Desk Quant Analyst

£66,000 - 85,000 GBP

Onsite WORKING

Location: Central London, Greater London - United Kingdom Type: Permanent

Desk Quant Analyst - Junior

Introduction for a Desk Quant Analyst:

My client is a global investment management firm that utilizes a diversified portfolio of systematic and quantitative strategies across financial markets that seeks to achieve high quality, uncorrelated returns for their clients. They have deep expertise in trading, technology and operations and attribute their success to rigorous scientific research. As a technology and data-driven firm, they design and build their own cutting-edge systems, from high performance trading platforms to large-scale data analysis and compute farms. With offices around the globe, they emphasize true, global collaboration by aligning their investment, technology and operations teams functionally around the world.

The role as a Desk Quant Analyst:

• Maintain and upgrade the codebase and configuration of strategies within the firm's automated trading framework.
• Manage large datasets used in both research and production environments.
• Perform live as well as historical monitoring of trading activities. For instance, do some post-trade analysis or production reconciliation.
• Work in close collaboration with quant researchers and traders to understand the constantly evolving needs of the trading desks.

Requirements for a Desk Quant Analyst:

• Degree in Engineering, Computer Science or related technical subject.
• Programming proficiency with at least one major programming or scripting language (e.g. C++, Java, Python).
• Great attention to details.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work well with colleagues across multiple regions. Linux
• Ability to work well under pressure.