V.I.E. Quant Dev Analyst

Within Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking, you will join the team responsible for FX Electronic Market Making. The team is responsible for pricing, hedging, designing and implementing quantitative methodologies and solutions for SG on this activity.

The candidate will work within the trading team. He or she will be based in New York to assist the Foreign Exchange flow department and algorithmic trading in providing them with quantitative tools and implementing quantitative methodologies. He/She will:

• Formalize the quantitative needs of traders and brainstorm with them to design quantitative methodologies suitable for their activity
• Use statistical methodologies and machine learning algorithms for this purpose
• Participate on the online A/B testing framework which aims to optimize market making parameters
• Participate on the development and key metrics definition in our post trade analysis tool
  
   

A questionnaire will be provided to you in order to check your VIE (Société Générale and Business France) eligibility. For an efficient analysis of your application, please make sure to truthfully answer all the questions.  

Please note that it is mandatory to provide us a formal proof of your M2 diploma validation before the assignment start date. No VIE mission will start without this document. *Grade sheets are not accepted as justification of diploma.

PLEASE NOTE that since this program is primarily an international development program, candidates cannot apply to a VIE assignment in their own country of citizenship.

To facilitate the examination of your application by our English-speaking managers, we thank you for applying in English.

Studies & experience:

• Graduate with a Master degree from Business/Engineering School or University with a specialization in Finance, mathematics, statistics and common machine learning algorithms
• Has experience using programming language (e.g. python, C#) and collaborative tools (git, CI/CD)

Language skills:

• Fluent in English

Technical, operational & Soft skills:

• Good communication and presentation skills
• Good knowledge of quantitative analysis, statistics, and common machine learning algorithms

• Knowledge of FX finanacial products and interest rates (FX Spot, NDF, Forward, Swaps)

The VIE assignment in a nutshell
This VIE in New York is to begin January 1st, 2026, but you need to plan 3 months between your application date and the beginning of your VIE assignment. It will last 18 months.

The VIE is a specific contract, under Business France’s eligibility criteria, opened to candidates under 28 and from the member states of the European Economic Space. For further information (including your financial indemnities), please see Mon VIE-VIA Business France.

As soon as you arrive, you will be integrated into our teams and will learn every day alongside our experts, who will support you in your tasks. Gradually, you will become more independent in your projects, making this experience a real career accelerator. You will also discover all the diversity of our businesses, in a sector that is constantly evolving and innovating.

At the end of your VIE, various opportunities could be offered to you, in France and abroad.

At Societe Generale, we are convinced that people are drivers of change, and that the world of tomorrow will be shaped by all their initiatives, from the smallest to the most ambitious.

Whether you’re joining us for a period of months, years or your entire career, together we can have a positive impact on the future. Creating, daring, innovating and taking action are part of our DNA.

If you too want to be directly involved, grow in a stimulating and caring environment, feel useful on a daily basis and develop or strengthen your expertise, you will feel right at home with us!

Still hesitating?

You should know that our employees can dedicate several days per year to solidarity actions during their working hours, including sponsoring people struggling with their orientation or professional integration, participating in the financial education of young apprentices, and sharing their skills with charities. There are many ways to get involved.