About the Company
Founded 20 years ago and headquartered in Chicago, the DV Commodities is a division within DV Group that specializes in trading commodities markets, including crude oil, refined products, natural gas, power, emissions, metals, softs, and agriculture. DV Commodities risk management, world-class technology, and talented traders have enabled it to become one of the world's largest liquidity providers and risk allocators in the energy and commodities spaces. Learn more here.
Key Responsibilities
- Primary owner of P&L in one or multiple areas of energy business
- Build and maintain fundamental and quantitative trading models
- Work with risk to ensure compliance with agreed upon risk management metrics and sizing
- Liase side by side with senior energy traders to share best practices / learnings where applicable
- Learn proprietary methodologies and trading systems that support an established trading business
- Grow existing trades and P&L while identifying and pursue new opportunities
- Further responsibilities may be driven by the individual's interests and specific skills
Qualifications & Requirements
- Energy trading experience required
- Self-starter with entrepreneurial spirit
- Able to learn quickly in a fast paced, high pressure environment
- Targeted ISO experience and knowledge of fundamental grid
- Detail oriented, organized, diligent
- Maintain composure and communicate clearly when under pressure
- Ability to succeed working as part of a diversified team
- Strong understanding of math, probability, and statistics
- High level of proficiency in Excel and VBA; SQL, python, statistical modeling, other programming a plus
- Advanced aptitude for problem solving and multitasking
- Proven track record with historical P&L preferred
Perks & Compensation
- Discretionary bonus eligibility
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- HSA, FSA, and Dependent Care Options
- Employer Paid Group Term Life and AD&D insurance
- Voluntary LTD, Life & AD&D insurance
- Flexible Vacation policy
- Retirement plan with employer match DV is not accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms. Only search firms with valid, written agreements with DV should submit resumes in response to DV's posted positions. All resumes submitted by search firms to DV via e-mail, the Internet, personal delivery, facsimile, or any other method without a valid written agreement shall be deemed the sole property of DV, and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by DV.
About DV Trading
DV Trading, founded in 2006 in Chicago as DV Group, is a proprietary trading firm active in commodities, equities and crypto via DV Chain, its institutional crypto desk providing liquidity and OTC services. With 400+ employees across Chicago, New York and London, DV combines market making, systematic strategies and venture via DV Crypto. Candidates need strong quantitative reasoning, risk discipline and interest in 24/7 crypto markets. DV Chain and DV Trading deploy proprietary quantitative algorithms and automated market making infrastructure to supply 24/7 liquidity across digital asset markets. DV Trading brings quantitative risk management and deep liquidity provisioning across spot markets, futures exchanges, and decentralized finance protocols.