Associate Director, EQD Quant, Market Making, Equity Derivatives
CITIC Securities International seeks an equity-derivatives quant developer. The role develops market-making functionality and efficient execution software for ETFs, warrants and listed options.
What you’d work on
Our reading of the posting: what a new hire in this role would most likely spend their first months on.
- Implement market-making strategies.
- Improve C++ execution components.
- Resolve platform accuracy and performance gaps.
What they ask for
Required
- C++ development
- Low-latency systems
- Networking
- Database knowledge
- Analytical problem solving
Preferred
- Market-making platforms
- ETF valuation mechanics
- Education
- Quantitative or technical master’s degree or higher required.
- Experience
- At least five years developing C++ applications.
- Languages and tools
- Markets
- equities, options
How to prepare
- Implement option-quote risk checks.
- Profile a market-making component.
- Study ETF indicative valuation and hedging.
What to study
- Modern C++ for Quantitative Finance
- Derivatives Pricing and Computational Finance
- Market Microstructure and Execution
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SelfMadeQuant wrote this summary from the employer’s public posting, last checked 6 November 2026. SelfMadeQuant isn’t affiliated with CITIC Securities International Company Limited and doesn’t handle applications.