Quantitative Technologist
Key Skills
Job Description
- Persistent Drive to Improve - Do you have an innate desire to rise to the next level, even after great accomplishments?
- Creative Problem Solving and Probabilistic Thinking - You must enjoy learning and implementing new concepts quickly, combining knowledge from different domains to create new ideas, and take a data-driven and probabilistic approach to testing and implementing new ideas.
- Team Mindset - We want people who understand 1+1 > 2 and are as committed to making the team better through sharing ideas as they are driven to improve their individual performance.
- Mental Flexibility & Self Awareness - You’ll have to frequently adapt based on new data, results, and feedback on your ideas and performance.
- Orientation for Making Money - Although we value academic training, our work is not an academic exercise. We take a hacker’s approach to testing ideas, dropping projects that consume time without high upside, and focusing our next efforts on what will create the most value for the firm.
- > Low-level computer languages like C++ or C; awareness of strength in particular language and ability to solve more complex problems due to understanding nuances of the language
- Understanding of data structures, algorithmic complexities, and numerical algorithms
- Systems Architecture - knowledge and experience with distributed systems and communication
- Software Architecture - knowledge and experience working with a large code base
- Development Processes - experience delivering and deploying software in production environments
Core Responsibilities
Enhance live trading systems, research infrastructure, and alpha generation through innovative software and hardware solutions. Develop and deploy production-level code to support fully-automated strategies and analyze large-scale datasets.
Requirements
Requires strong proficiency in low-level languages like C++ and a deep understanding of data structures and algorithmic complexity. Candidates must demonstrate creative problem-solving, a team-oriented mindset, and experience with distributed systems and production environments.
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Quarterly bonus
About Radix Trading Experienced Job Board
Industry: Financial Services
Company size: 51-200 employees
Radix Trading is a privately funded proprietary trading firm employing research-driven strategies on major electronic markets around the world. We are headquartered in the River North neighborhood in downtown Chicago and also have offices in New York City and Amsterdam. For open employment opportunities, please visit: https://radix-trading.com/#careers