Lead Front-Office Quant Trading Systems Engineer

Us Bank; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 152,370 - 186,230; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401(k) plan

Paid vacation

Job summary

U.S. Bank seeks a Senior Capital Markets Systems Engineer to lead front office quantitative trading, pricing, and risk platforms within Fixed Income. You will own production platforms and drive real-time pricing, risk, and execution capabilities for live markets.

The role emphasizes architecture, performance, and governance, with daily collaboration with Traders and Risk teams to refine models and workflows. Experience in low-latency, production-grade systems is essential.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in front office quant, trading engineering, or electronic trading roles supporting Fixed Income.
• Demonstrated ownership of production pricing, trading, execution, or risk systems with real-time desk demands.
• Deep working knowledge of at least one major Fixed Income asset class (Rates or Credit preferred).

Responsibilities

• End-to-end ownership of a major platform, strategy, or product vertical within a front office setting.
• Strong design and code review discipline in production-grade trading systems used to stream live markets, price risk, and support execution across Fixed Income, with engineering standards built around continuous availability, full failover, rapid recovery, and operational resilience under market conditions.
• Familiarity with low-latency architectures and real-time data processing.
• Strong understanding of model lifecycle management, production controls, and governance expectations (validation, audit, regulatory).
• Demonstrated ability to balance speed, resilience, and control while delivering front office outcomes.

Skills

Python

Java

C++

Quantitative trading

Education

Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Job description

U.S. Bank seeks a Senior Capital Markets Systems Engineer to lead front office quantitative trading, pricing, and risk platforms within Fixed Income. You will own production platforms and drive real-time pricing, risk, and execution capabilities for live markets.

The role emphasizes architecture, performance, and governance, with daily collaboration with Traders and Risk teams to refine models and workflows. Experience in low-latency, production-grade systems is essential.