Quantitative Developer

STANDARD CHARTERED BANK (SINGAPORE) LIMITED; Singapore; On-site; SGD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading international bank is looking for a Quant Analyst in Singapore. The successful candidate will leverage their software development skills and work on risk modelling and high-performance software solutions. The role requires strong communication abilities and a background in financial markets, with a preference for candidates experienced with Haskell and other functional programming languages.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Flexible working options

Medical and life insurance

Generous time-off policies

Continuous learning opportunities

Qualifications

• Strong computer science background with data structures and algorithms.
• Experience with statically typed functional programming languages preferred.
• Financial market background is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop revenue-generating software for the bank.
• Bridge front and back office communications.
• Perform risk modelling for quantifying risks.

Skills

Software development

Risk modelling

Communication skills

Haskell programming

Concurrent programming

Education

3+ years as a software developer

Tools

C++

Kafka

Distributed systems

Job description

Job Summary

• This role could be based in Singapore, UK and Hong Kong. When you start the application process you will be presented with a drop down menu showing all countries, Please ensure that you select a country where the role is based.
• Our Quant Analysts use their computer science expertise to deliver robust, high-performance software and quantitative analytics. They create and develop real-time pricing models, risk models, and infrastructure for the Bank's modelling and analytics library to enable pricing, intraday risk reporting, and portfolio-level analytics. They work on diverse markets projects, including dedicated applications to support individual teams, to processes that handle millions of trades, or have thousands of users.

About the Markets team

• Our Markets team provides clients with risk management, financing, and investment expertise through the provision of bespoke solutions across asset classes. They do this by building trusted relationships across industries and sectors.

About Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB)

• For more than 170 years we’ve support clients with their transaction banking, financial markets, corporate finance and borrowing needs and provide solutions to nearly 20,000 clients in the world’s fastest-growing economies and most active trade corridors.

Key Responsibilities

• Software development to generate revenue for the bank
• Understand front office concerns in order to bridge the gap between the front office and back office
• Risk modelling to quantify the various kinds of risks faced by the Bank
• Deliver robust, high performance software and quantitative analyses
• Work closely with FM traders and structuring teams, analysing trades and asset origination opportunities for execution and ongoing measurement and management
• Maintain and develop cutting edge trading, pricing and multi assets risk management platforms
• Work on projects ranging from client-facing GUIs, server-side request handlers or reporting tools, and devops
• Use of Haskell and our in-house variant, Mu
• Ensure adherence to all internal and external regulations
• Support Operational Risk monitoring via reports and data provided to Compliance and BORM
• Assist in ensuring that there are appropriate and documented internal controls and procedures in place
• Lead through example and build the appropriate culture and values.
• Set appropriate tone and expectations amongst colleagues and work in collaboration with partners
• Contribute to continuous process improvement and sharing best practice
• An awareness and understanding of the main risks facing the Group and the role the individual plays in managing them
• Embed Operational Risk monitoring as an integral part of the business process. Towards this, to effectively carry out the assigned role, if any, under Compliance Risk Management and Operational Risk Management Assurance

Our Ideal Candidate

• 3+ years of experience as a software developer
• Strong computer science background, data structure and algorithms, concurrency, multi-threaded programming
• Strong stakeholders communications skills
• Financial market background is preferred but not required
• Experience with Haskell programming language would be most preferred but we will consider candidates with suitable experience with statically typed functional programming languages such as Scala or O’Caml
• Experiences with C++, messaging systems such as Kafka, network protocols, data transport frameworks and formats, distributed systems, performance critical systems will be advantageous

Role Specific Technical Competencies

• Software Engineering
• Haskell / Mu Development
• Technical Project Leadership
• Stakeholder Communication
• FM Business Domain Knowledge

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together we:

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What we offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.

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