QIS Quantitative Analyst

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Responsibilities

  • Lead the design, development, and implementation of quantitative models and analytics supporting the QIS business, covering strategy research, pricing, risk, and lifecycle management.
  • Play a key role in designing and modelling the next generation of QIS strategies, partnering closely with Trading, Structuring and Sales from idea generation through production launch.
  • Deliver high quality quantitative applications, tools, and workflows to support QIS Trading in managing, analysing, and hedging risk.
  • Contribute to the transformation of the QIS calculation stack, including migration towards a strategic, cloud based architecture in collaboration with IT and platform teams.
  • Support internal and external stakeholders, including clients, third party calculation agents, and internal platform teams, ensuring robustness, transparency, and scalability of QIS analytics.
  • Build and maintain strong working relationships with Trading, Structuring, Sales, Quant, IT, and Risk partners in London and across regions.

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of professional experience in QIS, systematic trading, quantitative research, structuring, or front office quant roles within Global Markets.
  • Strong proficiency in Python for developing quantitative models, analytics, and production ready applications.
  • Solid grounding in financial mathematics, time series analysis, and quantitative modelling techniques.
  • Experience working with large scale data and analytics pipelines; familiarity with KDB/Q or equivalent technologies is required.
  • Strong analytical, problem solving, and architectural design skills, with an ability to operate effectively in a front office environment.
  • Academic background in Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related STEM discipline.
  • Strong knowledge of AI/ML techniques, with experience delivering such models into production environments a plus.
  • Proficiency in additional programming languages such as Java or C++; experience with performance critical or large scale systems is a plus.
  • Experience with strategic cloud platforms and workflows (e.g. Azure based architectures); exposure to migration or platform transformation initiatives is advantageous.
  • Strong understanding of the end to end lifecycle of systematic strategies, from research and modelling through production and client delivery.
  • Post graduate academic studies in a quantitative STEM subject.

Job Type: Full Time

City: London

Job Reference: 336805BR

UBS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We respect and seek to empower each individual and support the diverse cultures, perspectives, skills and experiences within our workforce.

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Location: London
Job Description:

Responsibilities

  • Lead the design, development, and implementation of quantitative models and analytics supporting the QIS business, covering strategy research, pricing, risk, and lifecycle management.
  • Play a key role in designing and modelling the next generation of QIS strategies, partnering closely with Trading, Structuring and Sales from idea generation through production launch.
  • Deliver high quality quantitative applications, tools, and workflows to support QIS Trading in managing, analysing, and hedging risk.
  • Contribute to the transformation of the QIS calculation stack, including migration towards a strategic, cloud based architecture in collaboration with IT and platform teams.
  • Support internal and external stakeholders, including clients, third party calculation agents, and internal platform teams, ensuring robustness, transparency, and scalability of QIS analytics.
  • Build and maintain strong working relationships with Trading, Structuring, Sales, Quant, IT, and Risk partners in London and across regions.

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of professional experience in QIS, systematic trading, quantitative research, structuring, or front office quant roles within Global Markets.
  • Strong proficiency in Python for developing quantitative models, analytics, and production ready applications.
  • Solid grounding in financial mathematics, time series analysis, and quantitative modelling techniques.
  • Experience working with large scale data and analytics pipelines; familiarity with KDB/Q or equivalent technologies is required.
  • Strong analytical, problem solving, and architectural design skills, with an ability to operate effectively in a front office environment.
  • Academic background in Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related STEM discipline.
  • Strong knowledge of AI/ML techniques, with experience delivering such models into production environments a plus.
  • Proficiency in additional programming languages such as Java or C++; experience with performance critical or large scale systems is a plus.
  • Experience with strategic cloud platforms and workflows (e.g. Azure based architectures); exposure to migration or platform transformation initiatives is advantageous.
  • Strong understanding of the end to end lifecycle of systematic strategies, from research and modelling through production and client delivery.
  • Post graduate academic studies in a quantitative STEM subject.

Job Type: Full Time

City: London

Job Reference: 336805BR

UBS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We respect and seek to empower each individual and support the diverse cultures, perspectives, skills and experiences within our workforce.

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Posted: May 4th, 2026