Junior Quant Analyst –  Trading

Junior Quant Analyst – Trading

50,000 + 40% bonus

Leading London-based trading firm has an outstanding opportunity for a Junior Quant to join their low latency trading team.

Our client is a quant prop trading and market-making business specialising in CFD’s.

As a Junior Quant Analyst you will:

• Work closely with the Head of Trading and the Quant Team and assist in the design and development of new trading algorithms

• Help engineer a new greenfield low latency trading platform from a quant standpoint

• Work on connectivity to Financial Exchanges

• Client Trading Support

• Improve/maintain existing strategies

• Work with traders, understand requirements for new applications and strategies to develop and also resolve issues if any

• Work with existing Quant Analysts and Developers to solve complex problems

• Assist with project work

This is an opportunity for someone that wants to work with a smart people in a collaborative environment that is solely focused on cross asset trading.

They avoid the bureaucracy of larger organisations, and keep their management structures flat. Decisions are made efficiently; changes are implemented quickly.

It’s a friendly, open place where people are motivated because they enjoy what they’re doing.

Junior Quant Analyst MUST have:

• STEM Masters or PhD from a top 40 University Globally
• Python/R
• SQL
• Good understanding of general programming concepts, diligent coder.
• Intertest in capital markets/crypto market making a plus

This is an outstanding opportunity for a Junior Quant to join a growing trading business at a time of significant interesting growth within the sector. You will gain massive exposure to High Frequency Trading.

My client is based in the City of London