FX Quant Trading & Research — Algo Design & Execution

Next Frontier Capital; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care coverage

On-site health and wellness centers

Retirement savings plan

Tuition reimbursement

Mental health support

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in New York seeks an Analyst or Associate for the Quantitative Trading & Research FX Quantitative Trading team on the trading floor. You will work independently within a coordinated front‑office group to design and execute trading strategies and research micro-patterns.

You will build, maintain and upgrade applications and tools, supporting day-to-day operations and developing execution strategies with an emphasis on low-latency trading and risk awareness.

Qualifications

• Interest in market microstructures and quantitative trading.
• Design and programming skills with OOP languages (C++, Java, C#, etc.) and Python.
• Interest in applying agile development in a front-office trading environment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication for cross-team interaction.
• Strategic and creative thinking to leverage firm scale and opportunities.
• Understanding of risk types and how to manage them.

Responsibilities

• Create/modify/implement algorithmic orders for clients and internal traders.
• Work with technology to build low-latency infrastructure.
• Utilize internal/non-public liquidity to minimize market impact.
• Create post-trade cost analysis models for algorithmic orders.
• Create pre-trade analysis to aid clients in order selection.
• Perform statistical analysis to drive improvements.
• Follow firm policies on risk and regulatory requirements.

Skills

C++

Java

C#

Python

Market microstructures

Collaborative/Agile

Education

Engineering/Math/CS degree

Job description

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in New York seeks an Analyst or Associate for the Quantitative Trading & Research FX Quantitative Trading team on the trading floor. You will work independently within a coordinated front‑office group to design and execute trading strategies and research micro-patterns.

You will build, maintain and upgrade applications and tools, supporting day-to-day operations and developing execution strategies with an emphasis on low-latency trading and risk awareness.