Quantitative Developer - Execution Services

New York, New York, US Until 8/22/2026 First posted May 2, 2025 Last posted May 2, 2025
Job description
Quantitative Developer - Execution Services

    The Execution Services team is responsible for trade execution across a wide range of products and geographies, with a focus on minimizing trading costs and execution risk.

    We are looking for a highly driven, results oriented Quantitative Developer to join our team focusing on execution analytics & transaction cost analysis (TCA). We are at the forefront of industry-leading initiatives applying technology, quantitative analysis, and data-driven methodologies to our execution process.

    Principal Responsibilities

    • Collaborate with key stakeholders across Execution Services including quants and traders, to deliver key models & metrics, and to guide the overall direction & design of the platform.
    • Make large contributions to the codebase, working in an iterative and dynamic environment.
    • Support, maintain and test own code following best-practices including unit testing, documentation and automation within typical CI processes.

    Qualifications/Skills Required

    • 7+ years of KDB in a Quantitative Finance setting.
    • Highly analytical and strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
    • Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical and sophisticated concepts clearly and concisely.
    • Experience with execution analytics and global equities research highly preferred.
    • Experience with Python, ML, pykx or cloud tooling is a bonus.

    The estimated base salary range for this position is $160,000 to $250,000, which is specific to New York and may change in the future. Millennium pays a total compensation package which includes a base salary, discretionary performance bonus, and a comprehensive benefits package. When finalizing an offer, we take into consideration an individual’s experience level and the qualifications they bring to the role to formulate a competitive total compensation package.

    About this role

    Summary

    Develop execution analytics models and support trade execution processes.

    Job title

    Quantitative Developer - Execution Services

    Experience level

    7+ years

    Industry

    finance

    Location requirements

    New York, remote work not allowed

    Salary

    $160,000 to $250,000

    Management role

    No

    Skills & keywords

    Required skills

    KDBanalyticalproblem-solvingcommunicationexecution analyticsPythonMLpykxcloud tooling

    Preferred skills

    global equities

    Specializations

    execution analyticstransaction cost analysisquantitative financeglobal equities
    Locations

    Structured locations inferred from the posting.

    New York, NY, USA

    On-site City