Job description

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HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organizations in the world, with operations in 62 countries and territories. We aim to be where the growth is, enabling businesses to thrive and economies to prosper, and, ultimately, helping people to fulfil their hopes and realize their ambitions.

We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Equity Derivatives Quant Developer

Principal responsibilities

  • Collaborate with model quants and other quant developers in the EQD team to develop, maintain and support the C++ and Python ecosystem of pricing and analytic libraries and the supporting infrastructure.
  • Partner with the equity derivatives front office, other quants, structuring and IT teams to migrate existing and develop new pricing, marking, and trading tools for the strategic python library
  • Support the SDLC automation and self-service tooling to enable application owners to on-board and release their applications with minimal overheads, including integration with CI/CD, unit and regression testing, and build tools.
  • Develop and maintain Jupyter notebook services for a controlled environment to manage and run notebooks
  • Package re-usable Equities Python libraries as components to be consumed across multiple applications
  • Ensure compliance with HSBC internal control standards, including timely implementation of internal and external audit actions and addressing issues raised by external regulators
Requirements
  • Proven experience in a similar role, including preferably exposure to Equity derivative products.
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a numerate discipline, such as computer science, mathematics,
  • engineering, physics or a similar quantitative field.
  • Proficient in C++(at least 3 years of hands on experience) and python on both Linux and windows, including working in a large team with a large rapidly changing codebase.
  • Solid experience (At least 3 years hands-on exp) of development in Python, exposure to python frameworks like Dash, Flask, FastApi.
  • Excellent communication skills in English (spoken and written)
  • A disciplined approach to software development in all stages – analysis, build, test, and support - leveraging best practices
  • Ability to work effectively in a global team and contribute as a strong team player.
  • Capability to work independently, taking initiative, and owning projects from inception to delivery.
  • Strong quantitative aptitude and problem-solving skills.

What additional skills will be good to have?

  • Knowledge of more exotic Equity derivative products, risk measures like market risk greeks, etc.
  • Within HSBC certain roles are designated as Enhanced Vetting Roles. For these roles, all internal and external applicants are required (subject to local laws), to pass satisfactorily a series of additional checks both as part of the application process and, if successfully recruited into the role, on an ongoing basis if they remain in such a role. This role has been designated as an Enhanced Vetting Role.

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