New Grad Quant Developer: Build Trading Tools

Wall Street Quants; New York (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training and mentorship from seasoned\

Job summary

Wall Street Quants is seeking a new graduate for a Quantitative Developer role in New York City. You will join a fast-moving team to design, develop, test, and maintain software tools used by traders and researchers.

The role emphasizes building data processing, simulation, and trading systems, with collaboration across researchers and engineers. The ideal candidate is a recent or upcoming graduate from any degree background with strong programming skills, a passion for financial markets, and

Qualifications

• Recent graduate or upcoming graduate from any degree program.
• Strong programming ability in at least one language.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to learn new technologies quickly.
• Excellent communication and teamwork.
• Interest in financial markets or data-driven trading.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain software tools used by traders, researchers, and engineers.
• Build systems for market data processing, strategy research, simulation, backtesting, and trade execution.
• Work with large datasets to support quantitative analysis and trading decisions.
• Collaborate with quantitative researchers and traders to translate ideas into reliable production systems.
• Improve the performance, scalability, reliability, and usability of internal platforms.
• Develop dashboards, analytics tools, APIs, and automation workflows.
• Debug and optimize code used in research and trading environments.
• Learn about financial markets, trading workflows, market data, and risk management.
• Contribute to code reviews, technical design discussions, and engineering best practices.

Skills

Programming languages

Problem solving

Learning agility

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Interest in finance

Education

Bachelor’s / Master’s / PhD or equivalent

Tools

Linux

Git

SQL

APIs

Real-time systems

Job description

Wall Street Quants is seeking a new graduate for a Quantitative Developer role in New York City. You will join a fast-moving team to design, develop, test, and maintain software tools used by traders and researchers.

The role emphasizes building data processing, simulation, and trading systems, with collaboration across researchers and engineers. The ideal candidate is a recent or upcoming graduate from any degree background with strong programming skills, a passion for financial markets, and