Quant Trader - Director

Deutsche Bank; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 1,500,000 - 2,700,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary

Life Assurance

Private Healthcare

Flexible benefits

CSR volunteering

Job summary

Deutsche Bank is seeking a senior leader in Electronic Trading to head a regional team of quant traders and developers across APAC, including Hong Kong. The role focuses on designing pricing and risk management systems, managing e-spot risk, and coordinating pricing analytics with global partners.

You will work closely with FXEA, sales and structuring to optimize volumes, while advancing AI-assisted analytics and ensuring compliance with regional market nuances.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of Electronic Trading experience.
• Experience managing market risk of an electronic platform.
• Strong knowledge of pricing engines and hedging models.
• Experience applying AI tools to analytics and productivity.

Responsibilities

• Lead regional quant traders and developers to build electronic trading systems.
• Manage e-spot risk in APAC across GFX, GEM and Metals.
• Coordinate forward pricing and analytics across the region.
• Improve pricing engines and hedging models for regional markets.
• Work with tech teams to keep platform offerings best-in-class.

Skills

Electronic Trading

Quant Research

Pricing Models

Python

Data Analysis

Tools

kdb/q

Python

Job description

Job Description:

Details of Division:

The Fixed Income and Currencies business consists of Interest Rate Derivatives, Foreign Exchange and Cash Bonds trading businesses. Fixed Income and Currencies business is a market leading provider of innovative investment, risk management and financing solutions to Corporates, Governments and Institutional Investors globally

What we will offer you:

A healthy, engaged and well-supported workforce is better equipped to do their best work and, more importantly, enjoy their lives inside and outside the workplace. That's why we are committed to providing an environment with your development and wellbeing at its center.

You can expect:

• Competitive Salary and non-contributory pension
• 25 days annual leave plus generous number of public holidays
• Life Assurance and Private Healthcare for you and your family
• A range of flexible benefits including retail discounts, gym benefits, wellbeing incentives
• The opportunity to support a wide ranging CSR program plus take volunteering leave days

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the regional team of quant traders and technology developers to design and build complex electronic trading systems, pricing and risk management algorithms and client facing trading technology across Singapore, Sydney and Hong Kong
• Responsible for managing e-spot risk in APAC time zone, across GFX, GEM and Metals. Monitoring and managing positions, monitoring liquidity parameters and ensuring our e-spot offering aligns to market conditions across all electronic assets traded
• Coordination of Fwd pricing and analytics across the region
• Participate in continuous improvement of spot pricing engines, hedging models and predictive analytics to drive consistency where possible and manage for individual market nuances
• Work with the technology developers to ensure our platform offering remains best-in-class
• Work with partners in second line around proper monitoring and control framework understanding regulatory concerns specific to the Asian assets
• Partner with FXEA, sales and structuring teams to market our e-offering and optimize volumes and revenue per client
• Drive revenue and market share growth in the region with clear targets and metrics for success
• Working within the linear voice desk team you will be given the opportunity to provide cross-coverage on linear voice products across a wide range of currencies and products, providing competitive pricing for clients in collaboration with traders in other locations
• Developing electronic trading systems for emerging electronic assets in particular China and onshore emerging markets currencies
• Enhancing our orders offering across the full spectrum of electronic products including client facing algo development

Skills and Experience

• Minimum 10 years of prior work experience in Electronic Trading
• Experience of managing the market risk of an electronic platform
• Experience in e book running with strong technical experience in quant research including high frequency pricing models, yield monetisation, alpha research
• A thorough knowledge of pricing engines and hedging models used in electronic trading
• In-depth knowledge of the local spot, onshore and forward Asia Market
• Commercial focus, ability to take initiatives, and skills to solve complex business problems
• Ability to articulate ideas confidently and concisely.
• Team Player
• Strong data analysis background including kdb/q database design, python and AI tools
• Proven ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, optimise workflows to solve business problems, while applying critical judgment to ensure responsible and ethical use of data and AI outputs.

How we'll support you:

• Flexible working to assist you balance your personal priorities
• Coaching and support from experts in your team
• A culture of continuous learning to aid progression
• A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs
• Training and development to help you excel in your career

About us and our teams:

Deutsche Bank is the leading German bank with strong European roots and a global network. click here to see what we do.

Deutsche Bank & Diversity

We strive for a culture in which we are empowered to excel together every day. This includes acting responsibly, thinking commercially, taking initiative and working collaboratively.

Together we share and celebrate the successes of our people. Together we are Deutsche Bank Group.

We welcome applications from all people and promote a positive, fair and inclusive work environment.