Quantitative Trader

Jane Street; City Of London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent trading firm in London is seeking individuals with a strong quantitative mindset and a passion for solving challenging problems. As a trader, you will engage in pricing inefficiencies and risk management while collaborating in a technology-focused environment. No prior finance knowledge is required, but fluency in English is essential.

Qualifications

• Strong quantitative mindset with the ability to work collaboratively to solve challenging problems.
• Interest in finance or economics is helpful but not required.
• Experience with specific programming languages is not required; comfort with programming in your language of choice is a plus.
• Fluency in English is required.

Responsibilities

• Seek out and trade on pricing inefficiencies.
• Develop models and manage risk.
• Investigate new products and business areas.

Skills

Strong quantitative mindset

Collaborative problem-solving

Programming comfort

Fluency in English

Job description

Overview

Our trading is based on our own proprietary models and, on busy days, we engage in over a million trades. Traders work in teams to seek out and trade on pricing inefficiencies, develop models, manage risk, investigate new products, and push into new business areas. Experienced Traders teach and oversee the less-experienced. New Traders serve as assistants while they learn the ropes, getting increasing responsibility as they demonstrate their ability to handle it.

Technology is at the core of how we approach trading, and we consider ourselves as much a technology company as a trading firm. We use OCaml, a statically-typed functional programming language, as our primary development language, and have the largest team of OCaml Engineers in any industrial setting.

About You

We are looking for people who have a strong quantitative mind and enjoy working collaboratively to solve challenging problems in a practical setting. Prior knowledge of finance or economics is not expected or required. Experience with particular programming languages is also not required, although generally being comfortable programming in your language of choice is a plus. Fluency in English required.

Qualifications

• Strong quantitative mindset with the ability to work collaboratively to solve challenging problems.
• Interest in finance or economics is helpful but not required.
• Experience with specific programming languages is not required; comfort with programming in your language of choice is a plus.
• Fluency in English is required.