Overview
Santander Corporate & Investment Banking (SCIB) is the global division that supports some of the world's most complex and sophisticated corporate and institutional clients, offering customized services and value‑added wholesale products.
The Credit Front Office Quant team is responsible for developing pricing and risk models for credit trading, structuring and sales teams. This role sits at the heart of a dynamic trading environment, where innovation, technical excellence and close collaboration with the business are key to continued success.
Responsibilities
- Enhancing and maintaining core quantitative libraries and trading systems with a strong focus on innovation, robustness, flexibility, performance, and test coverage.
- Developing, debugging and implementing pricing and risk analytics in C++ for flow, structured and hybrid credit desks.
- Contributing to data‑driven analytics and research workflows (Python ecosystem including pandas, NumPy, etc.).
- Working closely with traders and structurers to design new products, improve pricing frameworks and resolve day‑to‑day trading issues.
- Contributing to the evolution of existing methodologies (bootstrapping, pricing models, sensitivities, risk metrics).
- Collaborating with XVA, Risk, Model Validation and other stakeholders to support and advance the broader business platform.
- Providing mathematical and technical documentation to internal stakeholders.
Requirements
- Extensive experience in a Credit, Hybrid, XVA or Structured Rates quantitative role.
- Excellent programming skills in C++ and Python.
- Solid understanding of credit and/or hybrid products and associated risk methodologies.
- Higher qualification in Mathematics, Physics or a related mathematical field.
- Ability to operate effectively in a complex, fast‑paced trading environment.
- Strong problem‑solving skills and a proactive, delivery‑oriented mindset.
- Well‑developed communication and interpersonal skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- PhD in Mathematics, Physics or relevant mathematical background.
Location
This role is based at our offices in Triton Square, London, located within easy walking distance of Warren Street and Euston.
Equal Opportunities
Santander is proud of being an organization where there are equal opportunities regardless of age, gender, disability, civil status, race, religion or sexual orientation. We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible application process for all candidates.
Benefits
You can expect a fair, competitive reward package that reflects the impact you create and the value you deliver. As well as a competitive salary, you’ll enjoy a benefits package that you can tailor to your needs.
- Eligibility for a discretionary performance‑related annual bonus.
- We put 8% of salary into your pension; if you contribute, we’ll match up to 12.5%.
- 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays; increases to 31 days after 5 years of service, with the option to purchase up to 5 additional contractual days per year.
- Company‑funded individual private medical insurance.
- Voluntary healthcare benefits at discounted rates such as private medical insurance for your family, dental insurance and health assessments.
- Protection for you and your family with company‑funded death‑in‑service benefit and income protection insurance; option for discounted rates for additional life assurance and critical illness cover.
- Share in Santander’s success by saving or investing in our share plans.
Culture
We enable teams to go beyond by valuing who they are and empowering what they bring. We want our people to thrive at work and home, and also be able to deliver the best outcomes for our customers and help each other develop.
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Santander Corporate & Investment Banking (SCIB) is the global division that supports some of the world’s most complex and sophisticated corporate and institutional clients, offering customized services and value‑added wholesale products.
The Credit Front Office Quant team is responsible for developing pricing and risk models for credit trading, structuring and sales teams. This role sits at the heart of a dynamic trading environment, where innovation, technical excellence and close collaboration with the business are key to continued success.
Responsibilities
- Enhancing and maintaining core quantitative libraries and trading systems with a strong focus on innovation, robustness, flexibility, performance, and test coverage.
- Developing, debugging and implementing pricing and risk analytics in C++ for flow, structured and hybrid credit desks.
- Contributing to data‑driven analytics and research workflows (Python ecosystem including pandas, NumPy, etc.).
- Working closely with traders and structurers to design new products, improve pricing frameworks and resolve day‑to‑day trading issues.
- Contributing to the evolution of existing methodologies (bootstrapping, pricing models, sensitivities, risk metrics).
- Collaborating with XVA, Risk, Model Validation and other stakeholders to support and advance the broader business platform.
- Providing mathematical and technical documentation to internal stakeholders.
Requirements
- Extensive experience in a Credit, Hybrid, XVA or Structured Rates quantitative role.
- Excellent programming skills in C++ and Python.
- Solid understanding of credit and/or hybrid products and associated risk methodologies.
- Higher qualification in Mathematics, Physics or a related mathematical field.
- Ability to operate effectively in a complex, fast‑paced trading environment.
- Strong problem‑solving skills and a proactive, delivery‑oriented mindset.
- Well‑developed communication and interpersonal skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- PhD in Mathematics, Physics or relevant mathematical background.
Location
This role is based at our offices in Triton Square, London, located within easy walking distance of Warren Street and Euston.
Equal Opportunities
Santander is proud of being an organization where there are equal opportunities regardless of age, gender, disability, civil status, race, religion or sexual orientation. We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible application process for all candidates.
Benefits
You can expect a fair, competitive reward package that reflects the impact you create and the value you deliver. As well as a competitive salary, you’ll enjoy a benefits package that you can tailor to your needs.
- Eligibility for a discretionary performance‑related annual bonus.
- We put 8% of salary into your pension; if you contribute, we’ll match up to 12.5%.
- 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays; increases to 31 days after 5 years of service, with the option to purchase up to 5 additional contractual days per year.
- Company‑funded individual private medical insurance.
- Voluntary healthcare benefits at discounted rates such as private medical insurance for your family, dental insurance and health assessments.
- Protection for you and your family with company‑funded death‑in‑service benefit and income protection insurance; option for discounted rates for additional life assurance and critical illness cover.
- Share in Santander’s success by saving or investing in our share plans.
Culture
We enable teams to go beyond by valuing who they are and empowering what they bring. We want our people to thrive at work and home, and also be able to deliver the best outcomes for our customers and help each other develop.
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