FX Quantitative Trading & Research - Front-Office Analyst

Testing Site - JPMC; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Testing Site - JPMC in New York seeks an Analyst or Associate for the Quantitative Trading & Research FX Quantitative Trading team. You will work on the trading floor on designing, trading, and execution strategies, collaborating across teams to optimize profitability.

The role covers designing and executing strategies, researching micro-patterns, building and maintaining trading tools, and supporting day-to-day operations in a dynamic front-office environment.

Qualifications

• Interest in market microstructures and quantitative trading.
• Strong design and programming skills in OO languages and Python.
• Experience applying agile development practices in a front-office trading environment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Create/modify/implement algorithmic orders to execute on behalf of clients and internal traders.
• Work closely with technology to develop low-latency infrastructure that is scalable to business needs.
• Utilize internal and non-public liquidity sources to minimize market impact of orders.
• Create post-trade transaction cost analysis models and reports for evaluating algorithmic orders.
• Create pre-trade transaction cost analysis to help clients select orders.
• Perform statistical analysis of algorithmic order execution to drive improvements.
• Understand and follow firm's risk management policies and applicable regulations.

Skills

Market microstructures

Python

OO languages (C++, Java, C#)

Agile development

Communication skills

Risk management understanding

Education

Degree in Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or Computer Science

Job description

Testing Site - JPMC in New York seeks an Analyst or Associate for the Quantitative Trading & Research FX Quantitative Trading team. You will work on the trading floor on designing, trading, and execution strategies, collaborating across teams to optimize profitability.

The role covers designing and executing strategies, researching micro-patterns, building and maintaining trading tools, and supporting day-to-day operations in a dynamic front-office environment.