Quant Analyst - Rates in London

emagine is a high-end professional services consultancy and solutions firm specialising in providing business and technology services to the financial services sector. We power progress, solve challenges and deliver real results through tailored high-end consulting services and solutions.

We have created a culture of openness and integrity by building genuine and strong relationships and partnerships, enabling us to be uncompromising in our dedication to delivering the optimal service for our clients. Our commitment is not just towards our clients but we aim to foster a positive and equitable working environment with our consultants and colleagues which stems from our core values: Confident, Dedicated, Responsible, Genuine.

We’re hiring a highly skilled Quantitative Analyst with a strong background in Rates to join a leading financial institution. The ideal consultant will bring deep expertise in quantitative modelling, pricing, and risk management, combined with strong programming ability in Python and C++.

You’ll play a key role in enhancing and extending the Quant Library, working closely with traders, quants, and risk teams to support pricing, valuation adjustments, and model validation.

Main Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and extend quantitative models across the Rates business.
• Contribute to the Quant Library design, construction, and performance optimisation.
• Implement and calibrate SABR (Volatility and VAR) models.
• Work closely with front-office quants and technology to deliver robust and scalable solutions.
• Support risk and PnL teams in understanding and validating pricing and sensitivity calculations.

Key Requirements

• Strong academic background in a quantitative discipline (Maths, Physics, Engineering, or similar).
• Proven experience as a Quant Analyst / Quant Developer in a Rates environment.
• Proficient in Python and C++ for model development and integration.
• Hands-on experience with SABR modelling and VAR frameworks.
• Strong understanding of derivatives pricing, stochastic calculus, and risk management concepts.
• Experience building and analysing large-scale quant libraries.

The ideal consultants will share our values and be aligned with our ways of working. As your career progresses, you can expect to work across all areas of the project lifecycle, from strategy to implementation. This will provide you with a broad base of experience from which to build an outstanding career.

We pride ourselves on:

• Providing our people with a supportive culture, rooted in our values and driven by our purpose.
• Promoting a culture of inclusion, collaboration, well-being, and learning and development.
• Providing increased agility and flexibility within our hybrid working model.
• Investing in employees’ growth through ongoing training and development.
• Autonomy to take ownership of projects, making decisions and demonstrating individual expertise.
• Providing a transparent performance and career management experience.

Our consultants are integral to delivering successful consulting engagements, addressing our clients’ most pressing business challenges, and building lasting value in disciplines such as:

• Solve sophisticated, ambiguous business, change and technology problems, bringing structure and meticulous analysis and planning, acting, and taking decisions with little strategic direction.
• Build, develop and sustain trusted senior client relationships in the C-suite by remaining highly attuned to client needs.
• Drive, enable and support the business, partnering with our leaders, clients, and consultants across our practices to take the best of emagine to our clients through opportunity identification/qualification, solution development/presentation.

At emagine, we are committed to building an international and diverse team by embracing our different backgrounds. If you are up to the challenge and would like to find out more, get in touch with us immediately; our internal recruitment team is always keen to hear from dynamic individuals that are looking to further their career and explore their full potential.

emagine is an equal opportunity employer, and employment practices are based strictly on merit. It is the policy of the Company to give equal opportunity in employment regardless of sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, age, disability, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, religion or ethnic origin.