Vice President – Front Office Quantitative Analytics (Latin America Rates & FX)

Santander

36d • $225,000 - $255,000 • Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a talented and motivated Front Office Quantitative Analyst to join our New York Quant team supporting the Latin America Rates and FX business. This role sits at the intersection of quantitative research, technology, and trading, with responsibility for developing, implementing, and maintaining pricing, risk, and market analytics for linear interest rate and foreign exchange products across local and offshore Latin American markets. As part of a global Quant team, you will contribute to the build-out of a modern quantitative framework, working on next-generation pricing libraries while supporting and enhancing existing production systems. This is a unique opportunity to help shape a scalable, high-performance quantitative ecosystem while partnering directly with Trading, Sales, Structuring, Risk, and Technology teams to support one of the firm's core Latin America franchises.

Requirements

• Approximately 3+ years of experience in Front Office Quantitative Analytics, Quantitative Development, Financial Engineering, or related roles supporting trading businesses.
• Proven experience developing pricing models, market data frameworks, and curve construction methodologies for interest rate and FX products.
• Experience supporting production trading environments and working directly with Front Office stakeholders.
• Strong programming skills in Python and modern C++.
• Experience with Rust or a strong interest in developing production-quality systems in Rust.
• Experience designing APIs and integrating quantitative libraries into front-office applications.
• Familiarity with Linux, Git, CI/CD workflows, and modern software development practices.
• Strong understanding of: Yield curve construction and multi-curve frameworks.
• Bootstrapping, interpolation, discounting, and forwarding methodologies.
• Pricing and risk management of linear interest rate products.
• FX forwards, NDFs, cross-currency swaps, and cross-currency basis.
• OIS discounting, collateral, funding, and valuation adjustments relevant to front-office pricing.
• Numerical optimization techniques and computational methods.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with a hands-on, ownership mindset.
• Ability to perform effectively in a fast-paced Front Office trading environment.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex quantitative concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Collaborative approach with the ability to work effectively across Trading, Technology, Risk, and Structuring teams.
• Demonstrated ability to balance quantitative rigor with pragmatic solutions that deliver business value.
• Master's Degree: in related field or equivalent demonstrated through a combination of work experience, training, military service, or education - Required

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Latin American markets, emerging market rates, offshore trading environments, or cross-currency products is highly desirable
• Experience with one or more of the following is considered a plus: Quantitative libraries such as QuantLib or similar analytics frameworks.
• Bloomberg, Murex, Summit, or other front-office trading platforms.
• Performance optimization, parallel computing, and scalable distributed systems.
• Automated testing frameworks, model validation, and production monitoring.
• PhD: in related field or equivalent demonstrated through a combination of work experience, training, military service, or education - Preferred
• Professional certifications such as CQF or FRM are a plus.
• Established work history or equivalent demonstrated through a combination of work experience, training, military service, or education.

Responsibilities

• Develop, enhance, and maintain pricing and risk analytics for linear interest rate and FX products, including interest rate swaps, cross-currency swaps, FX forwards/NDFs, sovereign bonds, repos, and money market instruments.
• Design and enhance multi-curve construction frameworks for discounting, forwarding, collateral, and cross-currency basis across developed and Latin American markets.
• Develop quantitative models and market data infrastructure supporting local and offshore Latin American markets, including BRL, MXN, CLP, COP, PEN, and other regional currencies as applicable.
• Contribute to the development of the firm's next-generation quantitative library in Rust and its Python APIs for front-office applications.
• Maintain and enhance existing C++ pricing libraries while driving the migration toward modern, scalable architectures.
• Design and extend APIs that enable efficient integration across pricing, risk, and trading platforms.
• Develop pricing, risk management, and market-making tools used directly by Sales and Trading in daily decision-making.
• Incorporate FX dynamics including funding, collateral, cross-currency basis, offshore liquidity, and local market conventions into pricing and risk analytics.
• Optimize numerical methods and improve the performance, robustness, scalability, and reliability of pricing and risk calculations.
• Investigate pricing and risk discrepancies, perform root-cause analysis, and deliver robust solutions within business timelines.
• Partner closely with traders and structurers to develop new pricing methodologies, improve risk analytics, and support new product initiatives.
• Contribute to testing frameworks, model validation, production monitoring, and quantitative governance standards.
• Document quantitative methodologies, model assumptions, and system architecture for internal stakeholders.
• Collaborate closely with Trading, Sales, Structuring, Risk Management, and Technology teams across global locations.
• Support the strategic transformation of the quantitative platform by promoting best practices in software engineering, architecture, testing, and code quality.

Benefits

• Base Pay Range: Minimum: $225,000.00 USD Maximum: $255,000.00 USD
• Your contribution matters and it’s recognized.
• You can expect a fair and competitive rewards package that reflects the impact you create and the value you deliver.
• We know rewards go beyond numbers.
• Offering more than just a paycheck our benefits are designed to support you, your family and your well-being, now and into the future.
• Santander Benefits - 2026 Santander OnGoing/NH eGuide (foleon.com)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager