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# Early Career Talent Partner - Technology & Platform at Belvedere Trading

- **Company:** Belvedere Trading
- **Location:** Chicago, IL
- **Compensation:** $70k–$90k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-09-22
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-12
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/belvederetrading/fd619115-ced7-4d59-bd2b-0948b5ee5fde

## Job description

Belvedere Trading is a leading proprietary trading firm proudly headquartered in downtown Chicago. Our traders work hard to provide liquidity to the market through their market-making activities and are the masters of a diverse set of commodities, interest rates, exchange-traded funds (ETF), and equity index options. From the beginning, we began iteratively investing in our proprietary technology and committing to building our systems from the ground up. Our trading models and software systems are continually re-engineered, optimized, and maintained to stay on top of the industry.

Our People Team department focuses on delivering employee-first solutions to the business. We go all-out to understand and support our team member's needs, leverage data to gain insights and trends, and advance our human-capital-related applications for efficiency and consistency.   We look for passionate team members that excel and their contribution is critical to our continued success.  The People Team is comprised of Employee Experience, People Operations, Talent, and People & Development. These groups work closely together to bring in the best talent for Team Belvedere and from day one, make sure that all team members have all the tools they need to succeed and develop through their tenure.

We believe university and early career hiring helps our company look at problems in alternative ways, integrate fresh perspectives, and innovate. We're currently looking for an Early Career Talent Partner to own intern, entry-level, and early career hiring for our Technology & Platform team, building the pipeline of engineers who will build and scale the systems our trading business runs on. This role will be responsible for attracting and hiring high-potential colleagues, developing quality relationships with technical student groups, and building a strong employer brand among the college communities that produce top engineering talent. You will own stakeholder relationships with Technology & Platform leadership and strategically partner with the business to drive hiring and lead best practices in technical talent acquisition.

## What you'll do

- Execute the campus recruitment strategy for the Technology & Platform team and influence future intern, campus, and early career recruiting cycles, including undergraduate and graduate-student recruitment

- Sponsor, attend, and support hackathons using them as a primary sourcing and brand-building channel to identify strong engineers early and build Belvedere's reputation in the community

- Own and continually sharpen our technical assessment process: partner with engineering leaders to build, run, and iterate on coding challenges and technical interviews that hold up as candidates' coursework and skill level advance

- Evaluate technical skill as students’ progress through their coursework, with a specific eye toward identifying engineers who can genuinely elevate how we code and assessing real problem-solving and coding ability rather than output that leans heavily on AI-assisted tools

- Foster and maintain relationships with computer science and engineering departments, coding clubs, and open-source/dev student organizations, positioning Belvedere as a destination employer within those communities

- Full-cycle campus recruiting for Technology & Platform roles: managing a high-volume candidate pipeline from initial application through technical assessment and offer stage, in partnership with our People Operations team on engagement and onboarding

- Partner with Technology & Platform hiring managers to understand evolving stack and skill needs and translate them into sourcing strategy and candidate evaluation criteria

- Represent Belvedere during campus visits and virtual open houses, presenting our internship programs and early engineering talent development paths

- Elevate diversity recruiting efforts by partnering with colleges/universities, student organizations, and technical events

- Retroactively analyze engagement efforts to understand the return on strategic partnerships (hackathons, clubs, academic programs) and the success of new engagements

- Provide a high-touch candidate and hiring manager experience by articulating our core values in ways that resonate with a technical, engineering-focused candidate pool

- Evaluate and measure campus recruiting results and identify areas for process and performance improvement, systematization, and automation

## What you'll need

- 2+ years recruitment experience, preferably with intern, entry-level and early career talent pools in fintech, big tech, and financial firms

- Ability to manage full-cycle recruiting process including resume review, phone screens, interview scheduling and facilitation, and offer calls

- Demonstrated success recruiting at multiple universities in highly competitive markets, ideally within software engineering or technical early-career talent

- Comfort engaging with technical concepts and evaluating engineering skill signals (enough to speak credibly to hackathon organizers, CS faculty, and student developer groups, and to partner effectively with engineers on assessment design)

- Excellent oral and written communication skills

- Ability to travel as needed during peak campus recruiting periods in the fall and spring, including to hackathons and technical career events

- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities/projects, meet deadlines, and facilitate change with a sense of urgency

- Proven analytical, organizational, and decision-making skills with demonstrated negotiation skills and influencing positive outcomes

- Eager to take on new tasks/responsibilities and passion for candidate experience, operational excellence, and continuous development

- Experience coordinating and participating in both in-person and virtual recruiting events/activities

- Comfortable working with and presenting recruitment data and market data, reporting, and analytics

- Bachelor's Degree required

Women and underrepresented groups frequently apply to jobs only if they meet 100% of the qualifications. We encourage you to break that mold and apply. No candidate is perfect; all have a lot to offer. We welcome your application.

Core Values The secret to our award-winning culture is our Core Values: Team Belvedere, Me In Team, Own It, Build Rockets, and Passionate Discourse. We live and breathe these values every day.

Our Stance Belvedere is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to providing a non-discriminatory employment environment for its employees. Discrimination against employees and applicants due to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, military, and veteran status is prohibited. Belvedere encourages initiatives to increase diversity and provide equal opportunity to all applicants and employees. Belvedere is committed to providing a positive environment in which team members are treated with respect, dignity, and courtesy. Our firm believes in a dynamic culture of inclusion and diversity, where people thrive on individual and organizational characteristics, values, experiences, and backgrounds.

Please note that Belvedere Trading does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies. Any unsolicited resumes will become the property of Team Belvedere. No phone calls, please.

Any questions regarding the virtual recruiting process, please reach out to recruiting@belvederetrading.com.

Work Schedule: Regular and reliable attendance during standard business hours. Occasional nights and weekends. Amount of Travel Required:  Travel may occasionally be required for off-site events, conferences, or job fairs, depending on the needs of the role. Physical: Ability to sit and concentrate for long periods of time as well as the ability to lift 30 pounds Sponsorship: Not available for this position.

## About Belvedere Trading

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Belvedere Trading is a Chicago-based proprietary trading firm specializing in equity index and commodity derivatives, using ultramodern technology and risk management to capitalize on market inefficiencies.
- **Entity Type**: Private (proprietary trading firm, no external funding disclosed)
- **Headquarters**: Chicago, Illinois, United States (with an office in Boulder, Colorado, and a Singapore office)
- **Founded**: 2002
- **Founders**: Not publicly disclosed; key executives include Yezdaan Baber (CEO), Yury Pensky (President), Tom Hutchinson, and Richardo Forrer.

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Financial services – proprietary trading and market-making in exchange-traded options and derivatives.
- **Target customers**: The firm trades its own capital; it also offers customized capital backing programs for experienced traders and trading groups.
- **Mission or purpose**: To combine market experience, proprietary technology, and a relentless focus on team development to stay at the forefront of the evolving financial markets.

## Products & Services
- **Proprietary Trading & Market-Making**: Belvedere trades equity index and commodity derivatives on exchanges like the Chicago Board Options Exchange, using internally built models and software to identify and exploit pricing inefficiencies.
- **Capital Backing Programs**: Customized financial backing for experienced traders and trading groups, providing risk management, compliance, HR, recruiting, and competitive execution rates under the Belvedere umbrella.
- **Belvedere Trading University (BTU)**: An internal training program for new hires and interns, covering trading strategies, technology, and risk management.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (private firm).
- **Key Metric**: Headcount of approximately 279–300 employees (as of 2025–2026), growing ~13% year-over-year.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: None disclosed; the firm is self-funded and operates with its own capital.
- **Growth Signals**: Year-over-year headcount expansion, opening of a Singapore office, continued recruitment for experienced traders and technology roles, and low turnover with high employee referral rates.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Proprietary Technology**: All trading models and software systems are built in-house and continuously re-engineered, giving the firm a speed and efficiency edge.
- **Culture & Retention**: Low turnover and high referral rates, driven by an entrepreneurial, empowered work environment with minimal barriers to communication.
- **Risk Management**: Diligent risk, compliance, and finance management capabilities that allow quick adaptation to market changes.
- **Training Investment**: Belvedere Trading University (BTU) ensures new hires rapidly develop deep market and technical skills.

## Strategic Focus
- **Geographic Expansion**: Growing presence in Singapore and Boulder to access new talent and markets.
- **Technology Leadership**: Continued investment in software engineering, quantitative research, and data engineering to maintain a competitive edge.
- **Talent Development**: Emphasis on attracting diverse, high-caliber individuals and fostering a culture of ownership, iterative innovation, and teamwork.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Casual dress code, open communication, strong work-life balance, and a small-company feel despite growth. Team members are empowered through a Culture Committee that plans social events and fringe benefits.
- **Remote/Hybrid Policy**: Not explicitly stated; roles appear to be primarily in-office (Chicago, Boulder, Singapore) with virtual interview options. Interns receive housing assistance in Chicago.
- **Notable Perks**: Comprehensive health coverage, 401(k), parental leave, wellness program, continuing education, transit benefit, relocation reimbursement, mentorship program, and regular company-wide social events. Interns receive medical coverage, housing assistance, and dedicated intern events.
- **Engineering Culture**: Software Engineers build proprietary applications; Junior Quantitative Trading Analysts rotate between trading and technology projects. Sponsorship is available for Software Engineer and Quantitative Research roles.

## Sources
1. [belvederetrading.com – About](https://www.belvederetrading.com/about)
2. [belvederetrading.com – Working at Belvedere](https://www.belvederetrading.com/working-at-belvedere)
3. [belvederetrading.com – Our Positions (Careers)](https://www.belvederetrading.com/our-positions)
4. [belvederetrading.com – What Sets Us Apart](https://www.belvederetrading.com/what-sets-us-apart)
5. [LinkedIn – Belvedere Trading, LLC](https://linkedin.com/company/teambelvedere)

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