Algorithmic Trading Data Analyst/Engineer

Quanta Search; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial technology company seeks an Algorithmic Trading Data Analyst/Engineer to enhance data management for its trading operations. The role involves building scalable databases, performing statistical analysis, and mentoring team members, offering a chance to influence strategic decisions in analytics.

Qualifications

• Experience with large financial datasets like market data, or execution data.
• Experience in data analysis using KDB+/Q or Python/Pandas.
• Comfortable with regression techniques and statistical analysis.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain a 35 TB historical database.
• Collaborate with researchers on data manipulation for analytics.
• Troubleshoot production issues when they occur.

Skills

Data analysis

Problem-solving

Communication

Tools

KDB+/Q

Python

R

C++

Job description

Algorithmic Trading Data Analyst/Engineer

Join to apply for the Algorithmic Trading Data Analyst/Engineer role at Quanta Search

Algorithmic Trading Data Analyst/Engineer

Join to apply for the Algorithmic Trading Data Analyst/Engineer role at Quanta Search

Our client is a global financial technology company, provider of advanced algorithms and data-driven analytics for clients in Futures and US Cash Treasury markets.

They are looking for a highly analytical, motivated, and self-driven data engineer with a strong background in designing and constructing highly scalable and flexible data management systems to join our algorithmic trading data analytics/infrastructure team in NYC. You will have the opportunity to make significant contributions to our pre/post trade analytics platform and help define our product’s strategic direction through thoughtful design and detailed analysis. As a key member of this team you will be responsible for building, enhancing and maintaining our 35 TB historical database which grows by about 200 GB every day. You will closely collaborate with quantitative researchers and build/improve the necessary databases and services to enable their research. You will also work closely with the sales and other client facing teams to provide analytical solutions to their questions about execution performance. Additionally, you will act as a mentor to other team members and coach them on best practices and engineering standards. You may also be occasionally required to troubleshoot production issues when they occur.

Required

Skills and Background:

• Experience working with large financial datasets like market data, order/execution data, or positions data
• Experience with data analysis using languages such as KDB+/Q, R, Python/Pandas
• Comfortable with mathematical concepts such as regression techniques, and statistical analysis
• Experience working in a Unix/Linux environment
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a proactive attitude to own issues and solve them
• Excellent team-player and communication skills
  
  

Desired:

• Experience with algorithmic execution and TCA especially in the futures/cash treasuries market is a big plus
• Familiarity with distributed trading systems/parallel computing
• Proficiency with C++, REST APIs and UI technologies/framework such as Node.JS, Angular

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

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