Post Trade Software Engineer

PDT Partners; New York (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading quantitative investment manager seeks a software developer to enhance its post-trade technology stack. You will work on designing user-friendly solutions for fund accounting and operations, engaging in the full software development lifecycle. Ideal candidates will have a strong technical background and a passion for solving complex challenges in finance.

Qualifications

• 3-5+ years of professional software development experience.
• Experience designing scalable and highly reliable software systems.
• Significant experience programming in an object-oriented programming language.

Responsibilities

• Understand and anticipate software challenges faced by fund accounting and operations teams.
• Lead the evolution of the post-trade technology stack.
• Help select, vet, and integrate open-source and third-party platforms.

Skills

Software development

Distributed systems programming

Multithreaded programming

Object-oriented programming

Collaboration

Knowledge of trading and finance

Tools

Linux

Job description

Post Trade owns the platform that routes and manages all of our post-trade data, as well as the software that handles the intricate needs of our fund accounting and operations teams. Designing software tailored to those needs—related to trade data, expense allocation, and financing, to name a few—is a top business priority with clear, significant impact. Your systems will be used by nearly every team at the company.

Successful candidates come from very strong technical and academic backgrounds, are interested in solving complex technical issues, wish to be deeply involved in hands-on programming. They also enjoy ownership of business-critical projects, working on the full life cycle of large complex systems, from designing and implementing new components and features to supporting and enhancing existing functionality.

PDT Partners has a stellar30+ year track record and a reputation for excellence. Our goal is to be the best quantitative investment manager in the world—measured by the quality of our products, not their size. PDT’s very high employee-retention rate speaks for itself. Our people are intellectuallyextraordinary, and our community is close-knit, down-to-earth, and diverse.

Responsibilities:

• Understand and anticipate the software challenges faced by our fund accounting and operations teams, then engineer efficient, user-friendly solutions
• Lead the evolution of our post-trade technology stack for research, finance, risk, and compliance
• Help select, vet, and integrate open-source and third-party platforms

Below is a list of skills and experiences we think are relevant. Even if you don’t think you’re a perfect match, we still encourage you to apply because we are committed to developing our people.

• 3-5+ years of professional software development experience
• Experience designing scalable and highly reliable software systems
• Familiarity with Linux, distributed systems programming, and multithreaded programming
• Significant experience programming in an object-oriented programming language
• Experience in and enthusiasm for scoping requirements and collaborating with colleague-clients
• Knowledge of, or interest in, trading and finance is beneficial

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