Quant Strategist

We are AMS, a global total workforce solutions firm enabling organisations to thrive in an age of constant change by building, re-shaping, and optimising workforces. Our Contingent Workforce Solutions (CWS) service acts as an extension of our clients' recruitment team and provides professional interim solutions and temporary resources.

Our client, Deutsche Bank, is a global banking business with strong roots in Germany and operations in over 70 countries. Their large but focused footprint gives them an established position in Europe plus a significant presence in the Americas and Asia Pacific. Deutsche Bank offer their clients commercial and investment banking, retail banking and transaction banking as well as ground-breaking asset and wealth management products and services.

On behalf of Deutsche Bank, AMS are now looking for a Quant Strategist to work in their Quantitative Research and Development Lab based in London for a 6 month contract initially on a PAYE basis.

Key responsibilities:

The Quantitative Research and Development Lab is seeking an experienced data scientist for a contract position within DB GSA. In this role, you will apply your strong foundational knowledge and practical experience in deep learning and NLP to deliver impactful and innovative solutions for sales and trading.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Collaborate with sales and trading (and related) teams to work on various NLP related projects, working closely with stakeholders and partner teams as needed.
• Conduct research and development throughout the project life cycle, from data preparation to model building, testing, and deployment
• Develop and evolve platform reporting analytics to monitor ongoing model success
• Engage key stakeholders to understand needs and requirements, providing guidance on usage and translating needs for changes/new models into technical proposals
• Conducting data science or model development in a business setting

Essential Skills/Experience

• Expert working knowledge in deep learning and natural language processing, and a strong foundation in the underlying mathematics and statistics.
• Proven track record of original research and hands-on production deliveries, in particular related to LLMs/NLP, demonstrating creativity and business impact.
• Experience analysing large unstructured datasets.
• Ability to communicate technical subject matter clearly and concisely tailored to diverse audiences.
• Strong Python programming skills. Familiarity with other languages such as Java, C++, Kdb/q is a plus.
• Comfortable working both as a strong individual contributor and as a member of a collective team effort.
• Excellent academic/educational credentials, expected to be at a Master's level (MSc) or above in a relevant field.

About the client

Deutsche Bank's Values:

Our values define the working environment we strive to create - diverse, supportive and welcoming of different views. We embrace a culture reflecting a variety of perspectives, insights and backgrounds to drive innovation. We build talented and diverse teams to drive business results and encourage our people to develop to their full potential. Talk to us about flexible work arrangements and other initiatives we offer.

We promote good working relationships and encourage high standards of conduct and work performance. We welcome applications from talented people from all cultures, countries, races, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, beliefs, and generations and are committed to providing a working environment free from harassment, discrimination and retaliation.

Please note that for the duration of this assignment you will be working as an external resource engaged by AMS based on site at Deutsche Bank.

AMS's payroll service is in partnership with Giant, we have worked with them for many years and have good processes in place to ensure you get the best service. If you are successful in your application for this role, your contract will be via Giant.