Quantitative Strategist Specialist (f/m/x)

Job Description:

Details of the role and how it fits into the team

The Group Strategic Analytics (GSA) concentrates the Bank's quantitative and modelling expertise within a single unit. With group-wide responsibility for model development, Strats - who work in the GSA - take a cross-business and cross-functional approach to solving quantitative challenges.

You will be part of a four member Strats sub-team in the GSA, focusing on retirement products and work closely with structuring and trading, delivering quantitative products for the bank’s institutional clients (asset managers, life insurance, pension funds, etc.) operating globally. This is a well-established team in the bank, with over 10 years of experience. The team is spanned across London and Berlin, but very closely integrated and operating in a particularly flat structure. They are front-office quantitative developers, and communicate directly with the bank’s clients and business, participating in the design of the algorithmic strategies that they deliver. While focusing on quantitative aspects, they share interest in financial markets.

Your key responsibilities

• Work in a cross-functional agile team on the full stack of a system governing algorithmic investment strategies

• Actively seek to build your understanding of the financial markets

• Extensively communicate with internal (Structuring, Trading, Strats) and external (bank’s institutional clients) stakeholders

• Prototype and analyze business, and functional requirements for newly developed strategies

• Write programming code implementing the underlying strategy’s algorithm

• Bring the automated algorithm to production, and support it with improvements throughout its lifetime

Your skills and experiences

• Masters or PhD degree in mathematics, physics, engineering or computer science

• Excellent software engineering fundamentals (data structures, algorithms and design patterns), excellent programming skills and experience in a modern object-oriented programming language: python (preferably) or Java/C++; Matlab is particularly beneficial, experience with relational databases and SQL, hands-on experience with Linux, shell scripting is a plus

• Well-founded experience in back-end development in a managed codebase. Basic knowledge of front-end development is a plus. Knowledge of standard development tools (such as Perforce, Git, Jira) beneficial

• Experience dealing with an existing codebase. Hands-on experience working with large-scale commercial systems and modern continuous integration techniques is a plus

• Quantitative finance knowledge or econometric modelling experience are an advantage

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English; other languages are a plus

What we offer

We provide you with a comprehensive portfolio of benefits and offerings to support both, your private and professional needs.

• Emotionally and mentally balanced
  A positive mind helps us master the challenges of everyday life – both professionally and privately. We offer consultation in difficult life situations as well as mental health awareness trainings.

• Physically thriving
  We support you in staying physically fit through an offering to maintain personal health and a professional environment. You can benefit from health check-ups; vaccination drives as well as advice on healthy living and nutrition.

• Socially connected
  Networking opens up new perspectives, helps us thrive professionally and personally as well as strengthens our self-confidence and well-being. You can benefit from PME family service, FitnessCenter Job, flexible working (e.g parttime, hybrid working, job tandem) as well as an extensive culture of diversity, equity and inclusion.

• Financially secure
  We provide you with financial security not only during your active career but also for the future. You can benefit from offerings such as pension plans, banking services, company bicycle or “Deutschlandticket”.

Since our offerings slightly vary across locations, please contact your recruiter with specific questions.

This job is available in full and parttime.

In case of any recruitment related questions, please get in touch with Christin Bode.

Contact Christin Bode: +49 30 3407 4860

We strive for a culture in which we are empowered to excel together every day. This includes acting responsibly, thinking commercially, taking initiative and working collaboratively.