About the Role
As a Research Engineer, you will be an integral member of a systematic research team comprised of experienced technologists, quantitative researchers, and traders. Your team will work closely to solve challenging technological problems and contribute to our full tech stack, including software design, data engineering, distributed computing, and quantitative modeling.
- Work with researchers to implement research studies, simulate trading strategies, and develop algorithms to compete in financial markets
- Design trading strategy simulation software optimized for distributed computation
- Develop software for large scale data acquisition, storage, accessibility, and visualization
- Create user interfaces for data exploration and post trade analysis
- Accelerate the research lifecycle from strategy prototype to production deployment
- Evaluate new technology and improve our technology stack
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field
- Excellent software development skills in modern C++ and Python
- A strong understanding of object oriented design, data structures and algorithms
- A strong understanding of quantitative finance mathematics
- A solid foundation in programming with the ability to think, communicate, and code clearly
- A solid understanding of computer systems at every level of abstraction (hardware, OS, memory, network)
- Skills in multi‐threaded applications
- An understanding of how to build software for long term use and broad adoption
- Demonstrated ability to produce algorithmic code in a fast-paced environment