Java AI Quant Developer for Real-Time Equity Derivatives

UBS; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

UBS is seeking a Quantitative Developer focused on the front office Equity Derivatives platform. The role emphasizes real-time pricing, AI-enabled automation, and robust Java server-side development within a global team.

You’ll design, implement, and operate scalable trading and analytics workflows, collaborating with business users to translate complex requirements into reliable software. You will contribute to automated testing, DevOps practices, and platform observability while expanding

Qualifications

• Experience in the Equity Derivatives asset class or a clear interest to develop this knowledge.
• Solid Java software development skills, ideally with exposure to real-time pricing systems.
• Practical experience or clear interest in applying AI across software engineering, automation, analytics or trading workflows.
• Take an automated approach to testing to ensure delivery of high-quality solutions.
• Familiarity with DevOps practices and a willingness to help improve delivery, deployment and support capabilities.
• A clear communicator comfortable working with business users and keen to build front-office and product knowledge.
• Experience working as part of a collaborative development team.
• Curiosity about how AI can improve how we build, deliver, and optimize workflows with sound judgment and alignment to policies and risk.

Responsibilities

• Help design and deliver our new global equity options RFQ, auto-pricing and electronic trading platform.
• Work with business users and senior colleagues to translate requirements into automated solutions.
• Use AI to automate business flows and surface analytics and signals into the platform.
• Apply software engineering practices to ensure quality, security, reliability and compliance.
• Collaborate with the global team to evolve the platform, build observability, monitor production health and remediate risks.
• Share AI, technical and domain knowledge with the team and contribute to engineering culture.

Skills

Java

Equity Derivatives knowledge

AI across software engineering

Automated testing

DevOps practices

Communication

Collaborative development

Curiosity about AI workflows

Job description

UBS is seeking a Quantitative Developer focused on the front office Equity Derivatives platform. The role emphasizes real-time pricing, AI-enabled automation, and robust Java server-side development within a global team.

You’ll design, implement, and operate scalable trading and analytics workflows, collaborating with business users to translate complex requirements into reliable software. You will contribute to automated testing, DevOps practices, and platform observability while expanding