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Client Algo Quant – Vice President
| Company | State Street |
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| Location | Boston, MA, USA |
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| Salary | $200000 – $200000 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | |
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| Experience Level | Mid Level, Senior |
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Requirements
- Experience and solid knowledge in eFX market and developing FX algos
- Excellent interpersonal skills to communicate clearly with traders, sales, clients and able to go into details when working with IT
- Object oriented programming skills: Java or C++
- Proficiency in statistical packages such as Matlab, Python or R
- Strong statistical foundations and experience in analyzing large data sets and tick data
Responsibilities
- Involve in the full life cycle of algo product development. Generating new ideas, identifying performance improvements and control gaps, specifying, developing, back testing and prototyping quant models, performing liquidity analysis and provisioning, working closely with IT development team and trading teams
- Work with sales, traders and meet with clients to understand algo requirements, be the subject matter expert to address clients’ questions and perform bespoke analysis as required
- Analyze and optimize algo flow and behavior to improve performance and customer experience
- Display a culture of individual ownership of tasks to embed a clear individual sense of accountability in performing the role
- Display the highest level of the Code of Conduct and support the ‘Risk Excellence’ culture within the business
Preferred Qualifications
- Pragmatic mindset – research should be targeted at delivering innovative solutions to solve business problems and improve profitability
- Self-motivated and with ability to work and add value with minimal supervision
