Join us as an eTrading Quantitative Associate or Vice President
- We’re looking for either an experienced Associate or junior Vice President to join our growing cross asset (FX & Fixed Income) electronic trading quant team, who enhance the bank’s FX & FI automated electronic trading capabilities
- You’ll be writing and supporting production electronic trading algorithms
- You’ll have the chance to make key contributions to the wider electronic trading environment and collaborate with colleagues across Quant, Trading, Technology and Control
What you'll do
As an eTrading Quantitative Associate or Vice President, you’ll be working on projects ranging from high level research into optimal price construction, risk management, execution and the nature of the NatWest Markets client base, through to day-to-day improvements in MI and system parameter tuning.
Other key aspects of your role will involve:
- Designing, building and testing algorithms that make up the bank's algo suite
- Performing tactical and strategic analysis to support the electronic trading businesses
- Designing, developing and maintaining pricing, spreading, risk management, execution models and algorithms used by the businesses
- Making sure that coding standards and procedures are implemented correctly
- Undertaking research and analysis across the electronic trading space
- Designing, building and testing algorithms for pricing, quoting and managing risk within the various supported markets
- Supporting the live production algorithms by liaising with trading and technology
The skills you'll need
To join us in this role, you’ll need a good understanding of computational and programming principles. You’ll need experience in data analysis, independent and collaborative research, problem solving and general programming. In addition, it would be ideal if you demonstrate an interest in electronic trading and either FX or FI.
We’d ideally like you to have some or all of the following:
· Programming in a typed language e.g. Java, C#, C++
· Programming experience in Python
· Electronic/algorithmic trading experience
· FX or FI experience
· Experience with common SDLC tooling, such as Maven, GIT and CI
· Proficiency in statistics and linear algebra
Hours
35Job Posting Closing Date:
28/10/2026Ways of Working:Office FirstSkills Required
- Good understanding of computational and programming principles
- Experience in data analysis
- Independent and collaborative research experience
- Problem-solving and general programming experience
- Programming in a typed language such as Java, C#, or C++
- Programming experience in Python
- Electronic or algorithmic trading experience
- FX or fixed income experience
- Experience with Maven, Git, and continuous integration tooling
- Proficiency in statistics and linear algebra
NatWest Group Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about NatWest Group and has not been reviewed or approved by NatWest Group.
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Flexible Benefits — A flexible ValueAccount structure with pension and benefit funding allows tailoring of health, protection, lifestyle, and savings options, with unused amounts typically paid as cash. This flexibility supports personalisation of coverage, particularly in Great Britain where the framework is most detailed.
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Retirement Support — Employer-funded pension contributions are provided on top of salary in Great Britain, alongside automatic retirement enrollment and share/save programs. This creates structured long‑term wealth support as part of total reward.
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Parental & Family Support — UK policies outline extended maternity, adoption and equal partner leave on full pay with a phased return, plus paid neonatal care leave. These provisions are positioned as market‑leading and complement broader flexibility resources.
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What We Do
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