Principal Fixed Income Analytics Researcher

Location: London, United Kingdom; hybrid model with two days per week in hirify.global's office.

Employment: Full time.

Company

hirify.global provides integrated investment management solutions and analytics for asset and investment managers as an independent subsidiary of Deutsche Börse Group.

What you will do

• Lead the research agenda across rates, inflation, credit, and liquidity with Product Management, Engineering, Sales, and senior Research leadership.
• Own research topics end to end, from problem formulation and methodological design through delivery, validation, and integration into production analytics and risk models.
• Apply statistical, machine learning, and data science techniques to large and complex datasets, including curve construction and factor risk modelling.
• Translate research insights into scalable, robust products while balancing analytical sophistication, robustness, practical usability, and business impact.
• Work on fixed income and multi-asset problems arising from client requests and communicate analytical capabilities to clients, partners, and market practitioners.
• Write client-ready documentation and white papers and collaborate with sophisticated portfolio and risk managers across asset managers, asset owners, and hedge funds.

Requirements

• Strong track record in quantitative research, analytics, or modelling applied to fixed income markets.
• Relevant experience from buy-side, sell-side, data, or financial technology environments involving sustained work with fixed income instruments and analytics.
• Strong grounding in quantitative modelling, statistics, and numerical methods applied to financial markets.
• Practical experience prototyping analytical ideas and working with large datasets in a research environment.
• Experience using Python for quantitative analysis and model development.
• Master's degree at minimum in a quantitative discipline.
• Ability to form and defend analytical views, exercise judgment, take ownership of outcomes, and handle trade-offs.
• Clear communication with technically sophisticated audiences, willingness to challenge existing approaches, and commitment to high standards of validation and documentation.

Nice to have

• PhD in a quantitative discipline.
• Professional designation such as CFA or FRM.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work with flexible working hours and two office days per week.
• Personalized professional development support.
• Salary and bonus scheme plus a traditional benefits package.
• Equal opportunity workplace with accommodations available for candidates with disabilities.

Hiring process

• Apply in English through the career site; applications are processed continually.
• Exclude photos, age, and other non-professional personal data from the application.
• CV review takes approximately three weeks.