Rates Quant Trader & Research – Systematic Markets

JPMorganChase; Greater London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

J.P. Morgan is seeking a quantitative trading & research analyst/associate to shape systematic trading across FX, rates, commodities and credit. You will design and implement proprietary models that power pricing, risk, and execution in a fast-paced, globally distributed team.

You will work on interest rate swaps, collaborate across teams, and cover a broad set of responsibilities including trading, research and technology with on-call time expected. The environment is dynamic and rigorous.

Qualifications

• Degree in computer science, mathematics, physics, engineering or a quantitative field.
• Full-time experience in systematic trading, software engineering, quantitative development or similar technical role.
• Strong production programming in Java or C++, with Python for research/data analysis.
• Evidence of owning software end-to-end: design, test, deploy, operate.
• Knowledge of probability, statistics and advanced data analysis techniques.
• Attention to detail, adaptability, drive and collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and operate production components of the systematic swaps trading stack from design to deployment and incident resolution.
• Build research/data infrastructure: backtesting, simulation, pipelines, reproducible analyses on large datasets.
• Transition models/strategies from prototype to production with monitoring and live alignment to research.
• Analyze trading data to identify patterns, inefficiencies, revenue opportunities and improve pricing/hedging/execution.
• Backtest/calibrate improvements to quantitative models and trading strategies.
• Expand libraries of modelling, analytics and automation tools and support live trading.

Skills

Java

C++

Python

End-to-end ownership

Data analysis

Education

Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Engineering

Job description

J.P. Morgan is seeking a quantitative trading & research analyst/associate to shape systematic trading across FX, rates, commodities and credit. You will design and implement proprietary models that power pricing, risk, and execution in a fast-paced, globally distributed team.

You will work on interest rate swaps, collaborate across teams, and cover a broad set of responsibilities including trading, research and technology with on-call time expected. The environment is dynamic and rigorous.