Beschreibung
For our client, a major Swiss Bank, we are looking for a Senior Python Quant Developer a 24 months contract in Zurich.
Senior Python Quant Developer
- Sector: Banking
- Duration: 24th months
- Location: Zurich, Switzerland
Key Responsibilities
A challenging role as a Senior Python Quant Developer in a demanding business (Risk Management and Portfolio Optimization).
Duties and responsibilities include:
- Translating high level business requirements into quantitative models
- Implementation of requirements, with particular focus on scalability, stability, automated testing
- Interaction with an international team of developers, architects, quantitative investment professionals
Essentials Skills and Qualifications
- Strong experience and knowledge of Python (+ 5 years)
- Knowledge of portfolio optimization techniques and theory, including principles of risk management in finance
- Understanding of financial time series and products, ability to understand and solve data quality issues in financial products
- Master studies in technical discipline from renowned university (math, computer science engineering, physics) concluded in rapid time and with excellent marks
- Previous experience of a development role in finance or computationally intense computing, eg banking, trading, asset management, risk management, insurance, scientific computing/academia
- Experience with Linux environments
- Team work
Desired Skills and Qualifications:
- Experience with Python (and ideally with Java)
- Experience in DevOps tools (Docker, Kubernetes, cloud & containerization technologies)
- Previous experience with Agile methodologies
- Experience with data visualization and web GUIs (eg Flask)
- PhD in quantitative area recommended
- Interest in recent developments in AI & Machine Learning
If this is the right opportunity for you, please apply online or contact Nadja Espey directly.