Trading Technology Software Developer

Graham Capital; Connecticut; On-site; USD 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary annual bonus

Medical insurance

Life insurance

401(k) plans

Job summary

Graham Capital Management, L.P. seeks a junior-to-mid-level Software Developer for its Trading Technology team in Rowayton, CT.

The role will focus on maintaining, enhancing, and supporting critical Windows client and server applications, while also contributing to new development projects. You will work closely with developers, the quantitative trading team, and other business users, with meaningful autonomy in developing technical solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field.
• 1–5 years of relevant software development experience; internships, academics, or project work accepted.
• Strong object-oriented programming skills; C# preferred; Java or Python also acceptable.
• Experience with concurrency, automated unit testing, and SQL.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills across the software development life cycle.
• Exposure to event-driven architecture (messaging), and functional programming (F#) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with developers and business users to gather requirements and scope projects.
• Maintain, enhance, and update Windows client and server applications; contribute to new development.
• Analyze existing systems for robustness and performance improvements.
• Present ideas for technical and business system improvements.
• Produce specifications and train peers and users on system use and maintenance.
• Perform unit, integration, and functional testing.

Skills

C#

Java

Python

Concurrency

Unit testing

SQL

Communication

Functional programming

F#

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Job description

Graham Capital Management, L.P. (collectively with its affiliates, "Graham") is an alternative investment manager founded in 1994 by Kenneth G. Tropin. Specializing in discretionary and quantitative macro strategies, Graham is dedicated to delivering strong, uncorrelated returns across a wide range of market environments. As one of the industry’s longest-standing global macro and trend-following managers, Graham remains committed to innovation, evolving its strategies through a robust investment, technology, and operational infrastructure. Graham harnesses the synergies between its discretionary and quantitative trading businesses to offer a broad suite of complementary alpha strategies, each built on the principles of thoughtful portfolio construction, active risk management, and diversification by design. Graham invests significant proprietary capital alongside its clients – including global institutions, endowments, foundations, family offices, sovereign wealth funds, investment management advisors, and qualified individual investors – reinforcing alignment of interests across all strategies.

The foundation of Graham's sustainability and success is the experience and contributions of its people. The firm seeks to cultivate talent, encourage the diversity of ideas, and respect the contributions of all. In turn, each employee shares in the responsibility of strengthening those around them.

Description

Graham Capital Management, L.P. is seeking a junior-to-mid-level Software Developer to join its Trading Technology team in support of continued growth across its quantitative and discretionary trading businesses. The role will focus primarily on maintaining, enhancing, and supporting critical Windows client and server applications, while also contributing to new development projects. The successful candidate will work within a small, collaborative team and interact closely with development peers, the quantitative trading team, and other business users, with meaningful autonomy in developing technical solutions.

Responsibilities

• Working closely with developers and business users, primarily within the quantitative trading team, to gather requirements and scope projects
• Maintaining, enhancing, and updating existing Windows client and server applications, while also contributing to new development projects
• Analyzing existing systems for robustness and performance improvements
• Presenting ideas for system improvements, both technical and business-related
• Producing product specifications and training peers and users on system use and maintenance
• Performing unit, integration, and functional testing
• Maintaining and supporting business-critical pre-trade signal and order generation systems through UAT and production, with a focus on accuracy, reliability, and timely processing

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field
• 1-5 years of relevant software development experience; strong recent graduates with relevant internship, academic, or project experience will also be considered. Prior financial services or investment management experience is not required
• Strong object-oriented programming skills; C# is preferred, but strong candidates with experience in Java, Python, or another modern programming language will also be considered
• Experience with or strong knowledge of concurrency, automated unit testing, and SQL
• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate with developers and business users throughout the software development life cycle
• Strong attention to detail and a commitment to developing reliable, thoroughly tested software
• Experience with event-driven architecture (messaging), F#, or functional programming (preferred)

This role requires commuting into our Rowayton, CT office Mondays through Fridays.

Base Salary Range

The anticipated salary range for this position is $100,000 to $160,000. The anticipated range is based on information as of the time this post was generated and does not include any discretionary bonus or benefits (see eligibility below). The applicable annual salary or hourly rate paid to a successful applicant will be determined based on multiple factors, including without limitation the nature and extent of prior experience, skills, and qualifications. This wage range may be modified in the future.

In addition, the employee who fills this role will be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus, as well as a wide array of benefit programs, such as medical and life insurance, 401(K) plans, and access to other healthcare programs.

Notes:

No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, benefits, or any other form of compensation that a particular employee may be eligible for remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at Graham's sole discretion, consistent with the law.

Graham is committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to their race, color, religious creed, gender, age, national origin, ancestry, alienage, citizenship status, handicap, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, childbirth or other related conditions, military status, genetic information, or any other personal characteristics protected by applicable law. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including hiring, placement, promotion, layoff, termination, transfer, leave of absence and compensation.