Quantitative Researcher - London Area, United Kingdom - Capital Markets Recruitment

    Capital Markets Recruitment
    Capital Markets Recruitment London Area, United Kingdom

    Found in: Appcast UK C C2 - 1 week ago

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    Description

    Our client, a Global Multi Strate hedge fund with exceptional YTD performance hope to hire a Quantitative Researcher to join their Central team.

    They are looking for a desk quant to work in the quantitative research department on implementation and deployment of a state-of-the-art cross asset pricing and risk system. The system's core is written in C++ with lighter front ends in Python and Excel.

    Responsibilities of the Role:

    • Implementation and deployment of real-time and batch production jobs for calibration, pricing and risk.
    • Extracting market and position data from internal and external sources to be used for calibration, pricing and risk purposes.
    • Tracking down pricing mismatches and their causes.
    • Assisting users in trading and risk management with use of models and ad-hoc pricing requests.
    • Close collaboration with stakeholders in trading and risk management and other quants on model use and development.

    Requirments of the Role:

    • Bachelor or higher in STEM.
    • Good knowledge of market and trade data and how to source and reconcile it.
    • Knowledge of mathematical models and numerical methods for derivatives pricing.
    • Working knowledge of Python and Excel and some C++.
    • Experience working in both Windows and Linux.
    • Experience with GitHub and VS Code is a plus.

    For more info, please apply below or reach out to our Associate Director, Tom, on