The role involves designing and developing tools in Python for trading and risk management, maintaining data pipelines, and collaborating with teams to enhance trading strategies using advanced techniques.
Verition Fund Management LLC (“Verition”) is a multi-strategy, multi-manager hedge fund founded in 2008 with 8.7B in AUM. This role would be specifically in the Quant Strategies Group.
As a quant developer of one of our world class quant trading teams, you’ll have the opportunity to get exposed to all aspects of the business; data ingestion, high-performance processing, features and modelling, portfolio and risk management, live execution and post-trade analysis.
Responsibilities:
- Design and develop various tools in Python that will be crucial for analysis, research, trading, and risk management purposes
- Ensure integrity of data management pipeline and the underlying data itself, and actively identify, diagnose, and remedy data issues
- Provide ongoing maintenance, support, and enhancements for existing systems and platforms
- Communicate regularly with team managers
- Collaborate cross-functionally with internal tech and data teams, researchers, traders, and outside vendors
- Commitment to safeguarding team information and adhering to business sensitivity
- Stay abreast of market trends and academic research to continually adapt and refine trading strategies
- Implement machine learning and other advanced techniques to enhance predictive accuracy
Qualifications:
- At least 1-3 years experience in Python programming, ideally including libraries relevant to data analysis and machine learning
- A strong background in data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented programming
- Ideally a degree in Computer Science or some other STEM program
- Experience with AWS or other cloud technology is a plus
- Exceptional analytical abilities and a strong problem-solving mindset
- Excellent communication skills to effectively collaborate with traders and other team members
- Knowledge of additional OOP languages like C++ or Java is a plus
- Familiarity with machine learning and AI applications in trading is also a plus
Salary Range
$100,000—$200,000 USD
Top Skills
AWS
C++
Java
Machine Learning
Python
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