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UBS

Pricing engines, risk systems and structured product technology.

Investment banking 3 mapped rolesTrack DTrack CTrack B

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Mapped roles

3 roles

Quantitative Analyst - Rates (Front Office QA)

ExperiencedTrack D

Live official posting (344368BR, New York, Investment Bank): the Rates QA team builds models 'for the valuation and risk management of the firm's trading positions in interest rate, credit and hybrid derivatives'; requirements name a Masters/PhD-level quantitative background, C++ or Python, derivative pricing and IR-derivatives modelling experience.

PythonStatisticsML foundationsResearch pipelinesTime series

Electronic Trading Quantitative Analyst

ExperiencedTrack C

Live official posting (335332BR, New York, Quantitative Analysis & Development team): improves agency algo trading and smart order routing; names microstructure research, TCA, low-latency strategy design, L2/L3 market data, KDB/OneTick plus SQL, Java and Python.

C++Low latencyConcurrencyCPU architectureNetworking

Software Engineer (Group Technology)

ExperiencedTrack B

Role title inferred: UBS's official technology careers page describes an engineering-excellence culture ('UBS has more engineers and developers than many technology companies') with DevOps, cloud and AI tooling emphasis; no specific posting text was quoted for this family.

C++DerivativesNumerical methodsStochastic calculusPricing

Published expectations & research notes

5 notes
  • Official Quantitative Analyst - Rates posting: 'Strong academic background in a quantitative field (mathematics, physics, engineering, etc) at a Masters or PhD level'; 'Proficiency in programming (especially C++ or Python)'; 'Knowledge of quantitative finance, derivative pricing and/or machine learning techniques'; plus 'Experience with calibration and risk-based P&L analysis of Interest Rate Option & Term-Structure models'.
    Sourcedretrieved 2026-11-09jobs.ubs.com
  • Official Electronic Trading Quantitative Analyst posting: 'perform thorough research on areas such as market microstructure and market impact analysis', 'design and spec new trading strategies with a particular focus on low latency trading strategies', 'analyze trading patterns and trends within market data (L2 or L3 format)', and 'employ modern data analytical tools such as machine learning but in a controlled and practical way'.
    Sourcedretrieved 2026-11-09jobs.ubs.com
  • Same posting's skills list: 'working knowledge of Java (other languages considered)', 'proficient in data analysis using statistical software packages such as Python or equivalent', 'experience analyzing tick series market data via KDB / Onetick and extracting data via e.g. SQL', and 'knowledge of L3 market data and orderbook mechanics also a plus'.
    Sourcedretrieved 2026-11-09jobs.ubs.com
  • UBS's official technology careers page states: 'UBS has more engineers and developers than many technology companies, and we're committed to a culture of engineering excellence', and that UBS aims 'to become an AI-enabled institution where all benefit from AI tooling'.
    Sourcedretrieved 2026-11-09www.ubs.com
  • Inferred: graduate-programme structure and interview formats (online assessments, technical round counts) were not published on the retrieved pages; treat community reports as unconfirmed. Learners must consult https://www.ubs.com/global/en/careers.html and the official job board https://jobs.ubs.com/.
    Inferredretrieved 2026-11-09www.ubs.com

Competency areas

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  • cpp
  • python
  • probability
  • statistics
  • numerical analysis
  • stochastic processes
  • options
  • markets
  • microstructure
  • risk
  • dsa
  • databases
  • low latency
  • machine learning
  • systems design

Relevant curriculum modules

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