Wholesale Credit Risk Quant Modeler

Testing Site - JPMC; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase in Jersey City is seeking an Wholesale Credit Risk Associate to design and implement modern risk modeling platforms powering wholesale credit decisions. You will partner with developers and stakeholders to translate analytics into scalable solutions and grow skills in quantitative modeling and software engineering.

Join a team focused on resilient risk management, model development cycles, and collaboration with senior leaders.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or equivalent in CS, data science, math, statistics, financial engineering, or related field.
• Proficiency in object-oriented programming using C++ and Python.
• Strong knowledge of Pandas and NumPy for data analysis with efficient low-level implementations.
• Experience with statistical modeling and Monte Carlo simulation.
• Ability to work with large datasets.
• Experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs for quantitative workflows.

Responsibilities

• Develop statistical and quantitative risk models for wholesale credit portfolios.
• Design, implement, and maintain wholesale credit models, including stress testing and credit reserve requirements; support model backtesting and validation.
• Implement efficient numerical algorithms using Python and optimized C libraries.
• Build object-oriented software for risk analytics and integrate new models into the Firmwide Forecasting Framework.
• Analyze and debug forecast behaviors to improve accuracy and robustness.
• Conduct peer code reviews to ensure quality and performance of the forecasting framework.
• Collaborate with model developers and business partners to implement, test, and operationalize forecasting capabilities.
• Present progress, findings, and roadmap updates to senior leaders and modeling teams.
• Manage project deliverables, defect remediation, and new feature releases across model development cycles.
• Review, implement, and test technical documentation for clarity and compliance.

Skills

C++

Python

Object-oriented programming

Monte Carlo simulation

Data analysis

RESTful APIs

Education

Master's degree or equivalent in CS, data science, math, statistics or related field

Tools

Pandas

NumPy

Job description

JPMorgan Chase in Jersey City is seeking an Wholesale Credit Risk Associate to design and implement modern risk modeling platforms powering wholesale credit decisions. You will partner with developers and stakeholders to translate analytics into scalable solutions and grow skills in quantitative modeling and software engineering.

Join a team focused on resilient risk management, model development cycles, and collaboration with senior leaders.