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These span from the very liquid and electronic products (cash equities, futures, commodities and FX), Fixed Income products (corporate and government bonds) which are in the process of becoming electronic due to balance sheet reduction and regulation, to the less liquid and less electronic derivative products. Data is core to eTrading and eTrading also covers the data and business intelligence strategy.\nMain Duties and Responsibilities of Role:\nThe Quant will be part of the eTrading team and will be responsible for creating the new generation of pricing and hedging algorithms.\nCareer Potential\nStrong exposure to trading teams in London but also other global FM trading locations;\n\nExposure to other global ING eTrading teams;\n\nScope for career progression within eTrading and trading functions.\n\nCandidate Profile\nQualification/Education\nEssential: MSc in quantitative subject\n\nDesired: PhD in quantitative subject.\n\nExperience/Knowledge\nEssential:\nMinimum 5 years’ experience working on an eFX trading desk developing pricing and hedging strategies;\n\nExcellent understanding of Statistics and Machine Learning models;\n\nStrong research and analysis skills (Python) including machine learning libraries;\n\nInterest in financial markets;\n\nFlexibility in development technologies. Expected to work with different technologies and languages (Python, Java, Broadway, KDB, Proprietary Software).\n\nDesirable:\nHaving personally developed pricing and hedging strategies running in production;\n\nExperience in client and franchise optimisation of an electronic trading desk;\n\nExperience with q/KDB+ and Java.\n\nPersonal Competencies\nEssential:\nHands-on mentality;\n\nAbility to deliver without supervision;\n\nCreative learning and thinking, passion for technology;\n\nProactive behaviour and perpetual energy and drive to improve performance;\n\nChallenger of the status quo, always striving to do things more efficiently and effectively;\n\nGenuine team player.\n\nDesirable:\nCustomer and product focus;\n\nClear, concise and transparent communicator.\n\nING Privacy Notice\nIn order to operate ING’s recruitment process, we will collect and store personal information you provide. 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