Research Engineer - Algo Capital Group : Job Details

Research Engineer:

A global HFT firm is looking for an experienced Research Engineer who is a driven and creative. They are looking for somebody who enjoys working alongside quantitative researchers and traders. This person would be a key contributor to the company's growing trading capabilities in the low latency space.

What you'll do:

• Collaborate with senior researchers, traders and technologists to research new ideas, tackle complex problems, and deliver appropriate solutions
• Design, develop, support, and maintain large portions of research and trading infrastructure
• Establish vision and technical direction for major initiatives
• Contribute to the stack and our pricing, research and trading models from ideation through to implementation
• Ensure new and existing programs adhere to our coding, architectural, and operational standards
• Develop a deep understanding of trading and exchanges
• Engineer and refine new scientific approaches alongside the deployment of our research platforms and technologies.
• Cross technological domains to consider and challenge all dimensions of the problem at hand without fear of artificial silos of information and ownership.

What you'll need:

• Strong engineering instincts and a deep understanding of computer science fundamentals
• Experience in statistical modelling, mathematics or related domains
• An ability to generate research ideas and implement and execute solutions to represent them
• Innovative, big-picture thinking grounded in real-world pragmatism
• A desire to continuously improve in a rapidly evolving environment
• A readiness to set technical direction, promote engineering principles, and do the right thing
• Experience with either C, C++, Python, Linux is preferred
• Experience with GPUs, FPGAs is great.

If you want to enter a flat and lean environment where engineers can see the market react in real time to innovations, then apply now.