Head Quant Developer – C# Risk

Overview

In this role you will lead a global team of quant developers while also hands-on building risk and analytics models. You will split time between mentoring a team of five and performing quantitative development to create new models and libraries. You’ll own implementation work, including data interfaces, workflows, and bespoke reports for cross-asset trading and risk management. The position sits at the intersection of software engineering and financial engineering in a client-facing environment in Central London.

Responsibilities

• Model development for risk/analytics
• Library creation and maintenance
• Implementation development including data interfaces, workflows, and bespoke reports
• Manage a global team of 5 quant developers (roughly 50/50 management and development)
• Ownership of products and delivery with accountability for results

Key requirements

• 2:1 or First Class undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Finance, or other technical discipline
• Mentoring or management experience
• Strong software analysis, design and development skills
• Min 3 years of professional experience in C#, Python, C++ or Java
• Knowledge of relational databases and SQL
• Experience in finance and capital markets

• Mentoring or management experience
• Ownership mindset
• strong communication
• C#, Python, C++ or Java
• Relational databases and SQL
• Finance and capital markets domain

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