Quantitative Developer

Caxton Associates; City Of London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A global trading and investment firm in London seeks a Quantitative Developer for their Quantitative Development & Data team. The role involves building and maintaining quant libraries, web services, and front-end tools, with a focus on Python programming and scalable solutions. Candidates must have 3-5 years of experience, a quantitative degree, and strong communication skills. This is an opportunity to work in a dynamic environment and collaborate closely with various teams.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of relevant experience.
• Excellent quantitative reasoning and software design skills.
• Demonstrated professional Python skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain quant libraries in Python.
• Design and build scalable web services and front end tools.
• Promote best coding practices within the firm.
• Design data solutions and ETLs for market data and quant analytics.

Skills

Quantitative reasoning

Software design

Python programming

SQL and relational databases

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field

Tools

Python

SQL

C#

Java

Job description

About Caxton

Caxton Associates, founded in 1983, is a global trading and investment firm with offices in London, New York, Monaco, Singapore and Dubai. Caxton Associates’ primary business is to manage client and proprietary capital through global macro hedge fund strategies. Assets are managed via a broad mandate to trade in a variety of global markets and instruments.

About the Role

Caxton seeks a Quantitative Developer to join the firm’s Quantitative Development & Data team (QDD).

QDD is responsible for architecture and development of libraries, web services, dashboards, and databases that facilitate Portfolio Managers' alpha generation, strategy deployment, and risk management.

The team has presence in both London and New York. They work closely with the Quantitative Analytics Group as well as Trading Staff.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain quant libraries in Python.
• Build and maintain scalable web services for applications and front office users.
• Promote best coding practices within the firm.
• Build front end tools for market monitoring, trade screening and risk management. Front end tools can be either web dashboards or Excel tools backed by robust libraries or web services.
• Design and build data solutions and ETLs (using SQL, no-SQL, C#, and Python) for market data, quant analytics and alpha generation.

• 3-5 years of relevant experience
• Bachelor's degree, preferably in a quantitative degree
• Excellent quantitative reasoning and software design
• Demonstrated professional Python skills
• Clear grasp of SQL and relational database fundamentals
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Operates with the highest degree of ethics and integrity

Nice to have

• Knowledge of financial instruments & data: FX, Futures, Interest Rates derivatives, Options
• Proficiency in another programming language such as C#, Java or C++
• Web development skills
• Experience with AWS