Quantitative Analyst
About Elwood
At the cutting edge of financial technology, Elwood is spearheading the convergence of traditional finance and digital assets. Through our single integrated platform, we make crypto accessible to institutions and other investment professionals, with seamless market access to the world’s leading crypto trading and liquidity venues.
We believe it’s time for digital assets to take their rightful place in the world of professional investment. If you like the sound of driving change, making a meaningful impact, and having an unprecedented opportunity to shape the future of finance, we want to hear from you.
Job Description
Excellence is a mindset. Elwood employees strive to be the best version of themselves and expect the same from others. If you’re passionate about performance, thrive off of collaborating with a talented team, and have the tenacity to succeed, Elwood could be the place for you. We’re currently looking for a Quantitative Analyst to join our Quant team based in London. As part of the role, you will form an integral part of the team responsible for pricing and risk analytics available on our platform. You will contribute to the continued development of our models, whilst also working closely with the Product Team to implement new features, and provide desk support to our clients.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and enhance our in-house pricing and risk models, which are implemented in our digital Quant analytics library, written in C++.
- Build new services to meet critical product and business needs using C++ and Python.
- Build features that help customers collaborate on asset management. The functionality of the library is exposed to clients through a web based cross-asset Portfolio Management System providing clients with real time pricing, scenario, risk and P&L on their portfolios as well as the ability to structure and overlay new positions.
- Work with engineers, designers, product managers, and senior leadership to turn our roadmap and technical vision into a tangible product with timely deliveries.
- Monitor and support all Quant production system components (analytics, market data).
- Estimation, design, development and unit testing of features, with robust coding standards.
Qualifications / Knowledge
- Financial Services experience is essential (Buy or Sell-Side)
- C#/C++/Python experience.
- Experience implementing trading/risks applications in C# .
- Experience implementing C++ pricing libraries.
- Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and designing for performance.
- Strong communication skills, and team collaboration.
- Master’s degree or PhD in mathematics or any other relevant numerical field.
Values
- Passion - As a Quantitative Analyst you are passionate about performance and strive for perfection in all your deliverables.
- Respect - As part of a diverse team, you have deep cultural empathy and respect for fellow workers, clients, partners, and Elwood’s regulatory obligations.
- Teamwork & Communication - You know that teamwork and communication are vital to success and you thrive off of celebrating your wins as a team.
- Tenacity - Building new solutions and enhancing existing services takes hard work and persistence and you bring both these qualities to table every day.
- Trust & Transparency - You share your knowledge with the rest of the team and aren’t afraid to ask questions to improve your work.
- Excellence - Excellence is a mindset and you strive to be the best version of yourself and expect the same from others.
Why Elwood?
- Join one of the fastest-growing FinTech companies and help shape the future of finance
- An exciting “startup” vibe with deep financial backing and a strong market presence
- Work with a modern technology stack and help solve high-impact problems
- Collaborate with a strong client-focused team from a diverse range of backgrounds
- A global company with offices in New York, Singapore and London
- Competitive compensation package
- A hybrid model of working in the office and working from home
- The chance to produce the most important work of your career
Equal Opportunities
As an equal opportunities employer, you can read more about our policy here: https://elwood.io/diversity/
