Quantitative Trading & Research - Rates - Quantitative Developer - Vice President

Fairygodboss; New York (NY); On-site; USD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plan

Backup childcare

Tuition reimbursement

Mental health support

Financial coaching

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in New York seeks a Quantitative Developer, Rates – Vice President to design and deliver production systems enabling systematic trading at scale. You will translate ideas with researchers and traders into robust algorithms and execution platforms, shaping models and tooling for live markets.

You will work closely with quantitative researchers and traders, delivering maintainable production code and improving performance, latency, and throughput across the stack.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in Java or C++ and another OO language.
• Experience with Python data analysis using NumPy and pandas.
• Ability to translate quantitative models into production code.
• Strong collaboration with traders, researchers and software engineers.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a quantitative field.
• Attention to detail in fast-paced environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain algorithmic trading systems and execution platforms for Rates trading.
• Translate research prototypes into robust, scalable production code.
• Collaborate with traders and researchers to refine models, quoting, hedging, risk management and allocation.
• Engineer high-quality, testable and observable code for live markets.
• Optimize performance, latency and throughput of critical components.
• Automate workflows and deployments to improve speed and safety.
• Monitor production issues and contribute to continuous improvement.
• Document designs, interfaces and operating procedures.

Skills

Java

C++

Python

Data Analysis

Quant modeling

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Quantitative field degree

Tools

Git

Linux

Job description

Join a collaborative, fast-paced team where your code powers systematic trading in global Rates markets. You will help transform research into robust, production‑grade strategies and platforms, work closely with quantitative researchers and traders to design, build, and evolve execution capabilities, and grow your impact by shaping models and systems used every day in live markets.

Job summary

As a Quantitative Developer, Rates – Vice President in the Rates Quantitative Trading and Research team, you design and deliver production systems that enable systematic trading at scale. You partner with researchers and traders to translate ideas into resilient, performant algorithms and execution platforms. You thrive in a dynamic, collaborative environment and bring a builder’s mindset to continuously improve models, tooling and workflows.

Job responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain algorithmic trading systems and execution platforms for systematic Rates trading.
• Implement quantitative models in production, translating research prototypes into robust, scalable strategies.
• Collaborate with traders and researchers to refine models, quoting, hedging, risk management and allocation processes.
• Engineer high‑quality, testable and observable code for reliability in live markets.
• Optimise performance, latency and throughput of critical trading components.
• Automate workflows and deployments to improve speed, safety and repeatability across the stack.
• Monitor, diagnose and resolve production issues, contributing to continuous improvement.
• Document designs, interfaces and operating procedures to support transparency and knowledge sharing.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Proficiency in programming with Java, C++, or another object‑oriented language.
• Experience performing data analysis in Python, including proficiency with data science libraries (e.g., NumPy, pandas) and visualisation tools.
• Ability to translate quantitative models into reliable, maintainable production code.
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills; ability to collaborate with traders, quantitative researchers and software engineers.
• High attention to detail and a commitment to quality in fast‑paced environments.
• Interest in financial markets and systematic trading.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Engineering or another quantitative field.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Knowledge of Fixed Income and Rates markets.
• Experience with high‑frequency, algorithmic or electronic trading, including low‑latency and performance‑sensitive systems.

Benefits

We offer a competitive total rewards package, including base salary based on role, experience, skill set and location, commission‑based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, and a range of benefits such as comprehensive health‑care coverage, on‑site wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more.

Equal Opportunity Employer

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.