Credit Systematic Market Maker — Bond Trading Automation

Testing Site - JPMC; Singapore; On-site; SGD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Testing Site - JPMC in Singapore seeks a Systematic Market Making – Associate to design and run automated pricing and execution for corporate bonds and ETFs. You will work with traders, technologists, and researchers to scale trading, manage risk, and improve performance in a production environment.

You will apply quantitative modeling and software engineering to build baskets, price portfolios, and deploy algorithms across Asia, ensuring governance and robust controls while collaborating across

Qualifications

• 3 years experience in quantitative trading, electronic market making, or systematic execution for fixed income markets.
• Experience managing risk for a bond market-making book with clear understanding of limits and control frameworks.
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a quantitative discipline with emphasis on simulation or comparable quantitative methods.
• Experience delivering production trading systems end-to-end: research, implementation, testing, deployment, and support.
• Experience in ETF primary market activity or portfolio trading for corporate bonds, including basket construction and operational execution.
• Proficiency in Python and Java, including asynchronous and event-driven programming; experience with testing, CI/CD, and monitoring in production.
• Knowledge of credit bond pricing and analytical models used for valuation and execution.
• Academic and practical grounding in machine learning applied to time-series or market modeling.

Responsibilities

• Automate day‑to‑day workflows for US investment‑grade corporate bond trading across Asia, resolving production and trading issues quickly.
• Construct and optimize baskets for Portfolio creation/redemption, and execute primary market workflows to enhance balance sheet usage and profitability.
• Manage intraday and end‑of‑day risk for US investment‑grade corporate bonds, within risk limits and controls.
• Implement, validate, and maintain systematic pricing models for bond portfolios; enhance and support production trading tools in Python and Java.
• Analyze large datasets to identify patterns and trading opportunities; design and deploy algorithms for pricing, execution, and order routing in Asia bond markets.
• Research and improve hedging strategies; run back‑tests and performance studies; monitor models and document assumptions and limitations.
• Collaborate with trading and sales to price bond portfolios and facilitate portfolio trading while maintaining strong governance and documentation.
• Partner with Technology, Risk, Quant Research, Compliance, and Operations to ensure production stability, change management, and continuous improvement.
• Uphold regulatory, conduct, and control standards; escal issues promptly and contribute to post‑incident reviews and remediation.

Skills

Python

Java

Machine learning

Time-series analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or quantitative discipline

Tools

kdb+/q

C/C++

Job description

Testing Site - JPMC in Singapore seeks a Systematic Market Making – Associate to design and run automated pricing and execution for corporate bonds and ETFs. You will work with traders, technologists, and researchers to scale trading, manage risk, and improve performance in a production environment.

You will apply quantitative modeling and software engineering to build baskets, price portfolios, and deploy algorithms across Asia, ensuring governance and robust controls while collaborating across