Principal Responsibilities
- Designing, building and maintaining an efficient research pipeline and tools for data processing, strategy simulation and alpha generation
- Architecting and developing a tick-by-tick backtesting and research platform for equities
- Designing and continuously optimizing large-scale parallel computing system
Preferred Experience
- 2-5 years of professional experience in a trading/technology environment (banks, hedge funds, asset management, technology firms, etc.)
- Experiences dealing with market microstructures and tick data
- Strong communication skills in discussing technical matters and attention to details
- Collaborative mindset and willingness to support researchers who are less savvy in software design
- Demonstrated curiosity and desire to acquire new skill sets and tackle new problems
Preferred Technical Skills
- Bachelor or Master's degree in Computer Science, Physics, Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, or related STEM field
- Strong programming skills in C++ and Python
- Experience working as an individual contributor at a small tech start up or on a nimble team from a top-tier tech company that solves engineering problems