Quant Developer – C# – Fixed income – Rates

Quant Developer

An exciting opportunity has become available within a leading financial institution to join their dynamic team as a Quant Developer. This role would see the successful candidate working with custom built bespoke software and implementing different strategies to assist in the ongoing success of the Quant team. The ideal candidate will have extensive understanding of Quant rates, financial markets and will have strong coding capabilities.

As a Quant Developer specilaising in Rates and Fixed income you will analyse and develop profitable trading models by applying large scale statistical analysis and other relevant techniques to market data and other relevant data sources.

Experience:

• 5+ Years’ experience in financial market predominantly in a rates or fixed income setting
• Demonstrate a clear and concise understanding of interest rate and fixed income products
• Degree in a numerate discipline, E.g. Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics
• Proven success with profitable trading strategies
• Hands on experience in the full life-cycle of strategy development research, including: idea creation; data collection/cleansing; analysis; testing; and deployment
• Proven success working with large data sets and developing predictive statistical models
• Strong programming skills in C#
• Strong knowledge of probability, statistics, machine learning, time-series analysis, large scale inference
• Prior experience working in a data driven research environment
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team
• Excel and VBA skills not necessary but are desirable

The successful applicant will possess all the discussed skills and will work well in a collaborative and fast paced environment. It is imperative that as an applicant you have a clear understanding of the addressed criteria and are looking to work in a structured corporate environment.

If you have the relevant experience and believe you could be a good fit for this role, do not hesitate to apply.

Salt is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.