Quantitative Developer – Rates Systematic Trading; Associate (Mumbai)

J.P. Morgan is seeking a Quantitative Developer to join our Rates Trading Strategies team, which is responsible for designing and implementing tools and frameworks to support the systematic trading activity. The Quantitative Developer will work as part of the front-office team in Mumbai, with a focus on global Rates markets. The individual must be responsible, independent, driven and able to work in smooth coordination with a global team, with an aim to spearhead a local team. The environment is fast-paced, dynamic and highly collaborative within a globally distributed group.  

Job responsibilities:

• Build and maintain tools, UIs and frameworks supporting our systematic risk taking in our Rates trading businesses.
• Build and maintain systematic strategies and performance monitoring and attribution systems.
• Enhance the robustness and integration of the tools and models within the wider Rates trading group.
• Process, clean and analyse large datasets used in the context of alpha research.
• Work closely with traders to learn, understand and improve relevant tools and models.

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills:

• Extensive professional experience in software development, with a strong focus on Python
• Experience with data analysis techniques along with relevant data science libraries (numpy, pandas, etc.) and visualization tools (dash, panel) 
• Knowledge of database systems (KDB)
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills; ability to collaborate effectively with traders, quantitative researchers and software developers
• Exceptional attention to detail and outstanding work ethic
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related field

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills:

• Knowledge of Fixed Income / Rates
• Experience with high-frequency trading, algorithmic trading or electronic trading
• Proficiency in Java
• Experience working collaboratively on common codebases using git