Fixed Income Quantitative Researcher | Trading Team

The role

You will develop and refine quantitative models to predict and trade fixed income products. You will analyze market data and build predictive models on large-scale financial time series.

What you will do

• Develop and refine quantitative models that predict and trade fixed income products
• Manage portfolio risk
• Analyse market data to identify trading opportunities and optimize strategies
• Build predictive models on large-scale, noisy financial time series
• Design, train, and validate signals and monitor them in production
• Collaborate with the wider futures, equity, and options group
• Implement efficient algorithms alongside technologists and traders
• Ensure accurate risk assessment and real-time decision-making
• Other duties as assigned or needed

Required qualifications

• Familiarity with fixed income concepts including bond and interest rate swap pricing, yield curve analysis, and algo optimization
• Demonstrated experience researching predictive signals at multi-hour to multi-week horizons
• Deep expertise in at least one of: modern deep learning (sequence models, transformers, representation learning, with PyTorch/JAX or equivalent), Bayesian time series, or high-dimensional statistics
• Proven success working with large datasets in academic projects or a professional environment
• Strong problem-solving, statistics, and mathematics skills
• Solid Python along with the software development skills to support research efforts
• Master's or PhD in mathematics, statistics, operations research, physics, computer science, financial engineering, or a related subject
• Desire to work within a collaborative, team-driven environment
• Reliable and predictable availability

Nice to have

• Good C++ skills

Benefits

• Private Medical, Vision and Dental Insurance
• Travel Medical Insurance
• Group Pension Scheme
• Group Life Assurance and Income Protection Schemes
• Paid Parental Leave
• Parking and Commuter Benefits

About the company

Jump Trading Group is committed to world class research. The quantitative research team develops data-driven proprietary models for market prediction and risk management.