IT Quant (M/F)
Company Description
Meritis is a consulting firm specializing in the digital transformation of organizations, founded in 2007 by Sébastien Videment.
Initially established in Paris, it has expanded to the regions and now ensures a presence in the largest cities in France: Sophia-Antipolis, Montpellier, Nantes, Bordeaux, Lyon, Aix-en-Provence, Lille and even in Lisbon, Portugal since 2023.
Our experts support clients from various sectors in all their digital transformation needs across numerous areas of expertise: Finance, Software Engineering, Cloud & Infrastructure, Data, Digital Transformation and Cybersecurity.
With its values of excellence, humility, kindness and proximity, the firm of +900 employees, awarded 5 times in the Great Place To Work® rankings, is experiencing very strong growth and projects reaching €100M in turnover in 2024 and surpassing the symbolic barrier of 1000 employees.
We make it a point of honor to be close to our employees and to support them in an individualized manner regardless of their functions within the company. Certified Great Place To Work since 2013, our conception of well-being at work goes far beyond a simple label; it is our employees who speak of it best: https://www.glassdoor.fr/Avis/Meritis-Avis-E1163008.htm
Job Description
Within an IT Quantitative team, you will participate in the development, optimization, and supervision of calculation and index management systems used for the valuation and replication of derivative products.
This mission lies at the intersection of applied mathematics, software development, and market finance, in a demanding and collaborative technical environment.
Missions include notably:
- Participation in the development and maintenance of replication indices used for equity, rates, credit (CDS), commodities, and bond derivatives;
- Analysis and implementation of complex pricing formulas defined by the structuring teams;
- Optimization of overnight calculation chains to guarantee the availability of results to trading teams every morning;
- Understanding and improving market data processing and dissemination systems, in interaction with internal data applications;
- Development and maintenance of automation tools and scripts in a Linux environment (languages Go, Python and internal object-oriented ADA);
This internship offers a complete experience at the crossroads of quantitative research, IT development, and market finance, within an innovative and technological structure.
Qualifications
- Student in the final stages of an engineering school or university master's program (Bac +5) with a specialization in computer science, applied mathematics, or quantitative finance;
- Solid foundations in programming (Go, Python, C++ or Java) and interest in object-oriented languages;
- Good level in applied mathematics, particularly in linear algebra, matrix calculation, algorithms, and numerical optimization;
- Interest in market finance, derivative products, and the valuation of financial assets;
- Curiosity, rigor, analytical capacity, and a taste for teamwork in a collaborative environment;
- English B2/C1
Additional Information
- Tailor-made professional paths (career evolution, adapted training, mentoring...);
- The choice of your mission and personalized support throughout your career;
- Evolve in an environment where learning is encouraged: certifying training, e-learning, meetUp, coding competitions, evolution paths, etc.;
- Be part of expert communities that share their knowledge and experience within our competence centers;
- A friendly environment with many festive events (annual party, seminars & teambuilding, lunches and afterworks...);
Your differences are our assets. That is why Meritis is committed to diversity and non-discrimination. All our professions are accessible to people with disabilities. If you have a question or believe you are a victim or witness of discrimination, you can contact ethiquegroup@meritis.fr.