Software Developer – Early Pioneer of Quantitative Investing – Greater New York Area – TC up to MM USD

Job title: Software Developer - Quantitative Strategies.

Salary: Up to $350,000 starting base industry-leading guaranteed bonus and package.

Location: New York - Hybrid (Up to 4days onsite per week).

Client:

• Globally leading quantitative fund widely regarded as one of the early pioneers of systematic investing in the 1990s.
• Scientific and data-driven firm who have been at the forefront of computational finance for the last four decades.
• Multi-disciplinary team of mostly STEM-subject matter experts who deploy a collaborative approach to developing and executing systematic trading strategies across an array of asset classes and investment products.

Role:

• Following continued ongoing and stellar performance in financial markets last year, this firm are scaling their quantitative trading and technology capabilities across their HQ.
• Role entails holistically applying and leveraging analytics, mathematics, software and computing to an array of technical and data-driven challenges.
• Specifically, design and develop distributed systems to process large-scale incoming data in real time.
• Additional responsibilities include working within an embedded capacity alongside quantitative researchers and traders to help formulate statistical models for computerized trading strategies.

Required skills:

• Advanced degree in STEM or another highly computational discipline.
• Proficient knowledge of fundamental areas within computer science and mathematics.
• Capable across topics in distributed systems, functional programming, and data analysis.
• Working proficiency in one of the main OO programming languages: C , Python, Java.
• Academic achievement and extraordinary accomplishments in high school and university-level programming competitions including but not limited to: Olympiad Medallists, ACM-ICPC finalists and winners, and Industry-sponsored Hackathon finalists and winners.

Desirables:

• Knowledge of algorithms, data structures, probability and statistical analysis.
• Demonstratable enthusiasm for engineering and technology via GitHub contributions, open-source contributions or pursuit of personal technical projects.
• Direct experience of translating mathematical models to production-level code.

If this opportunity is of interest, please apply direct or email me at asalim@hunterbond.com .