FI or Equity Systematic Quant Developers, C++ Linux Boost, London or NYC recruitment

This1 well-established Electronic Market Making firm have had another spectacular year and are in the enviable position to be able to invest in addition headcount within their IT Research teams.   They are renowned for their Market Making ability and systematic trading infrastructure (market access, latency etc.), quality of staff, collegiate (jeans and t’s) environment, and flat management structure.   They are looking for exceptionally strong C++ Quant Developers (and straight C++ programmers) at all levels.

• Exceptional undergraduate degree from top university in computer Science/Engineering (ideally). Strong A level results (or equivalent) is also important.  

• Technology stack is C++, Linux, Boost although they will consider smart candidates with knowledge of any primary OO language.   Any experience of Python would be desirable too.     

• Knowledge of multithreading, socket level programming, core algorithms and data structures.

• All of these development positions will sit directly in a business (with access to the models and trading strategies for those that are interested.

• Quant Developers will also need a strong grasp of Mathematics (naturally).

• Prior experience within finance is NOT necessarily an advantage. They are looking for deeply technical individuals from hi-tech backgrounds such as Telecoms, Gaming, and Industrial Research/Social Media Labs etc.  

If you are intrigued to find out more about these organisations head count plans for 2012 then please contact Mike Sherwin (DL. +44 (0)203 145 3272) or just email your CV to mike@joveinternational.com