Quantitative Strategist/Developer - NYC Hedge Fund (JJ)

MRINetwork
New York, United States
Permanent
Full-time

Candidates must be authorized to work in the US

Permanent only, not C2C

Our client is searching for a quantitative software developer to join their Structured Credit Strats group in New York on a full-time basis.

This desk has some of the most extensive data and analytic requirements at the firm and consistently leverages Strats input to accomplish their business objectives.

To expand our modeling capabilities in this asset class, we are seeking an early-to-mid-career developer with a strong mathematical background to contribute to this project flow.

The Strats group works closely and primarily with investment professionals in all our offices to help them interpret and act on market opportunities through the application of technology.

The team is small, high- caliber, and well-positioned to make a significant and visible impact on the business. Key success factors are intellectual agility, creative problem solving, solid judgment, and keen attention to detail.

Exceptional communication skills and a sense of urgency are a must. The team shares a passion for operational excellence and automation of routine tasks and loves to learn about new technologies, techniques, and markets.

The ideal candidate has a deep understanding of many technologies and is able to effectively navigate the tradeoffs amongst buying, building, reusing, and a quick hack.

The Strats group most frequently codes in Python and SQL

Job Responsibilities

Work directly with trading desk professionals, leveraging technology to solve business problems in research, analysis, trading, and risk management

Software Development

Work with a wide variety of financial and macroeconomic data in various formats and storage systems

Deliver solutions quickly, but working within a professional software engineering environment

Work effectively as part of the technology organization, communicating with the rest of the Strats team as well as the other Dev and IT teams and leveraging shared technology and infrastructure

Work with trading desk personnel to understand their requirements

Debug Excel and Python models, internal software, and financial data issues

Required Job Skills

Bachelors, Masters, or PhD Degree in a STEM field (e.g. Math, Computer Science, Statistics,

etc.)

1-2 years experience developing software in a professional capacity

Knowledge of Python (strongly preferred), SQL, C++ (all optional but helpful) and interest in

gaining expertise in all of the above

A solid understanding of linear algebra, numerical optimization, and statistics strongly preferred

Technical curiosity and eagerness to learn more about finance

Experience with rates or credit is helpful

30+ days ago
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