Quantitative Research - Athena Analytics Developer - Associate or Vice President

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Quantitative Research - Athena Analytics Developer - Associate or Vice President, London

Job Description

Quantitative Researchers (QR) are a key part of JP Morgan's markets business, developing and maintaining sophisticated mathematical models, methodologies, and infrastructure to value and risk manage financial transactions. These are developed in Athena, a next-generation risk, pricing, and trade management platform built in-house at JP Morgan.

Job summary:

As an Associate or Vice President within the Quantitative Research Athena and Analytics team, you will focus on cross-asset topics ranging from pricing library and market model design, risk frameworks, UI design, to high-performance computing.

Athena enables rapid innovation by offering Quantitative Analysts, Risk Managers, and Technologists a consistent, cross-asset portfolio of models, frameworks, and tools for building financial applications. Key technical innovations include a Dependency Graph, Hydra data store, Real-Time Risk Reporting, a robust Deal Model, and a reactive, event-driven graph called Reactive.

Job responsibilities:

1. Develop Athena (Python) analytics software used for pricing and risk management of financial products.
2. Design efficient, scalable, and user-friendly cross-asset frameworks to establish standards across QR streams.
3. Optimize code and processes, providing guidance to desk-aligned quant teams.
4. Support end users of frameworks, communicating with quant teams and technology groups.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• Degree in a quantitative field such as science, mathematics, engineering, or physics.
• Outstanding problem-solving skills.
• Excellent software, algorithm design, and development skills.
• Passion for software design and high-quality coding.
• Experience with pricing libraries and risk management systems.
• Good understanding of trade lifecycle, MTM, PnL, and related processes.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• Knowledge of finance or quantitative finance.
• Experience writing high-quality Python code.

About Us:

JP Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to prominent clients worldwide. We value diversity and inclusion, and are an equal opportunity employer. We make reasonable accommodations for religious practices, mental health, or physical disabilities.

About the Team:

JP Morgan's Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services, and payments, serving clients in over 100 countries. We provide strategic advice, capital raising, risk management, and liquidity solutions worldwide.

Job ID 300

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