Quantitative Developer | Market Risk at Jump Trading International Limited

, Shanghai, Singapore -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

11 Feb, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

13 Nov, 25

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Python, Pandas, Polars, Numpy, Scipy, CFA, Financial Engineering, Finance, Statistics, Data Management, CI/CD, Communication, Self-directed, Empirical Research, Linux, C++

Industry

Financial Services

Description

Jump Trading Group is committed to world class research. We empower exceptional talents in Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science to seek scientific boundaries, push through them, and apply cutting edge research to global financial markets. Our culture is unique. Constant innovation requires fearlessness, creativity, intellectual honesty, and a relentless competitive streak. We believe in winning together and unlocking unique individual talent by incenting collaboration and mutual respect. At Jump, research outcomes drive more than superior risk adjusted returns. We design, develop, and deploy technologies that change our world, fund start-ups across industries, and partner with leading global research organizations and universities to solve problems. 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 employ your software development skills and interest in quantitative methods and research to improve the firm's capabilities to monitor, manage, and hedge market risk across a multitude of businesses and asset classes. Some examples of these capabilities are instrument modeling, risk measurement, and empirical research. 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 scale. The team is looking for someone who is passionate about agile software development, is willing to learn and deploy quantitative methodologies via code, demonstrates intellectual curiosity, and is comfortable challenging the status quo with both humility and clear communication. If you have an interest in deepening your understanding of financial markets while continue to grow your quantitative and software development skills, talk to us! Skills You'll Need: At least 5+ years of relevant 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 Bachelors or Masters degree in Financial Engineering, Finance and/or Statistics Direct experience in working with at least one financial asset class Practical experience in working with data at scale (whether daily or intraday) Experience in CI/CD framework Great written and verbal communication skills 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 development within a distributed Linux environment Experience with financial instrument modeling and/or empirical research Familiarity with C++ Familiarity with columnar data / databases

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Responsibilities

As a Quantitative Developer, you will improve the firm's capabilities to monitor, manage, and hedge market risk across various businesses and asset classes. This includes instrument modeling, risk measurement, and empirical research.