Quantitative Trading and Research Operations Developer 842136

Capstone Search Advisors; Rowayton (CT); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Fairfield County Hedge Fund is seeking an early-career developer to join the Quantitative Trading and Research Operations team. You will develop, maintain, and refactor code used in research and trading, focusing on reliability and maintainability in a production environment.

You will work with researchers, follow established processes, and interact with the Quality Assurance Committee. This role emphasizes hands-on development, troubleshooting, and collaboration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field.
• Strong Python programming skills.
• Solid refactoring and code design experience.
• Familiarity with CI/CD processes.
• Comfortable using Unix command line.
• Experience with Git version control.
• Familiarity with SQL and enterprise DB structures.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Coursework in cybersecurity is a plus.
• Familiarity with cloud compute and general infrastructure design is a plus.
• Knowledge of R and MATLAB and familiarity with writing test cases is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Quantitative Strategies department to develop, maintain, and improve code supporting research and trading activities.
• Review, refactor, and update legacy programs to meet established coding standards and improve reliability, maintainability, and computational performance.
• Provide ongoing maintenance and support for both existing systems and newly developed tools.
• Develop and maintain test cases to validate code changes and help prevent errors and system failures.
• Follow established development and code review processes, working regularly with the QA Committee and incorporating feedback from senior leaders across Technology and Data.
• Analyze system financial and computational performance and execute trades.
• Support engineering initiatives related to trading system implementation, computational resource utilization, build and deployment processes, containerization, and evaluation of cloud computing.

Skills

Python

Code refactoring

CI/CD concepts

Unix CLI

Communication

Troubleshooting

Collaboration

Cybersecurity coursework

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Git

Unix

PowerShell

SQL

Job description

Fairfield County Hedge Fund is seeking an early-career developer to join their Quantitative Trading and Research Operations team. The successful candidate will support the Quantitative Strategies department by developing, maintaining, and refactoring code used in research and trading, with a particular focus on improving the reliability and maintainability of existing programs. This individual will work closely with researchers and follow established development and code review processes, including regular interaction with the firm’s Quality Assurance Committee. The ideal candidate enjoys hands‑on development, troubleshooting, and improving existing systems within an evolving production environment.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Quantitative Strategies department to develop, maintain, and improve code supporting research and trading activities
• Review, refactor, and update legacy programs to meet established coding standards and improve reliability, maintainability, and computational performance
• Provide ongoing maintenance and support for both existing systems and newly developed tools
• Develop and maintain test cases to validate code changes and help prevent errors and system failures
• Follow established development and code review processes, working regularly with the Quality Assurance Committee and incorporating feedback from senior leaders across Technology and Data
• Analyze system financial and computational performance and execute trades
• Support engineering initiatives related to trading system implementation, computational resource utilization, build and deployment processes, containerization, and evaluation of cloud computing

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field
• Strong Python skills
• Strong program design fundamentals and refactoring experience
• Knowledge of CI/CD process
• Comfortable working in the command line on Unix
• Comfortable using version control, such as Git
• General familiarity with PowerShell
• Familiarity with SQL and other enterprise database structures
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Coursework in cybersecurity is a plus
• Familiarity with cloud compute and general infrastructure design is a plus
• Knowledge of R and MATLAB and familiarity with writing test cases is a plus
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a dynamic, fast‑paced environment