Junior Quant - Equity Derivatives

CLSA
New York, US
On-site

Job Description

Key Areas of Responsibilities

  • Supporting Equity Derivatives, D1 business for our overseas offices
  • Building pricing tools and looking after daily risk and PnL analysis
  • Building transaction analysis tools to optimize the business flows
  • Working with global quants on quant library and global quant projects
  • Designing and innovating Equity Derivative library
  • Working with IT to build a resilient risk/pricing infrastructure
  • Building Vol Fitting tools and Dividend marking tools
  • Supporting daily trading applications
  • Building trading tools and support the Equity Derivative sales teams overseas

Requirements

  • Master’s degree or above in Computer Science, Math, Engineering or related disciplines
  • Minimum 3 years of relevant experience in Delta 1 business
  • Extensive knowledge in computer science fundamentals and software development experience in Python (3.9+) with excellent debugging and analytical skills
  • In-depth understanding of Equity Derivatives
  • Strong understanding of design patterns, solid principles, and unit testing practices
  • Experience with SQL, database design, and large datasets
  • Expertise in engineering platform solutions in Python on large-scale, complex systems
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and critically, solve various problems arising from trading, risk and operations
  • Self-motivated, strong attention to detail and a proactive mindset.
  • Fluent in both spoken and written English

Salary Range: $90,000-$125,000 USD

Skills & Requirements

Technical Skills

PythonEquity derivativesPricing toolsRisk analysisPnl analysisTransaction analysisQuant libraryVol fitting toolsDividend marking toolsTrading toolsSqlDatabase designLarge datasetsUnit testingCommunicationProblem-solvingSelf-motivationAttention to detailProactivityFinanceTradingRisk management

Salary

$90,000 - $125,000

year

Employment Type

FULL TIME

Level

junior

Posted

4/25/2026

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