Mid Level Technology Guru-2-4 years- C++ Researcher/Developer-US Trading Group-$300K recruitment

US based trading prop firm are looking to bring on board mid-level researchers for their automated trading desks in New Jersey and Chicago.

Overview

The firm is a household name across the trading industry having been around for more than a decade and focused most recently on fully automated trading across the equities markets. As part of their continuous expansion into new markets they are looking to bring on board mid-level researchers/ developers with at least 2 years commercial experiencing in programming from outside the finance industry.

You

Ideally you will have 2-4 years experience in designing algorithms, working with data structures, machine learning and statistical data analysis.  Utilising these skills you will be involved in working very closely with traders and quant’s in developing fully automated trading strategies across the equities markets. This will involve signal generation and signal processing, data mining, optimising existing strategies/ algorithms and developing innovative methods of generating alpha.

The group head is particularly keen to speak to candidates from outside of finance who are keen to work in a more fast paced, innovative and research driven environment with like minded ‘techy’ people. The group is made up of technologists from the internet, technology or software industries that have made the transition into finance for the reasons above. Financial benefits are also greater but most tend to make the transition for the greater responsibilities and fulfilment in the role. In addition, the group head feels that the candidates that make the transition into trading in the long-term and become the most successful are the employees with the technology background.

Profile

• An academic background from a well established institution.

• Technically very strong.

• Curious to learn about finance and how your skill set can be applied.

• Looking to go beyond just writing lines of code.

Contact

If you find this role of interest please contact Rizwaan Ahmed on apply@mavenalpha.com quoting reference RZAM or by telephone at +44 (0)203 178 5678.