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Equities Vol/D1 Quant - Top Buy Side Fund

$200,000 – $250,000 performance based bonus

Location: United States (New York – New York) Type: Permanent

Equities Vol/D1 Quant - Top Buy Side Fund

NYC based

Our client is a global alternative investment fund manager combining relative value and directional trading across global macro asset classes to generate uncorrelated returns. The core portfolio structure of intersecting product verticals is designed to deliver for investors in all market conditions.

This team is responsible for development and maintenance of pricing models, trading tools, risk management tools, and relative value opportunity identification tools. They are also the first line of support to the business when it comes to all the derivatives pricing and risk tools used by the firm.

They are looking for a highly capable and experienced Equities quant with strong mathematical and programming skills. You must have experience in building cutting edge trading tools and other analytics, which have been profitable. You must be happy working on all aspects of a quant project from start to finish; understanding the business problem, modelling and solving the resultant maths problem, sourcing any required data, and then coding the production solution.

Requirements:

  • 1st class degree with MA/PhD in a numerate field from a Russell Group University or a minimum 3.3 GPA degree from a top tier University in a numerate field.
  • Excellent maths intuition.
  • An intuitive understanding of derivatives and market knowledge.
  • Minimum 8 years' experience working in Equities.
  • Delta-1 experience in any of program trading, index rebalancing strategies, electronic and mid-frequency strategies.
  • Experience in data analysis using Python based tools.
  • Minimum 6 years' experience in object-oriented programming in an enterprise-level code base, ideally one of C#, C++ or JAVA.
  • Minimum of 2 years' experience of Derivatives Pricing and Modelling.
  • Ability to pick up new skills quickly and thrive in fast-paced environments.
  • Good communication skills and a pragmatic problem solver.
  • Ability to work independently and with initiative.
  • Ability and drive to work in a collaborative team environment.

Reference: AMC/JME/EQ1d123

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