C# Senior Quant Developer

Job Description

Position Type : Full time Type Of Hire : Experienced (relevant combo of work and education) Education Desired : Bachelors Degree Travel Percentage : 1 - 5%Senior Quant DeveloperBased in London or CambridgeAre you curious, motivated, and forward-thinkingAt FIS youll have the opportunity to work on some of the most challenging and relevant issues in financial services and technology. Our talented people empower us, and we believe in being part of a team that is open, collaborative, entrepreneurial, passionateand above all fun.About the teamWe are a fast-growing team of highly motivated individuals, supporting clients with financial risk management through the development of FIS risk calculation engine. Our leading industry-recognised analytics software providesa framework for distributing complex Monte Carlo risk calculations thus allowing banks to reach stringent business regulatory and timing requirements.What you will be doingYou will be responsible for the development, maintenance and support of FIS financialrisk calculation engine. You will work on interesting and complex financial modelling development tasks, while collaborating with experienced developers and quantitative analysts. You should be aware of current banking practices and financial regulations,be passionate about good software engineering practice as well as having a strong maths background. This opportunity is to join the London or Cambridge office as a Senior Quant Developer.You will: Develop financial models for the efficient pricing of complexfinancial products and calibration of risk factor models with the changing demands of the market and credit events Define, validate and justify model choices and assumptions to clients Write code in C# and complete programming tasks on the unique mathematicalmodels developed, with accuracy and consideration of system performance within an agile framework Manage the whole product lifecycle from defining functional requirements through development, testing, final documentation and release Provide support in themaintenance of released software through analysis of issues, bug-fixes and direct client support where requiredWhat you bring: Strong mathematical skills, normally evidenced by bachelors degree (2:1 or higher) in a highly quantitative subject (e.g. Mathematics,Statistics, Computer Science, Physics or Engineering) Extensive experience (6+ years) in financial services industry Strong software development background in C# or similar Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail and effectivetime-management Positive outlook, strong work ethic, and responsiveness to clients and colleagues Delivery-oriented team player who takes responsibility for tasks and strives to continually learn and improve Outstanding verbal and written communicationskillsWhat we offer you Competitive salary and pension scheme Flexible home / office working 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase additional days A supportive work environment with a dedicated and motivated team Varied andchallenging work to help you grow your technical skillset and financial knowledge The chance to work on one of the most successful financial risk products in the industryPrivacy StatementFIS is committed to protecting the privacy and security of all personalinformation that we process in order to provide services to our clients. For specific information on how FIS protects personal information online, please see the Online Privacy Notice.Sourcing ModelRecruitment at FIS works primarily on a direct sourcing model;a relatively small portion of our hiring is through recruitment agencies. FIS does not accept resumes from recruitment agencies which are not on the preferred supplier list and is not responsible for any related fees for resumes submitted to job postings,our employees, or any other part of our company.#pridepass