Quantitative Developer

NYC Alternative Asset Manager

J Harlan Group is currently conducting a search for a Quant Developer at a prominent NYC Alternative Asset Manager.

An exciting opportunity to build scalable and creative quantitative applications and infrastructure that support the investment process and help manage risk & capital.

The Quant Dev will work closely with the trading desk, portfolio managers and risk managers to ensure they have the data and tools needed to make investment decisions and build new tools to unlock opportunities and automate the execution of trade ideas. Building scalable, creative solutions to problems involving their investment process is their mandate. The firm views Quantitative Technology as a distinct competitive advantage - enabling a host of opportunities that differentiate them from their competitors.

The ideal candidate would have a background including:

• An Advance degree in a Quantitative Discipline, Computer Science, Engineering or Mathematics
• Knowledge and experience in C# and SQL with Hedge Fund Experience. Python a plus, but not required.
• Ability to craft creative and practical solutions to problems and express those solutions in code.
• Have strong computer science and technical background
• Must be an entrepreneurial, self-motivated, open-minded, conceptual, intelligent, bright individual who is intellectually honest & open to debate with excellent synthesis abilities.
• An individual who is a rock star in at least one of the following areas, Computer Science, Mathematics or Finance

Strong desire to contribute and build a business – not just solve novel problems.

An individual who loves solving deep and complex technical and business problems and wants to have an outsized impact with the products they build and deliver. An individual with a passion for financial markets, technology, high level of intellectual curiosity, a commitment to excellence and an unparalleled drive to deliver world-class technologies.

About the Client:

The firm is a multi-strategy alternative asset manager that seeks to generate optimal risk-adjusted returns for a diversified base of public institutions, private entities and qualified individuals. The firm invests across asset classes, geographies, and markets through the hedge fund vehicles and institutional accounts they advise.

They have offices in New York, Minneapolis, Austin, London and Sydney.

They have a relentlessly focuses on innovation and integration: innovation in new products, markets and businesses as well as new tools, models and technology management and performance structures; integration of fundamental research, quantitative strategies and technical analysis, all supported by an intensive focus on operational excellence and comprehensive risk management.

They seek candidates who are high-energy self-starters who want to join an investment management firm on the leading edge of the global markets. The management team needs individuals of the highest professional caliber who are leaders, problem solvers, analytic, detail-oriented, and entrepreneurial. Everyone at the firm works side-by-side with the firm’s senior partners in a highly collaborative and charged trading floor environment.

Successful candidates are:

• Analytic and relentless in pursuit of the right answer
• Strong communicators who excel at rapid synthesis
• Able to demonstrate sound business judgment
• Able to digest complexity while maintaining an understanding of the “big picture” of business needs
• Team players who are energized by a collaborative enterprise
  

The firm’s employees maintain the highest professional and ethical standards. The firm has earned a reputation for honesty, fair dealing, and transparency in a competitive industry. They believe that these standards are the foundation for superior investment performance and are critical to delivering performance to clients.

Posted On: Tuesday, April 6, 2021