Machine Learning Software Engineer

The Hagen Ricci Group; Chicago, New York (IL, NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the financial technology sector is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to enhance trading systems through machine learning. The ideal candidate will have extensive software development experience and a strong skill set in Python, managing data pipelines, and improving system performance. No prior finance experience is needed, though interest in the field is a plus. This role promises to involve cutting-edge technology and collaboration with quantitative researchers to optimize trading strategies.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of full-time professional software development experience.
• Experience with building and maintaining production machine learning systems.
• Strong background in software engineering.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage high quality, robust and efficient data and model pipelines.
• Improve capabilities, performance, reliability, scalability, and throughput of ML systems.
• Build automated tools to evaluate model performance.

Skills

Machine Learning

Python

Software Development

Quantitative Analysis

Job description

We are actively recruiting for Senior Software Engineers for our client's offices in the New York and Chicago These persons have demonstrated experience in developing, managing, and maintaining Machine Learning systems in production. In this role, you will partner with the Quantitative Research team to build battle-tested production trading systems and create automated infrastructure to accelerate delivery of new models to live trading.

Responsibilities:

Develop and manage high quality, robust and efficient data and model pipelines.

Improve capabilities, performance, reliability, scalability and throughput of machine learning systems in a trading environment.

Build automated tools to evaluate model performance.

Work closely with quantitative, portfolio researchers to improve the profitability of trading tactics.

MUST HAVE Technical Experience:

At least 5+ years of full-time professional software development experience

Previous experience with building and maintaining production machine learning systems and real-time data ingestion.

Strong background in software engineering and quantitative analysis

Expertise in Python. Some experience with C++ a plus but not a requirement.

Comfortable with iterative software development; high standards for software quality and hygiene

No experience required in finance and/or quantitative trading; interest is beneficial.

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