Quantitative Developer

Responsibilities

• Architect, build, and maintain research infrastructure and production systems for a global equity statistical arbitrage business.
• Collaborate with quantitative researchers to develop proprietary end-to-end machine learning pipelines and implement ML features and algorithms.
• Develop tools to enhance research on market microstructure and generate key features for analysis.
• Design and implement portfolio optimization systems to support comprehensive management strategies.
• Manage the full development lifecycle, including research, coding, testing, and deploying data pipelines and systems into production.
• Troubleshoot production issues and manage system upgrades to ensure smooth operations.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience solving complex problems through coding with measurable impact in industry or academia.
• Strong software development skills in Python and/or C++.
• Proven ability to reason through quantitative problems and communicate effectively with researchers.
• Experience working with industrial-grade codebases.
• A passion for building efficient, modular software and a strong desire to learn and grow.
• Reliable and predictable availability to support production system operations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Over two years of experience working with compiled languages such as C++.
• Familiarity with high-performance computing (HPC).
• Experience with distributed large-scale model training.

About the Company

Jump Trading Group is committed to world-class research, empowering exceptional talent in Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science to push scientific boundaries. We design, develop, and deploy technologies that change our world, applying cutting-edge research to global financial markets through a culture of innovation, intellectual honesty, and collaboration.