EGB Algorithmic Trader - London
Mar 14, 2025
The Role
One of our clients, an elite global proprietary trading firm, is looking for AlgorithmicTraders with experience in European Government Bonds to join their team. In this role you will develop quantitative, algorithmic, rules-based trading strategies to address the opportunities in capital markets, deal with the day-to-day operational running of those strategies, and work on future research and optimization of the strategies. You will be given the opportunity and operational infrastructure to build your strategy into a successful revenue stream, a generous compensation structure, and the means to deliver successful results.
Requirements
- A bachelors degree or higher in an analytical or quantitative discipline (Computer Science, Engineering, Maths, Statistics, Computational Finance, or similar)
- Experience in systematic capital markets trading (mid- or high-frequency preferred)
- Experience trading cash European Government Bonds, both on- and off-book
- Experience with common financial programming/scripting/modelling languages (C++, Python, R, Matlab, etc)
- An entrepreneurial, innovative and driven approach, and a competitive nature
- A healthy risk appetite
- Strong English communication skills (both written and verbal)
- Experience with data analytics and modelling, with strong attention to detail
- A deep understanding of EGB cash market structures and microstructures
- A collaborative approach to strategy research, development and optimisation
A bachelor's degree or higher in an analytical or quantitative discipline (Computer Science, Engineering, Maths, Statistics, Computational Finance, or similar) An entrepreneurial, innovative and driven approach, and a competitive nature A proven live P&L track record for the strategies you have built, or in-depth backtesting results from your research into a new strategy 5+ years experience in systematic capital markets trading A healthy risk appetite Strong English communication skills (both written and verbal) Experience with data analytics and modelling, with strong attention to detail A deep understanding of market structures and microstructures A collaborative approach to strategy research, development and optimisation
