Client - Banking

Title - Quantitative Anlayst

Location - Manhattan-New York City (onsite)

Type - Contract

Qualifications:
* 6+ years of experience in quantitative development in the financial industry.
* Must have strong technical/programming skills in python. Experience in collaborative code development through use of Git/Bitbucket and similar platforms. Familiar with software development principles. Able to design, structure, and modularize complicated program.
* Familiar with SQL, and experience working with large dataset. Skilled in data cleaning, transformation, and processing using Python libraries such as pandas and numpy.
* Proficiency in delivering solutions using front-end frameworks like Angular and visualization tools like Tableau is a plus.
* Understanding of commonly used market risk metrics and method such as VaR, stress testing is a plus.
* Clear and concise written and verbal communication skills.

Education:
* A PhD or Master's degree in a technical discipline such as statistics, mathematics, physics, computer science, quantitative finance, operations research or similar.