Junior Trading Desk Engineer

Junior Trading Desk Engineer - Quant Trading

2024 and 2025 starts

Quant Capital is urgently looking for a Graduate Trading Desk Engineer to join our high profile client.

Our client is a top-tier global proprietary trading firm that leverages the latest technology, sophisticated algorithms and deep knowledge to trade in capital markets globally.

This is an environment of science and intellectuals. The firm is known globally for its attitudes and rigour more importantly, you will be surrounded by smart entrepreneurial people deeply interested in the sector who are ready to teach what they know.

We we are looking for a junior or graduate with sub 2 years of experience and the ability to deal with quick difficult maths problems. You will interface with various groups within the business to ensure that all trades are reflected accurately in all systems. Specifically, the Trade Desk Engineer Analyst will be involved with research, rapid development execution of trade orders, automation of processes, and personal projects.

This position sits directly in a trading team and is a highly sought-after role. The role requires close collaboration with the traders, researchers and technical parts of the business to best align technical solutions with the schedules and analytic needs of various strategies.

This is a role for someone with a strong level of applied mathematics or engineering with an interest in solving problems and working in a fast-paced rewarding environment.

Trade Desk Operations Analyst MUST have:

• A at A-level Maths or equivalent
• Excellent Excel skills
• Logical thought processes
• A STEM degree from a top ranked University
• An interest and some coding ability (VBA, Ruby, Go, Lua, Scala, Python or C++ or OO Language)
• An appetite for delivering solutions to complex problem

My client is based in London