Graduate Quantitative Engineer

Carbon Underwriting Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Carbon Underwriting Limited seeks a commercially minded Graduate Quantitative Engineer to support underwriting analytics and financial performance across business units. The role blends data analysis with business partnering to inform strategic decisions and regulatory reporting.

You'll work with SQL and Python to craft analytics, present insights to stakeholders, and collaborate across the tech stack in a hybrid London setting.

Qualifications

• Degree in a numerical, financial, or analytical discipline.
• SQL is essential; Python is desirable.
• Strong data presentation and business partnering skills.
• Ability to communicate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Curious, commercially aware, and collaborative in a startup-style environment.

Responsibilities

• Monitor, analyse, and enhance financial and operational performance across business units.
• Create cutting-edge analytics using modern toolsets in an agile tech environment.
• Communicate conclusions to diverse stakeholders across the organisation.
• Work across the tech stack and grow your skillset with minimal silos.
• Interact with external clients and participate in product demos.
• Gain product knowledge by working closely with the business.

Skills

SQL

Python

Data analysis

Communication

Education

Numerical/Financial/Analytical degree

Job description

The Opportunity:

At Carbon, we’re delegating differently by combining our strong insurance expertise with cutting edge technology. As we rapidly scale globally, and continue to advance Graphene, our proprietary owned data ecosystem, we remain guided by our core pillars of People, Partnerships and Innovation. If you want to join an exciting business powered by the latest technology, and are energised by collaboration, big ideas and making a meaningful impact to our partners, then this role is for you: Graduate Quantitative Engineer.

About Us:

Founded in 2018, Carbon’s mission is to transform delegated underwriting and raise the standard for the industry. Our open underwriting model connects data, insight and people to enable stronger decisions and more dynamic portfolio management, bringing greater transparency, clarity and confidence to our partners and to the way the whole market works.

We’re proud to have been recognised by The Sunday Times as a Best Place to Work in both 2024, 2025 and 2026, reflecting our warm, inclusive culture and our energetic, entrepreneurial spirit. Our friendly, modern offices foster creativity and connection, while our partnership with Google Cloud, where we are celebrated as a success story, demonstrates our commitment to innovation and technology at the highest level.

At Carbon, our values shape who we are every day: Win as one, Keep spirits high, Blaze a trail, Speak up, listen up. If you’re looking to join a modern team with bold ambitions and real momentum, we’d love to meet you.

Location: 5th Floor, 9A Devonshire Square. London. EC2M 4YN

Start date: Immediate

Role type: Permanent, full-time, hybrid

The Role:

We're looking for a commercially minded analyst with strong data presentation and business partnering skills to join our growing InsurTech team. This role sits at the intersection of underwriting, business analytics, and insurance performance.

The Graduate Quantitative Engineer plays a key role in monitoring, analysing, and enhancing the financial and operational performance of Carbon’s business units. This role combines technical understanding with commercial insight to support strategic decision-making, planning cycles, and regulatory reporting.

Key Responsibilities

• Working within a tight-knit team of technologists in an agile environment, this role will focus on creating cutting edge analytics using modern toolsets.

• The individual needs to be comfortable analysing large datasets and communicating conclusions across a diverse array of stakeholders.

• There are no silos here – there’s the opportunity to work across the whole tech stack and grow your skillset.

• This role would suit a curious and engaged professional who relishes the challenge of working within a rapidly evolving environment and taking the lead on respective parts of the platform.

• Opportunity to interact with external clients and participate in product demos.

• Work closely with the business and gain product knowledge.

About You

• Comfortable working with data sets; SQL essential, Python desirable.

• Able to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Curious, commercially aware, and eager to work in a collaborative, startup-style environment.

• Degree in a numerical, financial, or analytical discipline (e.g., Mathematics, Actuarial, Finance, Economics).