Research Analyst
Company Description
MarketAxess operates a leading trading platform that enables fixed-income market participants to efficiently trade corporate bonds and other types of fixed-income instruments using MarketAxess' patented trading technology. Over 1,600 institutional investors and broker-dealer firms are active users of the MarketAxess trading platform. MarketAxess also offers a number of trading-related products and services, including: market data to assist Customers with trading decisions; connectivity solutions that facilitate straight-through processing; technology services to optimize trading environments; and execution services for exchange-traded fund managers and other Customers. Through its Trax® division, MarketAxess also offers a range of pre- and post-trade services, including trade matching, regulatory transaction reporting and market and reference data, across a range of fixed-income products.
MarketAxess maintains its headquarters in New York and has offices in London, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, Amsterda,São Paulo, Singapore, and Hong Kong. MarketAxess is an independent, publicly traded company (NASDAQ:MKTX Click Here). There is a lot more to learn about us and working at our company! Please read more about us at www.marketaxess.com.
Job Description
What You’ll Do
- Analyze corporate bond market activity and market micro-structure, including proprietary MarketAxess data.
- Take ownership for existing research products and reports.
- Assist in the development and production of new products and reports.
- Work closely with global product and development teams to enrich client trading solutions.
- Create and maintain presentation materials for internal and external meetings.
- Other duties as assigned.
What You Bring to the Table
- Hold an undergraduate or masters’ degree in a quantitative field (science, engineering, mathematics, or statistics is preferred).
- 1 to 3 years of experience as a quant or a data scientist.
- Superb interpersonal skills.
- Highly analytical, flexible, and creative problem solver.
- Well-organized, team-oriented, intellectually curious, and proactive.
- Prioritize and multi-task as needed.
- Strong quantitative and analytical skills. This will ultimately require a mix of advanced querying / programming capabilities including R/Python, SQL, AWS, Tableau, and possibly intermediate machine learning.
- Introductory understanding of US and global fixed income markets.
- Strong data capabilities, including working with complex datasets.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Additional Information
Benefits and Perks
In addition to working on cutting edge technology and in our culture of innovation, collaboration, and openness, we offer:
- Work in our brand new offices at 55 Hudson Yards on the west side of Manhattan
- Free snacks and coffee as well as occasional lunches and after-work drinks
- Casual dress-code
- Healthcare options
- 401(k) match
- Training and tuition assistance
- Other perks include generous time-off policies, stipends for gym memberships and similar, and access to on-site healthcare
MarketAxess Corporation and its affiliates provide equal employment opportunities to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, veteran status or any other characteristic prohibited by federal and state law.