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The platform powers trading and trade processing across every major asset class - FX, rates, equities, credit, commodities, and digital assets - serving hundreds of banks, broker-dealers, asset managers, and central counterparties globally.\nOur Quantitative Analytics team sits within a global organization of 10,000+ colleagues with offices across North America, EMEA, and APAC. We combine the engineering depth of a leading fintech with the scale, stability, and client reach of a publicly listed market infrastructure leader.\nThis role is based in Mumbai and operates on a hybrid working model (typically 3 days in office, 2 days remote).\nRole Overview\nWe are hiring a Quantitative Analyst to join our Front Office Analytics team. You will design, implement, and productionize pricing and risk models used directly by our clients' trading desks.\nThis is a hands-on quant role: you will own models end-to-end, from mathematical derivation through C++/Python implementation, performance optimization, testing, documentation, and client support. 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