Quantitative Developer/ Modeller
Role Title: Quant Developer / Modeller
Duration: 6-month contract
Location: London - Hybrid, 3 days per week onsite
About the Company
Our client is a well-established global financial institution recognised for its strong alignment between front-office trading,quantitative research and engineering teams. The firm places a clear emphasis on rigorous risk management, high-quality pricing infrastructure and pragmatic delivery to support complex derivatives activity across multiple asset classes.
Description
This hybrid role blends quant development with hands-on modelling. The successful candidate will work across pricing library enhancements, risk engines, model improvements and market data workflows, partnering closely with front office stakeholders and global quant teams.
Key Responsibilities:
- Enhance and maintain the C++ pricing library while contributing to model improvements and validation-driven refinements.
- Support risk engines, scenario calculations and market data transformation pipelines.
- Develop Python-based tooling for prototyping, analysis and testing.
- Collaborate with traders, FO quants and risk teams to deliver robust analytics and model changes.
- Participate in intraday and end-of-day risk and P&L infrastructure enhancements.
- Contribute to the platform's migration from C++ toward Rust.
Essential Experience
- 6+ years in quant development or modelling within a front office-aligned team.
- Strong C++ development background with willingness to work in Rust.
- Solid modelling fundamentals and ability to contribute to both quant dev and quant research tasks.
- Python for analytics, testing and workflow automation.
- Proven FO interaction, strong communication and ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
Desirable
- Understanding of equity derivative pricing models.
- Familiarity with risk engines, market data workflows and distributed systems.
- Strong cross-team collaboration skills.
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