JPMorgan Quantitative Developer - Rates Systematic Trading Associate 

United Kingdom, England, London 

667909450

As an Associate in Rates Trading Strategies, you will work as part of the front-office team on the trading floor in London, with a focus on global Rates markets. You must be responsible, independent, driven and able to work in smooth coordination with the larger team. The environment is fast-paced, dynamic and highly collaborative within a globally distributed group.

Role responsibilities:

• Design, build and maintain frameworks and tools directly utilized in systematizing our Rates trading businesses. Collaborate across teams and drive further development of these these tools into fully systematic trading strategies.
• Process, clean and analyze large datasets used in the context of alpha research.
• Work closely with traders to learn, understand and improve relevant models as well as quoting, hedging, risk management and allocation processes.

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills:

• Extensive professional experience in software development, with a strong focus on Python
• Experience with data analysis techniques along with relevant data science libraries (numpy, pandas, etc.) and visualization tools
• Knowledge of database systems (KDB, SQL)
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills; ability to collaborate effectively with traders, quantitative researchers and software developers
• Exceptional attention to detail and outstanding work ethic
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related field

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills:

• Knowledge of Fixed Income / Rates
• Experience with high-frequency trading, algorithmic trading or electronic trading
• Proficiency in Java
• Experience working collaboratively on common codebases using git