Commerzbank AG
Digital Markets Quant Trader
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Job purpose:
The purpose of the role is to take part in Commerzbank’s programme to develop electronic pricing and trading capabilities across various asset classes, leveraging the bank’s expertise in electronic FX. The role will focus on developing pricing, analysis, and trading algorithms for market-making desks across FX, Rates, and Commodities, including direct day-to-day oversight of selected algorithmic trading activity.
Key activities:
- Improve electronic pricing, trading, and risk management across FX spot, FX swaps, NDFs, commodities, interest rate derivatives, and futures.
- Integrate futures markets into the electronic trading landscape for pricing, trading, and risk management.
- Design and back-test pricing, trading, and flow optimization models, including associated analysis tools and techniques.
- Collaborate with trading desks, technology delivery teams, and application management on implementation, monitoring, and support.
- Manage electronic flow on the trading desk and monitor algorithmic behavior in production.
- Ensure adherence to governance standards for algorithmic trading.
- Contribute directly to trading desk performance through improved pricing, execution, and risk management.
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Specialist knowledge:
- Previous experience as a quantitative trader/developer in electronic financial market products.
- Demonstrable ability to develop trading algorithms and use analytical techniques to analyze trading behavior.
- Ability to use data analysis and machine learning and optimization techniques to design trading algorithms.
- Ability to leverage LLMs and other AI-assisted tools to accelerate development.
- Q/KDB+ knowledge.
- Python for analysis and scripting essential, Java programming is desirable.
- Experience of pricing interest rate derivatives and futures markets is desirable.
- Experience in low latency-trading, e.g., futures/spot FX is desirable.
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- Undergraduate or postgraduate degree in a STEM subject.
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