Quantitative Developer, Market Risk

Jump Trading’s Risk team manages risk globally for all trading teams and is responsible for evaluating the many facets of risk across trading strategies, markets and products. One facet of risk that the firm manages is market risk.

As a Quantitative Developer you will deploy your experience in markets, quantitative approaches and software development to improve the firm's capabilities to monitor, manage and actively hedge market risk across a spectrum of businesses spanning asset classes, regions and trading horizons. Some examples include creating pricing and risk workflows for a new asset class, conducting empirical research on asset returns and relationships and deploying compute workflows at scale. This role requires both the nimbleness to quickly attack new business needs as well as the thoughtfulness to organize and deploy data, compute, visualization and decision-making workflows at a very large scale. The team is looking for someone who is passionate about the interplay between markets and technology, is committed to maintaining a high bar for code, demonstrates intellectual curiosity and is comfortable challenging the status quo with both humility and clear communication. If you have an interest in scaling your blend of existing experience in the markets and quantitative development in a growing and entrepreneurial team, please reach out!

Skills You'll Need:

• At least 3-6 years of relevant markets-facing technical experience required
• Strong programming experience in Python along with common packages such as Pandas, Polars, Numpy, and Scipy
• CFA Charter holder or equivalent foundational financial markets knowledge at a minimum
• Bachelors or Masters degree in Financial Engineering, Finance and/or Statistics Direct experience in working with at least one financial asset class in pricing, risk, or empirical research
• Practical experience in working with data at scale (whether daily or intraday)
• Experience in CI/CD frameworks Great written and verbal communication skills – good at ELI5
• Self-directed and able to take ownership of projects and responsibilities
• Experience in having to learn something substantial from scratch while on the job

Bonus Points: 

• Experience in working within a full-stack function spanning data, technology, and markets 
• Experience in development within a distributed Linux environment
• Familiarity with C++