Quant Analyst – Quant Model Optimization

Overview

As a Quant Analyst you will develop and optimize trading models for buy‑side clients, turning research into market-ready solutions. You will collaborate with quants, product managers, and application developers to design a robust analytic suite and integrate models into trading software. The role emphasises end‑to‑end model development, library creation, and implementation work across data interfaces and reports. This is a hands‑on position with ownership of products and impactful delivery. You will work in central London on high‑profile financial engineering challenges.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with quants to design an analytic suite and reusable components
• Engage with product managers to refine requirements and build robust solutions
• Work with application developers to integrate financial models into trading software
• Develop new models and build libraries for scalable use
• Implement data interfaces, workflows, and bespoke reports
• Own end‑to‑end model development and delivery from concept to market

Key requirements

• PhD in Computer Science
• strong software analysis, design and development skills
• interest in model development and optimization
• experience or strong interest in finance and capital markets
• strong mathematical background

• collaboration with cross‑functional teams
• ownership and accountability
• clear communication with stakeholders
• C#
• C++
• SQL

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