Quantitative Trading And Research Operations Developer

Quantitative Trading and Research Operations Developer Overview

• The Quantitative Trading and Research Operations Developer will support the Quantitative Strategies department by enhancing code reliability and maintainability.
• Collaborate with researchers to develop, maintain, and refactor code for research and trading activities.
• Focus on improving legacy programs to meet coding standards and enhance computational performance.
• Engage with the Quality Assurance Committee to ensure adherence to development processes.
• Analyze system performance and contribute to trading system implementation and optimization.
• Work in a dynamic environment, troubleshooting and improving production systems.
• Opportunity to contribute to engineering initiatives like containerization and cloud computing evaluation.
• Ideal for candidates passionate about hands-on development and system improvement.

Quantitative Trading and Research Operations Developer Key Responsibilities & Duties

• Develop, maintain, and improve code supporting research and trading activities.
• Refactor legacy programs to enhance reliability, maintainability, and computational performance.
• Provide maintenance and support for existing systems and newly developed tools.
• Create and maintain test cases to validate code changes and prevent system errors.
• Collaborate with the Quality Assurance Committee to follow development and code review processes.
• Analyze financial and computational performance of systems and execute trades.
• Support trading system implementation and computational resource optimization.
• Contribute to initiatives like build and deployment processes and cloud computing evaluation.

Quantitative Trading and Research Operations Developer Job Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field required.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience; 5 years preferred.
• Proficiency in Python programming and program design fundamentals.
• Experience with CI/CD processes and version control tools like Git.
• Comfortable working in Unix command line and familiar with PowerShell.
• Knowledge of SQL and enterprise database structures.
• Familiarity with cloud computing and infrastructure design preferred.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills essential.