Quantitative Developer for Swiss Investment Bank in Hong Kong

We are a Singapore based global IT services firm. Having started in 1997, we have grown to over 2300 employees in Asia with offices in India, China, Philippines, Malaysia and Hong Kong

Senior Quantitative Developer, Junior VP (Hong Kong) 

Within APAC Equity Derivative Division, Quant Strats team is seeking a Quantitative Developer at Senior Associate or Junior VP. 

Client : A Swiss multinational investment bank and financial services company

Role: Contract (12 months) 

Job Location : Hong Kong 

5+ years experience

Overview of business area or project: 

Equity Derivatives Quant Strats APAC, Quant Developer (aka IT Quant), senior Associate or Junior VP (C++ required) 

- Quant Strats are key participants in Front office, together with traders and sales people, in the revenue-generating activities of our Sales & Trading Division. 

- Quant Strats sit on the trading desk, and they are responsible for the architecture and development of the analytics library. 

Key Responsibilities: 

- Build cutting edge components within the analytics library to improve the Firm's capabilities in trading and risk managing equity derivatives product 

- Participate in the design of the analytics library and its integration within the Firms IT system 

- Participate in the effort to improve our development processes 

- Improve the efficiency of the analytics library 

- Create tools to improve the productivity of the global Quant Strats team 

Essentials Skills and Qualifications: 

- An advanced degree in a quantitative subject such as Engineering, Software Engineering 

- Very strong programming skills in C++; programming skills in F# and Python are a strong positive 

- Very strong skills in software design and architecture if possible applied within the analytics library of a front office team 

- Solid professional experience working with C++ in a commercial environment 

- Drive and desire to work in an intense team-oriented environment 

- Ability to communicate effectively in both written and verbal English

Sandeep Pai
sandeep.pai@theoptimum.net