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We are looking to add a software developer to join our team in New York on a full-time basis. The developer will be a part of our statistical arbitrage team and be responsible for research/trading infrastructure support, design, and development. Our developers are organized into small teams with independent prioritization and release schedules. A very flat organizational structure allows for the opportunity to migrate across teams and broaden your business knowledge and experience.
Successful candidates should have a demonstrated track record of educational, professional, and personal achievement and be comfortable working in a creative and complex business environment. He or she should have an undergraduate or graduate Computer Science degree and a deep understanding of the subject. Financial experience is not a prerequisite, but an interest in the application of technology to investment management is a must. Candidates should also be a self-starter, numerate and have exceptional written and verbal communication skills, attention to detail, and an understanding of the difference between working smart and working hard.
Job Responsibilities
Quantitative Developer (Strats)
New York City, NY 10036
Posted: 02/07/2018
2018-02-07
2019-05-20
Category: C++, Python, Quant
Job Number: 10010
We are looking to add a software developer to join our team in New York on a full-time basis. The developer will be a part of our statistical arbitrage team and be responsible for research/trading infrastructure support, design, and development. Our developers are organized into small teams with independent prioritization and release schedules. A very flat organizational structure allows for the opportunity to migrate across teams and broaden your business knowledge and experience.
Successful candidates should have a demonstrated track record of educational, professional, and personal achievement and be comfortable working in a creative and complex business environment. He or she should have an undergraduate or graduate Computer Science degree and a deep understanding of the subject. Financial experience is not a prerequisite, but an interest in the application of technology to investment management is a must. Candidates should also be a self-starter, numerate and have exceptional written and verbal communication skills, attention to detail, and an understanding of the difference between working smart and working hard.
Job Responsibilities
- Work directly with quantitative researchers and other developers in NY, leveraging technology to solve business problems in research, analysis, trading, and risk management.
- Partner with researchers and members of the development and IT team in both NY and Dallas Software Development:
- Deliver solutions quickly, but working within a professional software engineering environment.
- Design and support internal trading systems, research framework and infrastructure
- Understand and use appropriate software engineering techniques, including thoughtful design, unit testing, integration testing, and development.
- Be familiar and comfortable using distributed source code management systems, work/bug tracking systems, and automated build/testing technology
- Communicate with Front Office Personnel
- Work with quantitative researchers to understand their requirements
- Be engaged and knowledgeable enough to suggest innovative solutions
- Get user acceptance of solutions
- Respond to support requests in a timely manner
- Communicate with Strats/Dev/IT teams
- Commit to team decisions and execute on agreed upon objectives
- Build Knowledge of company technology stack, leverage it where appropriate, and actively look to expand it. Request or design/implement changes to shared infrastructure
- Manage projects effectively, including outsourcing parts of projects to Dallas where appropriate to gain additional leverage
- 2-6 years of professional experience as a C++/ Python developer
- Experience with automated testing
- Comfortable modifying complex code
- Experience as a developer in a finance firm preferred Background in mathematics preferred
- Excellent verbal and verbal communication skills
- Intellectual curiosity, attention to detail and a high degree of self-direction
- Undergraduate degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or other hard science
- Experience supporting a stat arb desk and knowledge of equity and/or future preferred
- Ability to freely context switch between projects and work independently as well as in a team
- Sense of urgency; should be able to prioritize own queue where appropriate
- Ability to work independently with minimal guidance
STEM degree + GPA of 3.4/4.0+, Finance (internships are OK), Python (MUST), C++ (Nice to Have).