Quantitative Developer

Caxton Associates
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

We are seeking a Quantitative Developer to join the firm's Quantitative Development & Data team (QDD). This team is responsible for architecture and development of libraries, web services, dashboards, and databases that facilitate Portfolio Managers' alpha generation, strategy deployment, and risk management.

Responsibilities:

  • Build and maintain scalable web services for applications and front office users
  • Build front end tools for market monitoring, trade screening and risk management. Front end tools can be either web dashboards or Excel tools backed by robust libraries or web services
  • Design and build data solutions and ETLs (using SQL, no-SQL, C#, and Python) for market data, quant analytics and alpha generation
  • Build and maintain quant libraries in Python
  • Promote best coding practices within the firm

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in quantitative field (Computer Science, Mathematics or Engineering)
  • 7+ years of relevant experience in hedge Funds, investment banks or financial services domain
  • Excellent quantitative reasoning and software design
  • Demonstrated professional Python skills
  • Clear grasp of SQL and relational database fundamentals
  • Web development skills
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Operates with the highest degree of ethics and integrity

Nice to have:

  • Knowledge of financial instruments & data: FX, Futures, Interest Rates derivatives, Options
  • Proficiency in another programming language such as C#, Java or C++
  • Experience with AWS

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