Junior Java Quant Engineer – Investment Management

Overview

In this role you will help design and implement pricing models and trading architectures for a systematic trading hedge fund. You will work closely with a Quant Portfolio Manager in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment that values technology and learning. You’ll build cloud-based microservices and gain exposure to trading infrastructure and data flows from market data providers. This is a growth-focused opportunity for technically driven engineers who want to make an impact in a high-performance investment setting.

Pay / Benefits

• Hybrid work model: 3 days in the office
• Bonus: up to 30%
• Exposure to high-profile trading infrastructure
• Learning opportunities from experienced colleagues
• Competitive career development
• Fast-paced tech-centric environment

Responsibilities

• Build a new pricing model
• Create a new trading architecture for model execution
• Design, develop, test and deploy microservices in AWS
• Support other business units with data queries and tooling
• Collaborate in a paired, problem-solving environment

Key requirements

• Financial Services Experience
• Understanding of option pricing principles and financial instruments
• 2:1 Computer Science, Maths, Physics or Chemistry degree from a UK/EU university
• Core Java
• Matlab
• Understanding of computing fundamentals, OOP, threading, concurrency and distributed systems

• collaborative mindset
• strong learner
• clear communicator
• Core Java
• Matlab
• AWS

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