Location
London, Greater London, England

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
Are you fascinated by high-paced algorithmic trading, data science and complex engineering systems? The Execution Solutions team sits at the heart of our European Electronic Trading business, working closely with clients, Sales, Trading, Engineering and Quantitative Research to improve our platform’s performance. As an Associate in this dynamic team, you will work directly with some of the most sophisticated investors in the world including asset managers, hedge funds and systematic quant funds, helping them understand and improve how their trading strategies perform. You will analyze large datasets, both structured and unstructured, uncover hidden trends and turn them into actionable recommendations for clients to run live experiments on. Additionally, you will contribute to researching and publishing differentiated in-depth analysis of liquidity as European market structure evolves.

You will independently perform Transaction Cost Analysis (TCA) to monitor clients’ performance, identify improvements to existing products, present data-driven recommendations at client reviews and maintain clients’ technical setups and configurations. You will develop a deep understanding of our algorithms, trading systems and proprietary trading signals to showcase the value of our product offering. The role also involves improving and expanding existing tooling for data analysis and trend detection as new needs and use cases arise, leveraging AI and automation frameworks. Furthermore, you will research how liquidity and market structure evolve across European markets and produce thought-leadership content that clients can rely on.

Experience
- Genuine interest in markets and equity electronic/algo trading, with Europe experience a plus
- Hands-on coding experience in KDB/q, Python or SQL preferred, but strong ability in any programming language is welcome
- Familiarity with business intelligence software such as QlikView, Tableau or Power BI
- Prior exposure to Transaction Cost Analysis (TCA), European market microstructure or other electronic execution concepts is advantageous

About you
- Ambitious with excellent communication and team-working skills
- Analytical mindset with ability to draw insights from large, raw datasets
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment

Qualifications
- Backgrounds we welcome include finance, physics, mathematics, computer science or engineering