The Opportunity:
Mesirow is an independent, employee-owned firm founded in 1937. As specialists in investment, risk management and advisory services, we are committed to helping our institutional, corporate, and individual clients achieve their objectives. We are proud of Mesirow’s culture of fostering team member engagement, entrepreneurship, and empowerment. Our positive culture, volunteerism, and opportunity for advancement makes Mesirow one of the few employers to be included in both Chicago Tribune’s Top Places to Work and Crain’s Best Places to Work in Chicago.
We are seeking a technically skilled and market-focused Mortgage Desk Quant to join our Fixed Income team in New York City. You will work closely with traders and sales to develop analytics, build tools, and enhance trading strategies across mortgage-backed securities (MBS) and rates products. This is an on-site role for candidates with strong programming skills and 1-2 years of experience in fixed income who are looking to contribute directly to the front office.
Responsibilities:
· Build and maintain tools for pre-trade analytics, risk monitoring, and P&L reporting using Python, SQL, and VBA.
· Partner with traders and sales to analyze MBS pools, TBA spreads, and interest rate strategies.
· Automate data workflows and improve infrastructure across trading, market data, and analytics.
· Support pricing, hedging, and relative value models for mortgage and rate products.
· Conduct research and backtesting to validate and improve trading strategies.
· Utilize Bloomberg, Yield Book, or other analytics platforms for market and trade analysis.
Requirements:
· 1-2 years of professional experience in the fixed income markets, ideally in a trading, quant, or desk analyst role.
· Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Engineering, or another STEM field.
· Proficiency in Python, SQL, and VBA.
· Understanding of fixed income products, including bond pricing and interest rate mechanics.
· Strong communication skills and the ability to work closely with traders and sales.
· Willingness and ability to work on-site 4-5 days/week in Midtown Manhattan (near Grand Central).
Preferred:
· Experience with mortgage-backed securities (MBS), including prepayment modeling and TBA pricing.
· Familiarity with Bloomberg, Yield Book, Intex, or similar platforms.
· Prior exposure to front-office or trading desk environments.
EOE
In accordance with New York City’s Pay Transparency Law, the anticipated hiring base salary for the role will be between $80,000 and $150,000 per year. However, base pay if hired will be determined on an individualized basis and is only part of the total compensation package, which, also provides the opportunity for a commission and discretionary performance bonus and the Mesirow benefit program.
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