# Junior Quant, Equity Derivatives

[CITIC Securities](https://www.jorb.ai/firms/citic-securities.md) · London · United Kingdom · [Hedge Fund & Quant](https://www.jorb.ai/jobs/hedge-fund-quant.md)

CITIC Securities is hiring a Junior Quant, Equity Derivatives in London. Posted 2026-05-07; applications close 2026-07-06.

**Apply**: https://citicclsa.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job/London/Junior-Quant--Equity-Derivatives_JR002854

Posted 13d ago.

## Role details

## Position Description

The Equity Derivatives Junior Quant plays a key role in designing and innovating our Equity Derivative library, building a resilient risk/pricing infrastructure in collaboration with IT, and developing advanced tools for volatility fitting and dividend marking. The role supports daily trading applications, develops trading tools, and collaborates with global teams.

## Key Areas of Responsibility

  
- Support Equity Derivatives D1 business for overseas offices.
  
- Build market and reference data pipelines, including ETL and storage solutions.
  
- Develop pricing tools and maintain daily risk and P&L analysis.
  
- Build trading tools and provide technical support to Equity Derivative sales teams overseas.
  
- Collaborate with global quantitative teams on the quant library and cross-border quant projects.
  
- Design and innovate the Equity Derivative library and related components.
  
- Work with IT to build a resilient risk and pricing infrastructure.
  
- Support daily trading applications and resolve production issues arising from trading, risk, or operations.

## Requirements

  
- Master’s degree or above in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related discipline.
  
- Proven experience with large datasets, storage systems, ETL pipelines, and data analysis workflows.
  
- Strong Python (3.12+) skills with solid grounding in object-oriented programming, design patterns, and modern Python tooling.
  
- Experience building Python-based dashboards (for example Dash, Plotly, Streamlit, Panel, Bokeh).
  
- Hands-on experience with Airflow or equivalent workflow orchestration tools.
  
- Strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals, including testing, version control, and documentation best practices.
  
- Familiarity with quantitative finance, trading systems, or research workflows.
  
- Experience with time series databases or working with financial data vendors.
  
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and solve problems arising from trading, risk, and operations.
  
- Self-motivated, detail-oriented, and proactive.
  
- Fluent in spoken and written English.

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Updated: 2026-05-20
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