Overview
SIG is hiring a strong 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. As a part of this team, you will be on the front lines of the business, iterating with quants and traders to come up with new features and enhance existing strategies. You’ll enhance, refine, and evolve strategies by searching for the optimal parameterization.
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. You will 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. We’re looking for someone who has experience with performance-sensitive C# or Java knowledge, but familiarity with C++ is also a plus.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or related discipline or its foreign equivalent plus 7 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
We don’t post salary ranges externally so any salary estimate you see listed here was not provided by SIG and may not be accurate.
SIG is not accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at SIG via-email, the Internet or directly without a valid written search agreement will be deemed the sole property of SIG, and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by SIG.
Bala Cynwyd, PA
SIG is a global quantitative trading firm founded on a platform of intellectual curiosity. We bring together the brightest minds, cutting-edge technology, and expansive sets of data to solve incredibly challenging problems. We commit our own capital to trade financial products around the clock and around the globe, and we innovate by building virtually all of our own trading technology from scratch.
Our traders, quantitative researchers, and technologists work side-by-side to develop and implement our trading strategies, making us leaders in high performance, low latency trading. We know that it’s only by tapping into our diverse perspectives that we can truly achieve our full potential. Our collective insight allows us to approach problems, both simple and extremely complex, from a wide range of thinking. This ability to think together, but not always alike, has propelled our success.