Associate, Systematic Trading Strategist

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation•New York, NY

3d•$127,358 - $150,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Associate, Systematic Trading Strategist designs, develops, and manages algorithmic trading systems that improve risk management, market making, and execution efficiency. The role performs quantitative financial analysis and develops quantitative finance-based systems to enhance the Electronic Trading Desk's capabilities. It also develops front-office tools, researches live financial data, and provides traders with consistent and accurate information for significant financial transactions. The position improves internal cross-platform communication systems to reduce latency and increase the efficiency of sharing time-sensitive information, and researches and develops pricing models for financial instruments such as bonds and swaps.

Requirements

Master’s degree in finance, mathematics, mathematics of finance, or a related field.
Two years of experience.
Programming experience in Java.
Programming experience in Python and SQL.
Mathematical modelling skills.
Data analytics and statistical analysis skills.
Quantitative and financial econometric techniques.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and manage algorithmic trading systems to enhance risk management, market making, and execution efficiency.
Perform quantitative financial analyses and develop quantitative finance-based systems for the Electronic Trading Desk.
Develop front-office tools to improve the financial instruments used by the Electronic Trading Desk.
Research and review live financial data and provide traders with consistent, accurate information to support important and large financial transactions.
Develop and improve internal cross-platform communication systems to reduce latency and increase the efficiency of communicating time-sensitive information.
Research and develop pricing models for financial instruments such as bonds and swaps.