A boutique fund in quantitative finance and alternative investment strategies is seeking a Senior Quantitative Developer. The position is for their Zürich office.

Responsibilities

• Enhancing and refining the firm's software infrastructure for algorithmic trading, which includes tasks such as monitoring, data acquisition, and interfaces with brokers/exchanges.
• Taking ownership of critical components of the firm's software infrastructure for algorithmic trading.
• Expanding and creating software solutions for quantitative research, including tools for backtesting, portfolio performance attribution, data pipelines, and various analytical instruments.

Qualifications

• A degree in computer science or a related technological field.
• At least 3 years of experience in building and maintaining complex software applications.
• Knowledge of the trading domain and prior experience with the development of trading systems is highly desirable.
• Proficiency in writing high-quality concurrent code in Rust, C++, or Go (with a preference for Rust).
• The ability to rapidly research, learn, and test new technologies and to make decisions about their suitability for a given problem within the context of a larger system.
• The ability to lead the development of a larger project, both in terms of guiding its direction and in terms of the development work.
• A drive to grow and continually improve.
• An understanding that the workload can fluctuate over time and there may be periods when longer hours are unavoidable.
• Strong knowledge of and experience with Python.
• Strong knowledge of and experience with Git.
• Experience with using Gitlab and its CI/CD framework is a plus.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.