Derivatives Analytics & AI Solutions Engineer

Mizuho Financial Group Inc.; City of Niagara Falls (NY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Potential discretionary bonus

Generous employee benefits package

Job summary

Mizuho Financial Group Inc. is seeking a Derivatives Analytics & AI Solutions Engineer in Niagara Falls, NY. This position involves designing complex hedging solutions and developing analytical tools to enhance transaction risk analysis and pricing.

The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field and 3-5 years of experience in financial analytics or data engineering. The role offers a hybrid work arrangement and a competitive salary of $120,000 – $180,000.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in financial analytics, data engineering, or structured products.
• General knowledge of interest rate and currency derivatives hedging strategy.
• Strong programming skills in Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, and SQL.

Responsibilities

• Build analytical tools for pricing, structuring, and risk analysis of derivatives.
• Develop models and workflows for client financial evaluation and risk.
• Support transaction lifecycle analytics including performance tracking.
• Interface with front-office teams executing OTC derivatives transactions.

Skills

Python

Data analytics

JavaScript

TypeScript

SQL

Financial analytics

Data pipelines

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Finance or Mathematics

Job description

Overview

Derivatives Analytics & AI Solutions Engineer – support the design, structuring, and delivery of complex hedging and financing solutions across corporate, sponsor, and institutional clients. This role sits at the intersection of financial engineering, data platforms, and AI‑driven workflow automation to enhance the team’s ability to analyze risk, price transactions, and deliver scalable derivatives solutions in a fast‑paced front‑office environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Build analytical tools to support pricing, structuring, and risk analysis of derivatives transactions (e.g., interest rate, FX, and structured financing products).
• Develop models and workflows to evaluate client financials, hedging strategies, deal‑contingent risk, and financing structures.
• Support transaction lifecycle analytics, including scenario modeling, sensitivities, and performance tracking.
• Interface with front‑office teams and clients executing OTC derivatives and hedging transactions linked to financing and capital markets activities.
• Design and implement AI‑agentic workflows to streamline trade analysis and structuring workflows, client pitch and scenario generation, research, market monitoring, and idea generation.
• Build internal knowledge tools to enhance access to prior trades, structures, and market insights, accelerating decision‑making in live deal environments.
• Integrate AI tools with internal systems, databases, and APIs to enable real‑time analytics and execution support.
• Contribute to the development of proprietary platforms supporting structured hedging solutions, portfolio hedging and risk transfer strategies, client reporting and analytics.
• Translate front‑office needs into scalable SaaS‑style tools used across sales, trading, and banking teams.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Finance, Mathematics, or a related quantitative field.
• 3‑5 years of experience in financial analytics, data engineering, or structured products OR a combination of software engineering and capital markets experience.
• General knowledge of interest rate and currency derivatives related hedging strategy.
• Familiarity with hedge accounting preferable.
• Strong programming skills: Python (numpy, pandas, scipy, scikit‑learn, langchain/langgraph), JavaScript, TypeScript, SQL (preferred).
• Experience building data pipelines and analytics platforms, financial or risk models.

Compensation & Benefits

• Base salary range: $120,000 – $180,000.
• Potential discretionary bonus.
• Generous employee benefits package.

Work Arrangement

Hybrid working program with varying opportunities for remote work depending on the nature of the role, department needs, and local laws and regulatory obligations. Some roles have greater in‑office requirements that will be communicated during the recruitment process.

EEO & Workplace Policies

• Mizuho is an EEO/AA Employer – M/F/Disability/Veteran.
• We participate in the E‑Verify program.
• We maintain a drug‑free workplace and reserve the right to require pre‑ and post‑hire drug testing as permitted by applicable law.