Electronic Trader

**Job Title: Electronic Trader**

**Corporate Title: up to Director**

**Location: Paris**

**Company Overview**:
At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We’re devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.

Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization.

Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us

**Role Description**:
The Global Rates e-Trading group - part of the Fixed Income Currency and Commodities (FICC) Trading group - is seeking a quantitative trader to join the team in Paris. The team is responsible for the algorithmic market making of flow Rates products. The role requires a combination of business, quantitative and technical expertise and requires close co-operation with our partners in Trading, Sales, Quants and Technology. This role will be closely aligned with the European Government Bond market making desk.

**Responsibilities**:

- Day-to-day running of risk books in one or more of: European government bonds, rates futures or swaps;
- Firm-price algorithmic streaming of European government bonds;
- Ad-hoc data analysis and report generation to better understand our risks and profitability;
- Data analysis to understand and predict market and client behaviours;
- Proposing and developing algorithms to price and hedge government bonds;
- Monitoring and enhancing existing algorithms.

**What we are looking for**:

- Programming skills in Python and q/kdb are an advantage;
- Good problem solving skills and pragmatic approach;
- Good interpersonal skills with the ability to present complex ideas clearly;
- Previous experience of rates markets and electronic trading infrastructure an advantage, but not a pre-requisite.

**Benefits of working at Bank of America - **France**
- Competitive retirement plan in addition to State plans
- Mandatory Medical Plan provided by the bank as a top-up to Social Security health benefits for you and your family.
- Employees and family members can receive free health advice 24/7 through a range of English and French speaking medical providers
- Life and disability insurance
- Time Savings Account (‘CET’) to save some of your leave days, cash them out or use them later
- Reimbursement of 50% of your commuter pass
- Nursery scheme for children under age 3
- Works council benefits
- Access to an Employee Assistance Programme for confidential support and help for everyday matters
- Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills and work with new groups of people by volunteering with local charities
- Opportunity to receive free entry to arts exhibitions sponsored by Bank of America in Paris

**Bank of America**

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