Business Area: Global Markets
Location: 8 Canada Square, London

Job Purpose
ROLE DESCRIPTION
•    An exceptional Global Quant group is looking for outstanding junior team members to join their Front Office Quant team in London.
•    Working for a group that promotes a high performing culture, hires will join a small team of strong individuals that directly support the trading desk as Quants, whilst also developing quant tools and interacting/directing technology teams, developing quant software to address firm’s trading needs. 
•    Working within a flat structure, the positions allow for a broad remit to 
o    develop models
o    write pricers and algorithms 
o    define payoffs
o    bootstrap and interpolate curves
o    create analytical tools 
o    research using data to identify best possible prices for the firm
o    remediate analytics components
o    document quant architecture and analytics libraries
•    We are ideally looking for fresh and recent graduates. Candidates must have an exceptional academic record. No prior work experience is required but a degree in mathematical finance, science or math or engineering is a must. Therefore candidate mush hold BSc/MSc in STEM from a top university. The roles available are ideal for candidates who have very strong coding skills and quantitative aptitude.

Qualifications

Certifications, Qualifications and Experience
•    Ability to write clean, reliable and highly scalable code.
•    Python experience at least in one project (expected to be fluent)
•    C++ experience (less so when compared to python, but is also required)
•    Proficient on tooling including but not limited to GIT, JENKINS and JIRA.
•    Very good communication skills
•    Eager to learn and develop

As a business operating in markets all around the world, we believe diversity brings benefits for our customers, our business and our people. This is why HSBC is committed to being an inclusive employer and encourages applications from all suitably qualified applicants irrespective of ethnicity, religion, age, physical or mental disability/long term health condition, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by local law in the jurisdictions in which we operate.

Within the work place you will have access to various employee resource groups which aim to promote and achieve a health work / life balance and support our diversity ambitions.

HSBC has in place processes in order to avoid nepotism, which means to avoid creating circumstances in which the appearance or possibility of conflicts of interest may exist within the hiring process.