Job Detail

 www.zkb.ch/jobsWelcome asQuantitative Analyst / Senior Business Entwickler und Handelssysteme100% / Zürich, Josefstrasse 222

The Trading EngineeringTeam of the Zürcher Kantonalbank develops and maintains the trading platform. It works across the entire trading floor and across all asset classes. Its main areas of interest are: position keeping, quoting and algorithmic trading. The Trading Engineering Team delivers or coordinates the delivery of complete solutions. Therefore, it is in direct contact with all units (Trading, Mid and BackOffice, Risk, IT and Compliance) involved in the various projects running on the trading floor.

The Trading Engineering Team is looking for an experienced Quantitative Analyst to complete its skills. As a new team member you will be involved with all tasks attributed to the team, but with a strong emphasis to algorithmic trading.

Your role

• Development and continuous improvement of trading algorithms (this includes specifications, definition of test cases and follow-up of the test procedure)


• Data analysis (this includes post-trade (TCA) analysis as well as pre-trade analysis)


• Development of supporting tools (for instance scenario generating tools helping with the specification process and the definition of test cases)


• Costumization of the risk and position keeping system (Front Arena)


• Coordination with developers and software providers

Your skills

The successful candidate has the following background:

• Master or PhD in a quantitative topic (mathematics, physics, computer science, data analysis or econometry)


• Five years of experience in a trading environment


• Experience working with Front Arena


• High level of written and spoken German and English

The successful candidate either scores high on the following requirements or demonstrates the willingness and capability to quickly acquire these skills:

• Analytical mindset; capability to apply mathematical concepts to trading problems


• Programming skills (C++ and Python)


• Communication and document writing skills at various levels of abstraction (models, specifications, user manuals and compliance documents)


• Systematic approach and giving importance to the resolution of all aspects of a given problem


• Broad understanding of all asset classes and capital markets

Your contact
If you have any questions, please contact Sabrina Alvarez. Please note that we only consider direct applicants.

Sabrina Alvarez
Personalbetreuerin
Telefon: 044 292 25 01

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