Quant Developer

HSBC’s Equity Derivatives Quant team (a division of Global Banking and Markets) currently have an opportunity for a C++ Developer to join the business, with a strong focus on Structured Equity Derivatives. The ideal candidate will be expected to help work on the development of the core pricing library, its interfaces to the expanding strategic pricing and risk platforms, and migrations away from legacy implementations. They should expect to have day-to-day interactions with the trading desk, other quants and technology teams.

While the role is London based, the team and clients are located globally with presence in London, Paris, Hong Kong and Bangalore. Occasional travel may be required.

• Proven hands-on experience of developing C++ libraries or applications, preferably with Visual Studio 2005 and 2017
• Significant experience gained within a front-office environment or working with front-office teams
• Significant experience of equity derivative products, their pricing, risk management and associated market and reference data, or proven experience within other derivatives business areas
• Ability to take a disciplined approach to software development in all stages – analysis, build, test, and support - using best practices (Design patterns, Agile/CIT, DevOps)
• Excellent communication skills in English (spoken and written)
• Ability to work as part of a team in a complex and global environment
• Ability to work autonomously, take initiative, and own an entire project from inception to deployment

Additional beneficial experience and knowledge:

• Experience of model development
• Build management tooling, performance tuning tools and memory management diagnosis
• Prior experience of Python development
• Prior experience of developing pricing libraries on Linux

HSBC is committed to being an inclusive employer and providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for all. We will provide reasonable adjustments to remove any disadvantage to you being considered for this role. We are proud members of the Disability Confident Scheme, and will offer an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the role. If you would like to receive any information in a different way or would like us to do anything differently to help you apply for our roles, please contact our Recruitment Helpdesk:

Email: hsbc.recruitment@hsbc.com

Telephone: +44 2078328500.

Within the workplace you will have access to various employee resource groups which aim to promote and achieve a healthy work / life balance and support our diversity ambitions. HSBC has processes in place to avoid nepotism. This means we will avoid circumstances in which the appearance or possibility of conflicts of interest may exist within the hiring process.