FO EQ/FI Quantitative Developer/Analyst

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GLOBAL MARKETS  - QUANT. & BUSINESS SOLUTIONS

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Quantitative & Business Solutions (QBS) is a specialized unit within BBVA CIB – Global Markets, dedicated to providing investment banking solutions to clients worldwide. Our team operates across multiple geographies and specializes in various asset classes.

We seek experienced professionals with a strong mathematical and technological background to join our team.

• You have a technical or scientific background and are seeking a highly technical role, constantly striving for innovation and new challenges.

• You demonstrate a high level of commitment to your work and objectives.

• You are eager to contribute to the decision-making process of projects, sharing your perspective with other specialists. Strong communication skills are essential.

• You thrive in solving complex technical problems in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

• You embody BBVA’s purpose and values in your professional approach.

Front Office Quantitative Team collaborating to define an execution plan aligned with BBVA CIB – Global Markets' strategy:

• Design, implement, and test valuation models and pricers to assess the risks of Global Markets (GM) derivative products, supporting GM desks worldwide in pricing and risk hedging activities.

• Lead the digitalization of the derivatives business.

• Drive the design and technical implementation of valuation models across different Global Markets systems and platforms, ensuring consistency.

• Optimize technical solutions to enhance efficiency and performance.

• Drive the technical innovation in Global Markets

• Coordinate the deployment of new models and pricers with other units, including Engineering and Risk areas

• Support trading floor daily activity

• Strong background in C++ programming, including object-oriented programming, STL, templates, and best practices. A minimum of 5 years of experience is required.

• At least 5 years in a similar role (Front Office Quantitative Team), developing trading tools such as pricers, models, sensitivities, and reports, while actively interacting with trading desks.

• Expertise in financial mathematics and derivative valuation, specializing in Interest Rate Models or Equity Models.

• Knowledge of Credit, FX and Inflation Derivatives Valuation will be valued.

• Experience in multiplatform development (Windows-Visual Studio, Linux), continuous integration, and the software development lifecycle (CI/CD, Jenkins, unit testing, regression testing).

• Strong background in mathematics and problem-solving.

• Boost, Conan, Google Protocol Buffer, gRPC

• Experience with cloud technologies and related frameworks (AWS, Azure).

• Version control and containerization: Git, Docker, Web services: SOAP or similar technologies.

• Experience with the Murex platform and Murex Flex API.

• Python programming.

• Computational optimization using distributed computing, GPUs, vectorization, or other high-performance computing (HPC) techniques.

• Experience integrating trading tools with vendor solutions.