Python Developer

Boothbay Fund Management LLC; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Boothbay Fund Management LLC seeks a talented Python developer/ops to join its Quantitative Management Division. You will help build high-performance, observable systems for live trading and simulation, collaborating with senior developers in a small, dynamic team.

The role spans back-end APIs, data pipelines, and platform-wide tooling to influence architecture from inception to maturity. The position suits junior to mid-senior developers eager to learn, take initiative, and contribute across

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer science or a quantitative field with substantial programming exposure.
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills.
• Very strong Python with a focus on systems programming.
• Ability to analyze system performance and instrument code for optimization.
• Strong knowledge of software development fundamentals: git, CI/CD, unit testing, code reviews, TDD, Jira.
• Strong Linux/Unix skills and shell scripting.
• Exposure to container technologies.
• Good SQL or NoSQL database knowledge.
• Excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and build a mission critical data platform for live trading and simulation.
• Collaborate with systematic traders to deploy and monitor trading systems.
• Implement front office and back-office software components.
• Implement streaming data feeds and capture.
• Write unit, system and integration tests.
• Design and implement monitoring and dashboarding solutions.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
• Collaborate with the data team on data platform expansion.
• Contribute to overall architecture.

Skills

Python

Systems programming

Problem solving

Analytical skills

Communication

Education

CS or quantitative degree

Tools

Git

CI/CD

Unit testing

Code reviews

TDD

Jira

Job description

We are seeking a talented and passionate Python developer / ops to join our growing team within the Quantitative Management Division.

This role is ideal for developers who are passionate about building high-performance, observable systems, eager to learn in a collaborative environment, and excited to work in small, dynamic team. You’ll have opportunities to take initiative, lead projects, and grow both technically and professionally.

This position is suited for junior to mid-senior developers who are confident in their technical abilities and eager to make an impact regardless of career stage.

As part of our engineering team, you will collaborate with experienced developers to build and maintain our trading platform, develop new systems and APIs, and expose them to our trading and data teams. Being part of a small, rapidly growing team offers a rare opportunity to influence architectural decisions, contribute to process design, and see the platform evolve from inception to maturity.

Responsibilities:

• Design and contribute to building a mission critical data platform for the purposes of live trading and simulation
• Collaborate with systematic traders to deploy and monitor trading systems, improve risk management techniques and enhance portfolio performance through improving our systems and processes
• Implement front office and back-office software components
• Implement streaming data feeds and capture
• Implement unit, system and integration tests
• Help design and implement monitoring and dashboarding solutions
• Help design, build and maintain our CI/CD pipelines
• Collaborate with the data team on build out of the data management platform
• Contribute to overall architecture

Education/Qualifications:

• A degree in Computer science or a quantitative field with substantial programming exposure
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
• Very strong Python, with the focus on systems programming
• Ability to analyze system performance, instrument code and apply optimizations where necessary
• Excellent knowledge of software development fundamentals: git, CI/CD, Unit testing, code reviews, TDD, FDD, Jira. Or equivalent.
• Strong Linux/Unix system, command and bash scripting
• Exposure to container technologies
• Good awareness of database technologies, with strong skills in at least one product/flavor. SQL or schemaless
• Very good communication skills

Preferred:

• Data stream processing, PCAP and messaging (e.g. kafka)
• Orchestration, e.g. Docker compose, Swarm or Kubernets
• Logging, monitoring, search, e.g. ELK or equivalent
• Experience in trading platform implementation