Quant Developer - Systematic Equities - Greenfield Desk Build

Paragon Alpha - Hedge Fund Talent Business; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Paragon Alpha - Hedge Fund Talent Business in New York seeks a Senior Quantitative Developer to build the team’s trading and research infrastructure from the ground up, owning the technology stack and working directly with an experienced PM.

You will design and implement robust pipelines for research data, portfolio construction, execution systems, and workflow automation, using Python, SQL, AWS, Airflow and Pandas, with significant autonomy in a greenfield setup.

Qualifications

• Experience in systematic equities, electronic trading or closely related environment.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals.
• Ability to operate autonomously in a high-sophistication setting.

Responsibilities

• Build research data pipelines and infrastructure.
• Develop portfolio construction and optimisation tools.
• Create execution and trading systems.
• Implement workflow orchestration and automation.
• Provide monitoring, reporting and production support.

Skills

Software engineering fundamentals

Quantitative finance background

Autonomy

Tools

Python

SQL

AWS

Airflow

Pandas

Job description

Paragon just placed a highly regarded systematic equity Portfolio Manager with a leading global multi-manager investment platform.

The PM is now looking to hire a Senior Quantitative Developer to build the team’s trading and research infrastructure from the ground up. This is a rare greenfield opportunity to join at an early stage, take genuine ownership of the technology stack and work directly with an experienced PM.

The successful candidate will design and build robust, scalable infrastructure across the full investment lifecycle, including:

• Research and data pipelines
• Portfolio construction and optimisation tools
• Execution and trading systems
• Workflow orchestration and automation
• Monitoring, reporting and production support

The core technology stack includes Python, SQL, AWS, Airflow and Pandas.

We are looking for an experienced quantitative developer with a strong background in systematic equities, electronic trading or a closely related environment. You should combine excellent software-engineering fundamentals with a practical understanding of quantitative investment workflows and be comfortable operating with significant autonomy.

This is an opportunity to become a foundational member of a newly established team, shape its technical architecture and build institutional-quality infrastructure without the constraints of a legacy platform.

Please get in touch if you tick these boxes.