Quantitative Strategist

Job Description

Job Title Quantitative Strategist Location London Corporate Title Vice President Group Strategic Analytics (GSA) is part of Group Chief Operation Office (COO) which acts as the bridge between the Banks businesses and infrastructure functions to help deliver the efficiency, control, and transformation goals of the Bank. You will be joining the Platform Engineering team, which delivers an information security compliant environment for the bulk of the Strat application space. This includes software development in Python, C++ and Google Cloud Computing (GCP) Infrastructure asCode as well as liaison with Non-Financial-Risk officers and platform System Administrators. These environments run large scale real time and batch computation and are critical to meet the commitments of the business to both clients and regulators. You will also work closely with the Software Development Life Cycle group to provide the Continuous Integration/ContinuousDelivery (CI/CD) build environment for the larger Strat software development team. What well offer youA healthy, engaged and well-supported workforce are better equipped to do their best work and, more importantly, enjoy their lives inside and outside the workplace. Thats why we are committed to providing an environment with your development and wellbeingat its centre. You can expect:

• Hybrid Working - we understand that employee expectations and preferences are changing. We have implemented a Hybrid Working Model that enables eligible employees to work remotely for a part of their working time and reach a working pattern that works forthem
• Competitive salary and non-contributory pension
• 30 days holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase additional days
• Life Assurance and Private Healthcare for you and your family
• A range of flexible benefits including Retail Discounts, a Bike4Work scheme and Gym benefits
• The opportunity to support a wide ranging CSR programme + 2 days volunteering leave per year

Your key responsibilities

• Implement and improve the run-time environment and enhance its regulatory compliance and robustness whilst minimising outages
• Designing and deploying changes to balancing cost-efficiency and resource provision. This includes facilitating the split between the load processed on-premises with that dispatched to GCP
• Improve the integration of the Strats application stack with information security and application governance functions of the Bank
• Contribute to the London hours coverage of the production third-line support rota
• Work in partnership with Trading, Structuring, Methodology, Technology and Operations to support the build-out of the Strat platforms

Your skills and experience

• Excellent computing and programming skills with experience using C++ core and Python
• Experience of DevOps tooling with an interest in improving automation and reducing the non-project overheads associated with delivery of software changes to production
• Experience of infrastructure and database technologies such as Unix or My Structured Query Language. GCP experience would also be an advantage
• Educated to Bachelors degree level or equivalent qualification/relevant work experience
• Able to multi-task different projects and ability to prioritise tasks against tight deadlines
• Experience within Banking or Finance and an understanding of the processing requirements of cash and derivatives financial products

How well support you

• Flexible working to assist you balance your personal priorities
• Coaching and support from experts in your team
• A culture of continuous learning to aid progression
• A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs
• We value diversity and as an equal opportunities employer, we make reasonable adjustments for those with a disability such as the provision of assistive equipment if required (for example. screen readers, assistive hearing devices, adapted keyboards)

About us Deutsche Bank is the leading German bank with strong European roots and a global network. Click here to see what we do. Deutsche Bank in the UK is proud to have been named a Times Top 50 Employer for Gender Equality for three consecutive years. Additionally, we have been awarded a Silver Award from Stonewall for two years running and named in their Top 100 Employers for 2023for our work supporting LGBTQ+ inclusion. Our values define the working environment we strive to create - diverse, supportive and welcoming of different views. We embrace a culture reflecting a variety of perspectives, insights and backgrounds to drive innovation. We build talented and diverse teamsto drive business results and encourage our people to develop to their full potential. Talk to us about flexible work arrangements and other initiatives we offer. We promote good working relationships and encourage high standards of conduct and work performance. We welcome applications from talented people from all cultures, countries, races, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, beliefs and generations and arecommitted to providing a working environment free from harassment, discrimination and retaliation. Visit Inside Deutsche Bank to discover more about the culture of Deutsche Bank including Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Leadership, Learning, Future of Work and more besides.