This famous hedge fund is a leading global market maker across fixed income and equity markets. This quant team work with the PMs on Relative Value strategies across Rates, FX & Equity Indices. Reporting to the Head of Quant Strategy Research, you’ll work directly with the PMs on strategy development of Option-based quant strategies to assist their P&L. Experience gained in a Systematic Fund active in the Options space will be ideal.
Options Strategy design, Back testing, Desk Strat, (Swaptions, Rates/FX, Equity Indices), Python
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Refine existing trading strategies & develop of tools to improve the portfolio
- Strong focus on Options Strategy design and Back testing
- Develop systematic trading strategies from idea generation through back-testing and final output
- Contribute to the growing library of tools and analytics used to develop and deploy options trading strategies
ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE:
- 5-10 years in Rates/FX modelling swaptions or equity options
- Strategy design & Backtesting with strong, practical markets knowledge
- A Desk Strat background and/or experience of a Systematic Fund active in the Options space
- Excellent options modeling, pricing, risk methods, skew (e.g. SABR), Stoch & Loc Vol, term-structure
- Very comfortable with and enjoy working directly with traders/PMs
- Excellent Python & highly proficient at developing Excel trading tools
- Time series analysis and data mining/machine learning skills
- Master’s or PhD in Math, Physics, Stats, Comp Sci, etc