate compensation flexibility, and the opportunity to work with high-stakes market data in San Antonio's thriving financial hub. Transform complex options data into actionable insights while enjoying competitive daily rates and a collaborative, fast-paced environment.
Responsibilities
- Analyze equity options market data to identify pricing anomalies and arbitrage opportunities
- Develop and maintain automated data pipelines for real-time options pricing models
- Create visualizations and reports for traders and portfolio managers using Python/R
- Monitor volatility surfaces and implied correlations across global markets
- Validate data integrity against exchange feeds and regulatory requirements
- Collaborate with quants to backtest options strategies using historical datasets
- Document methodologies and improve data processing efficiency
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Mathematics, Statistics, or Computer Science
- 3+ years experience with equity derivatives data analysis
- Expert proficiency in SQL, Python (Pandas, NumPy), and R
- Deep understanding of Black-Scholes and binomial pricing models
- Experience with market data vendors (Bloomberg, Refinitiv, ICE)
- Strong knowledge of options Greeks and volatility surfaces
- Ability to deliver high-quality analysis under tight deadlines