Java AI Algo Quant Developer

Overview

In this role you drive AI-enabled automation and scalable Java-based server platforms within UBS’s Equity Derivatives front office. You will translate complex business and regulatory needs into automated, observable solutions and help evolve a global trading platform. The role blends software engineering, real-time pricing, and AI-enabled analytics to support trading workflows. You join a collaborative, cross-functional team focused on reliability, security, and continuous improvement, with a clear opportunity to influence front-office delivery and risk management.

Pay / Benefits

• flexible working options when possible
• career comeback program
• inclusive culture
• disability inclusion and accommodations

Responsibilities

• Help design and deliver the new global equity options RFQ, auto-pricing and electronic trading platform
• Translate business and regulatory requirements into automated solutions with trading flows
• Apply AI to automate business processes and surface analytics and signals
• Ensure quality, security, reliability and compliance through engineering practices for both functional and non-functional needs
• Collaborate with the global team to evolve the platform, build observability, monitor production health, and contribute to risk remediation
• Share AI, technical and domain knowledge and contribute to engineering culture and internal communities

Key requirements

• Experience in the Equity Derivatives asset class or strong interest to develop knowledge
• Solid Java software development skills with exposure to real-time pricing systems
• Practical experience or interest in applying AI across software engineering, automation, analytics or trading workflows
• Automated testing approach to deliver high-quality solutions
• Familiarity with DevOps practices and improving delivery, deployment and support
• Clear communicator with business users and willingness to build front-office and product knowledge
• Experience working in a collaborative development team
• Curiosity about using AI to improve workflows with sound judgment and risk policy alignment

• clear communicator
• collaborative
• curiosity about AI applications
• Java software development
• real-time pricing systems
• AI across software engineering, automation, analytics or trading workflows

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