Quantitative Developer (C++/Python) - New York/London - Greenfield Project
My client is a multi-strategy hedge fund with approximately $10bn AUM. They recently launched a systematic arm to the business, and are hiring a Quantitative Developer with strong skills in Python and C++ to join the core research/trading team in either New York or London.
In this position you will work on developing and implementing infrastructure for systematic trading, such as order management and backtesting systems, and will work directly with Quants to develop, test and optimise models.
The successful candidate will receive a competitive base salary and a discretionary end of year bonus.
Responsibilities:
• Designing, building and testing research/trading systems
• Develop and test research from ideation to implementation
• Optimise and maintain high-performance software for data processing
Requirements:
• Bachelor's and Master's level degrees in a quantitative field
• 3+ years of experience as a front office developer, where you have had exposure to Cash Equity, Futures/ETF, or Options markets
• High level of proficiency in Python/C++ (5-10 years of experience)
• Ability to collaborate with colleagues in other regions
• Experience with multithreading, data structures and algorithms