Quant Engineer - Capital Market Technologies

Quant Engineer – Capital Market Technologies  

swissQuant Group provides quantitative services, consultancy, and products for financial and industrial clients, including a number of global Fortune 500 companies. Our business edge originates from the effective translation of Intelligent Technology into measurable, bottom-line client value. swissQuant Group is a privately held company incorporated in 2005 as a spin-off of ETH Zürich. 

Your role 

As a quant Engineer, you will have responsibility for researching, developing and maintaining quantitative models and associated IT infrastructure. Topics will vary greatly depending on live projects but will mainly revolve around issues in quantitative finance and/or statistical learning (machine learning). 
 
You will 

• Design, build and deliver robust and production quality models and code within a unified library 

• Assist with the systematic review and on-going assessment of existing models 

• Liaise with senior stakeholders to ensure that the model meets their requirements and ensure that they agree with the modelling assumptions and understand the associated risks 

• Deliver high quality documentation and presentations to support and maintain model and library use 

• You will work on the development of cutting-edge methodologies and technologies for major international clients 

Your tasks will include designing, prototyping, and testing quantitative models applied to finance in a real-world context. It may also include presenting your work and ideas to people with a diverse spectrum of experience and domain knowledge. You will also engage and participate in all phases of transformation of a quantitative idea into a final product or service, from the Proof-of-Concept to client deliverables. Work is done both in a client project context as well as internal innovation / research tasks. This requires a high level of hard and soft skills which you will contribute as a team member. Your personal success will depend equally on your ability to conceptualize and develop state-of- the-art models as well as your ability to function well within a team. 
 
Stakeholder Management / Leadership

• Facilitate and challenge discussion of modelling options with senior stakeholders 

• Facilitate the gathering and documentation of model requirements 

• Communication of model development progress, including attendance at regular working groups and escalation of risk and issues to senior stakeholders 

• Communication and explanation of model results to stakeholders 

Decision-making and Problem Solving 

• Ability to convert business objectives into technical modelling solutions 

• Data analysis for trends and signal extraction 

• Risk and Control Objective 

• Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, enterprise wide risk mitigation guidance and internal swissQuant policies and standards 

You bring 

• Post graduate degree in a highly quantitative discipline 

• Excellent communication skills. Fluency in English, German is a plus 

• Able to deliver to tight deadlines on quantitative projects 

• Able to work in a highly dynamic environment 

• Python (preferred), R or MATLAB advanced proficiency (Java is a plus) 

• Good understanding of statistical and econometric modelling techniques – e.g. time series 

• Analysis, regression models and various estimation techniques, machine learning 

Preferred 

• PhD in a highly quantitative discipline 

• Experience in designing and developing statistical and econometric and machine learning models 

• Experience in analyzing large volumes of data including cleaning and subsequent pattern identification and clustering 

• Knowledge of financial markets and products 

• Experience with trading software (Murex, Front Arena, FIS
  

• Experience with Digital Assets (Tokens, Blockchain, Web3) 

swissQuant Group is a fast paced and dynamic company. We offer room for growth and a high level of personal responsibility in a challenging environment. As a successful candidate, you will join a project team and take an active part targeting clients and aligning our product offering with real client needs and future industry trends. 

Interested? Please upload your cover letter, CV and reference letters in PDF format (please compress in 1 attachment). 
 
Only direct applications are considered 

swissQuant is an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to providing a workplace free from discrimination.

Decisions related to hiring are made fairly, and we provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified candidates and employees. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability status