Quant Developer | Trading Strategies | Experienced Hire

SIG Susquehanna; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A forward-thinking company is seeking a software developer for its Strategy Development team. This role combines data analysis and technology skills to enhance trading strategies in equity and derivatives markets. You will collaborate closely with quants and traders, working on performance-sensitive applications using C# and Java, while also gaining insights into the full software development lifecycle. The company values curiosity and problem-solving, making it an ideal environment for continuous learning and growth. Join a team that is committed to innovation and making impactful contributions in the fast-paced world of quantitative trading.

Benefits

Competitive employee perks

Health insurance

Retirement plans

Flexible working hours

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience developing software applications.
• Hands-on experience with performance-sensitive C# or Java.

Responsibilities

• Become the expert on specific strategies and exchanges.
• Iterate with quants and traders to enhance strategies.
• Involved in the full SDLC from design to troubleshooting.

Skills

C#

Java

C++

Data Analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Mathematics

Job description

Overview

Susquehanna is hiring a software developer for our Strategy Development team. This is a computationally intensive role that will allow you to utilize both your data analysis and technology skills. You’ll enhance, refine, and evolve strategies by searching for the optimal parameterization. We’re looking for someone who has experience with performance-sensitive C# or Java knowledge, but familiarity with C++ is also a plus.

In this role, you will:

• Have the unique opportunity to become the expert on specific strategies and exchanges that you are responsible for in the equity and derivatives markets.
• Be on the front lines of the business, iterating with quants and traders to come up with new features and enhance existing strategies.
• Be involved in the full SDLC, from requirements gathering, to designing and implementing new strategies, through to troubleshooting and reconciling live trading versus actual and expected results.

What you can expect from us:

Real Impact: By integrating sophisticated coding techniques with innovative engineering ideas, we design and optimize systems that can process massive amounts of data while still ensuring high performance and stability. You’ll see how your contributions towards developing and supporting leading-edge hardware and software technologies make a firm-wide impact that makes us all smarter, faster, and better.

Collaboration: You will partner closely with our Strategy Developers and Quantitative Researchers to translate complex trading problems into scalable and highly performant hardware solutions.

Growth: For many of our roles, we don’t expect you to have prior industry experience in proprietary trading or financial services to succeed at Susquehanna International Group. We’re looking for people who are naturally curious, relentless problem solvers, and have the desire to continuously innovate, learn, and grow.

Benefits: Susquehanna offers a wide array of competitive employee perks & benefits.

What we're looking for

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or related discipline or its foreign equivalent plus7 years of progressive experience developing software applications. Relevant technical experience may substitute for education
• Recent hands-on experience with performance-sensitive C# or Java is required; C++ experience a plus

About Susquehanna

Susquehanna is a global quantitative trading firm founded by a group of friends who share a passion for game theory and probabilistic thinking. We have incorporated this approach into our culture, where you will find relentless problem solvers within each of our core disciplines: Trading, Technology, and Quantitative Research. From offices around the world, our employees collaborate to make optimal decisions and are driven by the desire to achieve winning results together.

What we do
We are experts in trading essentially all listed financial products and asset classes, with a focus on derivatives trading. Through market making and market taking, we handle millions of trading transactions around the world every day, providing liquidity and ensuring competitive prices for buyers and sellers. While our presence in the market is broad, our trading desks are highly specialized, allowing for a deep understanding of unique drivers of each asset class.

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