Derivatives Quantitative Researcher | Trading Team

P2P; Greater London; On-site; GBP 148,000 - 222,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus eligibility

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

HSA, FSA, and Dependent Care options

Employer Paid Group Term Life and AD&D

Voluntary Life & AD&D insurance

Paid vacation plus paid holidays

Retirement plan with employer match

Paid parental leave

Wellness Programs

Job summary

Jump Trading Group seeks a highly skilled quantitative researcher to apply mathematics, statistics, and machine learning to identify patterns and predict market signals across global derivatives. You will collaborate with traders, researchers, and engineers to push innovative ideas and implement them in live trading environments.

Ideal candidates hold an advanced degree in a quantitative field, have strong Python and C++ development skills, and demonstrate a track record of developing

Qualifications

• Proven experience in developing quantitative strategies.
• Strong market expertise in equity options, ADRs, ETFs, or index products.
• Experience with fair value modeling.
• Deep understanding of derivatives market mechanics.
• Proficiency in Python and/or C++ development.
• Advanced degree in a relevant field (MS/PhD) from a top-tier university.

Responsibilities

• Identify patterns and predict market signals in global derivatives.
• Collaborate with scientists, traders, hardware and software developers, and market-facing teams to push ideas forward.
• Backtest and validate quantitative strategies to improve performance.
• Contribute to research workflows and maintain rigorous documentation.

Skills

Quantitative research

Market products expertise

Fair value models

Derivatives knowledge

Python/C++ development

Availability

Education

Master's or PhD in related field

Tools

Python

C++

Job 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.

Our trading teams are each comprised of a dynamic group of traders, quantitative researchers, and engineers who work together to examine the global markets, seeking to understand the complexities of various traded products and exchanges. They leverage their impeccable statistical analysis and data mining skills, using the results of their research to make forecasts and develop profitable predictive trading models.

What You’ll Do:

The ideal person will apply math, statistics, and machine learning techniques to identify patterns and predict market signals in global derivatives space. Jump’s quantitative researchers are constantly collaborating with other scientists, traders, hardware and software developers, and market facing business teams to push for best expression of our new ideas.

Other duties as assigned or needed.

Skills You’ll Need:

• Proven experience in developing successful quantitative driven strategies
• Strong market expertise in one of the following products: equity options, ADRs, ETFs, index
• Demonstrable experience developing or working on fair value models
• Deep understanding of derivatives market complexity, product structure and market mechanisms
• Solid development skills in Python and/or C++
• Master or PhD degree in applied mathematics, statistics, operations research, machine learning, physics, and science related subjects from top tier university
• Reliable and predictable availability

Benefits

• Discretionary bonus eligibility
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• HSA, FSA, and Dependent Care options
• Employer Paid Group Term Life and AD&D Insurance
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• Voluntary Life & AD&D insurance
• Paid vacation plus paid holidays
• Retirement plan with employer match
• Paid parental leave
• Wellness Programs

Annual Base Salary Range $200,000 — $300,000 USD