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Junior Quantitative Risk Analyst

A fast-growing electronic market maker · Chicago, United States · first seen 2 months ago

Compensation
$95k – $135k
Location
Chicago, United States
Seniority
Graduate

What is the Junior Quantitative Risk Analyst role in Chicago, United States?

A fast-growing electronic market maker is hiring a Junior Quantitative Risk Analyst in Chicago, United States. It is a Graduate level quant analyst role, and the advert asks for low latency, Python and SQL.

Indicative base

$95k – $135k

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Location

Chicago, United States

Function

Quant Analyst

Graduate

Education

Not stated

Status

Open

Ref KQ-3B8A3F

First seen

2 months ago

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About the employer

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What you would do

  • ·Sits in the Risk team.
  • ·Is classified as a quant analyst role from its title and team.
  • ·Works with low latency, Python and SQL, as named in the posting.

What they are asking for

  • ·Pitched at Graduate level.
  • ·Practical experience with low latency, Python and SQL.

Skills in this advert

Low latencyPythonSQL

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