EC1 Partners are exclusively partnered with one of the world’s leading Hedge Funds, with over $58bn AUM. They are in search for a best-in-class Quant Developer to partner closely with the Portfolio Manager for systematic trading of equities.
You will focus on development & implementation of technology to enable large-scale computational efforts in quantitative research.
Principal Responsibilities
- Develop software engineering solutions for quantitative research and trading
- Assist in designing, coding, and maintaining tools for the systematic trading infrastructure of the team
- Build and maintain robust data pipelines and databases that ingest and transform large amounts of data
- Develop processes that validate the integrity of the data
- Implementation and operation of systems to enable quantitative research (i.e. large scale computation and serialization frameworks)
- Live operation of such systems, including monitoring and pro-active detection of potential problems and intervention
- Stay current on state-of-the-art technologies and tools including technical libraries, computing environments and academic research
- Collaborate with the PM and the trading group in a transparent environment, engaging with the whole investment process
Preferred Technical Skills
- Master’s or PhD in Computer Science, Physics, Engineering, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, or related technical field appropriate to a computational background
- Expert in C++
- Advanced programming skills in Python
- Strong Linux-based development
Preferred Experience
- Extremely strong computer science or engineering background with 3+ years of experience
- Approx. 3-4 years of professional experience in a computer science/computational role
- Experience working in a technical environment with DevOps functions (Google Cloud, Airflow, InfluxDB, Grafana)
- Design and implementation of front-office systems for quant trading