We’re seeking a Quant to join a specialist Rates/e-trading team in London. You will work between quant research, market-making strategy, and automated trading platform development. You’ll be part of a small, high-impact team that collaborates with traders to deliver measurable results in PnL performance, without carrying individual book risk. This is a hands-on role working directly to influence trading and market-making capabilities in rates products across multiple currencies.

Key Responsibilities

Partner with the swaps desk to design and implement short–medium term trading signals across products such as Eurodollar, Scandinavian, Swiss, and select G3 currencies

Create alpha-generating market-making metrics and adapt them to shifting market conditions

Analyse tick-level market data and extract actionable patterns from large datasets

Develop in Python and oversee integration of new signals into a Java-based e-trading platform

Enhance and extend the existing quantitative framework through collaborative, production-level development

Work within a dedicated algo team of four, supported by a wider pricing analytics group

What We’re Looking For

Proven experience in developing trading signals, ideally within Rates

Proficiency in Python; Java knowledge a strong plus

Strong background in tick-data analysis and implementation of trading models

Understanding of market-making analytics and the design of trading performance metrics

Familiarity with interest rate markets (highly advantageous and accelerates interview process)

Ability to work closely with traders, engineers, and quants in a front-office environment

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