Software Engineer –Trading Technology recruitment
Founded in 1991, CFM (Capital Fund Management) is a pioneer in the field of quantitative alternative investment management with assets under management of approximately $6 billion.
CFM has specialized in developing trading strategies based on a global, quantitative approach to financial markets. CFM's methodology is to rely on the in-depth statistical analysis of terabytes of financial data for asset allocation, trading decisions and order execution.
Dedicated research on the statistics of financial instruments and development of systematic trading strategies are carried out at CFM by a team of Ph.D's and a team of IT and Data specialists. This research work, combined with nineteen years of market experience and cutting-edge technology, allows CFM to create original, state-of-the-art trading strategies and to adapt these further as markets continuously evolve. CFM's trading strategies can be characterized as highly systematic and disciplined, girded by a reliable and uncompromising risk control system.
Position:
Due to further expansion, CFM is looking to reinforce its IT Front Office team and recruit a Software Engineer. Based in Paris, the position will involve actively participating in the following tasks:
- Developing trading automatons in a real time – low latency environment
- Working closely with researchers to integrate their models and improve system’s performance
- Working in a highly technological quantitative trading environment with large amounts of high-speed secured data in a constantly evolving domain
Ideal Candidate:
- Masters degree
- Strong analytical and programming skills
- Experience with software development in C/C++, Python, SQL/Oracle (Unix and Windows environments)
- Knowledge of financial market
- Fluent written and spoken English and French
- Adaptable and rigorous, capable of working in a quickly evolving environment
- Team player with attention to detail and a capacity to deliver
CFM is a successful company with ambition to become a world leading alternative investment manager; we can offer you a dynamic and informal working environment, an exceptionally attractive compensation, including profit-based bonus
If you are interested in and qualify with the above, please send your résumé and a cover letter ref. FM/THF to : recrut@cfm.fr
Please note that we will only consider candidates who send both a résumé and an appropriate cover letter.