Global Banking and Markets – Quantitative Engineer – Associate – London

Overview

In this Analyst/Associate role you will support European electronic trading by analyzing large data to improve client outcomes. You work with cross-functional teams to understand and optimize trading strategies, and you develop actionable insights from datasets to guide live experiments. You contribute to research and publish insights on liquidity and evolving market structure. This role combines data analysis, product understanding, and client-facing communication to shape our execution platform.

Responsibilities

• Perform Transaction Cost Analysis (TCA) to monitor client performance and propose improvements
• Understand and demonstrate the value of our algorithms and trading systems to clients
• Enhance data analysis tooling and detect trends using AI and automation frameworks
• Research liquidity and market structure in European markets and translate findings into thought-leadership content for clients

Key requirements

• Genuine interest in markets and equity electronic/algo trading (Europe a plus)
• Strong analytical skills with large datasets
• Hands-on coding experience in KDB/q, Python or SQL (or strong ability in any language)
• Ambitious with excellent communication and teamwork
• Familiarity with BI software (QlikView, Tableau or Power BI)
• Prior exposure to TCA, European market microstructure or electronic execution concepts
• Backgrounds in finance, physics, maths, computer science or engineering unknown

• ambitious
• excellent communication
• team-working skills
• KDB/q
• Python
• SQL

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