Software Engineer - Quantitative - Leading Hedge Fund
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Apply to this job New York, NY Until 8/21/2026 First posted March 22, 2025 Last posted March 22, 2025
Job description
Are you a talented Software Engineer that is interested in working with one of world's leading Quantitative Hedge Funds? Are you a Software Engineer that would enjoy working with world-class researchers and quants to crack complex problems in financial markets?
This New York City based, top-tier Quantitative Hedge Fund seeks a talented Software Engineer that will use their exceptional knowledge of software development, financial markets, and algorithms to build some of the leading financial systems in the world.
As the Software Engineer, you will:
• Be equal parts coding expert and mathematical/statistical thinker
• Develop high-performance, multi-threaded applications using several programming languages including Java and/or C++.
• Work with scientific computing and algorithm development
• Building the tools and engines that bring the trading platforms and models to life
What you need:
- Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science or related field with strong academic credentials
- Sophisticated knowledge of algorithms, statistics, and high-performance computing
- Strong numerical programming skills utilizing technologies such as numpy, scipy, or scikit learn.
- Experience with scientific computing and algorithm development.
- A background or interest in building large-scale, real-time, and distributed applications is desired.
- Knowledge of scripting languages such as Python.
- Ability to analyze the data-rich domain of finance, financial experience is not a requirement.
What you get:
• Work with one of the leading Quantitative Hedge Funds
• Work in not your typical hedge fund. Very collaborative and casual work environment as compared to most Wall St. Firms
• Incredible work perks (too many to name!)
About this role
Summary
Develop high-performance applications and algorithms for financial systems.
Job title
Software Engineer - Quantitative
Experience level
entry level
Industry
finance
Location requirements
New York City, remote work not allowed
Salary
Not specified
Management role
No
Skills & keywords
Required skills
bachelor's degreealgorithmsstatisticshigh-performance computingnumerical programmingnumpyscipyscikit learnscientific computingpython
Preferred skills
large-scale applicationsreal-time applicationsdistributed applications
Specializations
quantitativefinancialalgorithmshigh-performancescientific computing
Locations
Structured locations inferred from the posting.
New York, NY, USA
On-site City