Quantitative Researcher Intern

Quant Blueprint LLC; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Quant Blueprint LLC in Boston is searching for an exceptional software developer to join their front office portfolio finance team. This dynamic group delivers cutting-edge software solutions and automates software pipelines, contributing to critical investment systems.

The ideal candidate will hold a degree in Computer Science, have a minimum of 5 years of programming experience, and expertise in cloud-based architecture, particularly AWS. The role involves full stack development, team collaboration, and innovation.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of programming experience preferably in financial applications.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Experience with developing applications for cloud, preferably AWS.

Responsibilities

• Full stack software design and development on an agile team.
• Continuously deliver high quality code.
• Automate the software development, testing and deployment process.

Skills

Cloud-based architecture

Software development

Problem solving

React

Docker

Education

Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

GitLab

Job description

Overview

The Investment Technologies group is looking for an exceptional software developer for the front office portfolio finance team. The portfolio finance team is a dynamic and innovating group of developers who are passionate about delivering cutting-edge solutions to the business stakeholders. Some of these solutions include securities borrowing, cash management, and collateral management. As a member of this team, you will have the opportunity to drive innovation, build software solutions, automate software pipelines, and diagnose and fix software issues for the critical systems that drive our investment capabilities. The ideal candidate is self-driven, team-oriented, and has a passion for improving software architecture and the development process.

Responsibilities

• Full stack software design and development on an agile team
• Continuously deliver high quality code and work to identify potential areas for improvement
• Automate the software development, testing and deployment process
• Write unit tests and perform code reviews to ensure code quality and adhere to best practices
• Design and Develop cloud-native applications and REST-based APIs and deploy them to AWS using modern cloud services
• Embrace development best practices like continuous delivery, test automation, and containerized deployments
• Work closely with other groups including developers, DBAs, network engineers and third party vendors / consultants
• Engage with business and technology leaders to understand the strategy, articulate solution options, evaluate tradeoffs, and influence key decisions
• Create and maintain systems and support documentation that is thorough, complete, and of a professional caliber
• Stay up-to date with emerging trends and technologies in software development, and apply them to the projects

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science or related field
• Minimum of 5 years of programming experience preferably in financial applications
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Strong background in modern, cloud based architecture, data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented programming, and an understanding and adherence to SOLID design principles
• Experience with unit testing, isolation frameworks, and behavior driven development
• Experience with developing applications for cloud, preferably AWS
• Experience with container technologies like Docker, Kubernetes
• Technology stack development experience in:
  • Web development using React, Angular or similar web technologies
  • Server-side development in Python, C# (.Net Core) and Web API, REST API
  • Back-end development using T-SQL
  • AWS Services: S3, Lambda, RDS, EC2, EKS, DynamoDB, Step Functions, API Gateway, Glue, Lake Formation, Cloud Watch
• Great communication & organizational skills, drive, energy, enthusiasm, maturity, and confidence

Value-Add Experience & Competencies

• Experience with developing full stack financial applications
• Experience with messaging frameworks like RabbitMQ, Kafka, Pulsar
• Experience with NoSQL databases
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, with GitLab preferred
• Experience with the ELK stack
• Experience with high performance computing
• Experience with observability in dynamic IT environments