Foreign Exchange Electronic Trader

Job Description:

Job Title Foreign Exchange Electronic Trader 

Location London

Corporate Title Director

The Foreign Exchange (FX) Electronic Trading business operates on the exciting frontier between the latest quantitative algorithmic trading techniques and the biggest, most liquid, and most competitive financial market in the world. Acclaimed for innovation and client service by main industry publications, the business consistently ranks as a top FX Spot and Swap market-maker globally winning a plethora of awards. In a client centric fashion, by combining market expertise, cutting edge quant research and ultra-low latency technology we aim to provide best in class pricing and risk management for our clients. 

You will be responsible for innovative idea generation through to real-time disciplined management of our trading strategies across electronic and voice execution channels. We partner with sales to serve our client franchise, and technologists to evolve our offering. We thrive on innovative thinking for energising the evolution of our trading, and actively seek diversity in our team to achieve this. The culture of the team is friendly, open minded, curious, collaborative, intellectually honest, pragmatic, respectful and data driven. 

What we’ll offer you

A 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. That’s why we are committed to providing an environment with your development and wellbeing at 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 for them

• 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

• The focus of the role is innovation in quantitative trading, pushing the frontier of our trading sophistication and automation forward 

• This includes collaborative signal and model research, developing new electronic trading strategies, partnering with our technologists to get those into production, and working with the rest of the trading team to manage the optimisation and evolution of the system 

• There will also be opportunities to meet clients, partner with sales and work with them to optimise the liquidity we provide to our client franchise 

Your skills and experience

• Proven years of electronic trading experience in FX Spot, preferably with experience from other electronic swaps or other asset classes which are primarily request for quotes driven

• A solid understanding and practical experience of Machine Learning (ML), including modern deep learning methods. Ideally you will have experience in Python ML and Reinforcement Learning libraries such as Tensorflow, Keras, Jax, Pytorch 

• Strong programming skills, preferably in python, KDB, ideally also Java or C++

• Deep Experience in quantitative research, data analysis, strategy design and creation

• Educated to PhD, Bachelor’s degree level or equivalent qualification in Mathematics, Physics, Statistics, Machine Learning, Econometrics, Computer Science

• Able to articulate ideas in a clear and concise manner to enable effective communication across a diverse range of people and backgrounds 

• Solid experience coaching and mentoring others in a quantitative research/trading context to scale productivity and develop talent

How we’ll support you

• Training and development to help you excel in your career

• 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 (e.g. 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 in The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality 2024 for five consecutive years. Additionally, we have been awarded a Gold Award from Stonewall and named in their Top 100 Employers 2024 for our work supporting LGBTQ+ inclusion.

We strive for a culture in which we are empowered to excel together every day. This includes acting responsibly, thinking commercially, taking initiative and working collaboratively.

Together we share and celebrate the successes of our people. Together we are Deutsche Bank Group.

We welcome applications from all people and promote a positive, fair and inclusive work environment.