Senior FX Quant - Electronic Trading and Algo Design

Citi; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Citi in London seeks a Quantitative Analyst to join the FX Electronic Trading quant team. You will own end-to-end deliverables, build production-grade models and execution strategies, and partner with trading and sales.

The role requires strong programming (Python), solid statistics, and familiarity with market microstructure. You should enjoy coding as craft, challenge assumptions, and contribute to high-impact problems in electronic market making.

Qualifications

• Strong programming skills with production-quality coding mindset.
• Solid grounding in statistics and probability for trading problems.
• Experience in quantitative modelling or electronic trading is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design and build automated analytical frameworks to monitor FX trading performance.
• Identify, diagnose, and resolve issues with models and strategies.
• Collaborate with trading and sales partners to translate feedback into improvements.
• Work with the quant team on research spanning market making and execution algorithms.
• Write clean, production-ready code as part of daily workflow.

Skills

Python

Java/C++ exposure

Statistics & probability

Market microstructure

Education

Master's degree in a highly quantitative discipline

Job description

Citi in London seeks a Quantitative Analyst to join the FX Electronic Trading quant team. You will own end-to-end deliverables, build production-grade models and execution strategies, and partner with trading and sales.

The role requires strong programming (Python), solid statistics, and familiarity with market microstructure. You should enjoy coding as craft, challenge assumptions, and contribute to high-impact problems in electronic market making.