Investment Quant

Newcastle upon Tyne
3 weeks ago
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Investment Quant

My global financial tech firm client is looking for a highly capable and experienced Investment Quant with strong mathematical and programming skills to join their team in Newcastle.

The candidate must have experience in building cutting edge trading tools and other analytics which have been profitable.

The successful candidate must be happy working on all aspects of a quant project from start to finish; understanding the business problem, modelling and solving the resultant maths problem, sourcing any required data, and then coding the production solution.

To be considered for this role you must have a Degree in a numerate field from a Russell Group University

Essential Skills

MA/PhD in a numerate field from a Russell Group University (or equivalent international tertiary education)
Excellent maths intuition
An intuitive understanding of derivatives and market knowledge
Minimum three to five years' experience working in the financial services industry, ideally some of this being in Rates or Equities
Data analysis using Python based tools
3+ years' experience in object-oriented programming in an enterprise-level code base, ideally one of C#, C++ or JAVA
2+ years' experience of Derivatives Pricing and Modelling
Knowledge of Machine Learning
Good communication skills and a pragmatic problem solver
Ability to work independently and with initiative
Ability and drive to work in a collaborative team environment.This is a great and unique opportunity to work for a prestigious financial tech client in the investment fund management/ capita management sector and also be based outside of London.

So get in touch ASAP as I have interview slots ready to be filled.

Randstad Technologies Ltd is a leading specialist recruitment business for the IT & Engineering industries. Please note that due to a high level of applications, we can only respond to applicants whose skills & qualifications are suitable for this position. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business

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