Top quantitative investment manager headquartered in the Chicago loop is looking to hire a talented python engineer with at least 2-3 years of experience to work within a small collaborative team to build impactful systems that are critical to the company’s success.

Top quantitative investment manager headquartered in the Chicago loop is looking to hire a talented python engineer with at least 2-3 years of experience to work within a small collaborative team to build impactful systems that are critical to the company’s success.

In this role, you will work closely with quantitative researchers and software engineers to improve the capabilities of the firm’s primary trading strategy workflow and systems. This would include projects to do with research data and feature pipelines right through to realtime alpha and portfolio generation engines.

This represents a great opportunity for someone in the early to mid stages of their careers to challenge themselves in an ambitious firm shaped by collaboration and meritocracy.

What we’re looking for:

• A Bachelor or Masters degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent


• A history of building software effectively, using automated tests


• Experience with python programming


• Experience with pandas, numpy, SciPy, or other scientific computing a big plus


• Ideally 2-3 years of professional experience as a developer either in or out of the finance industry


• The desire to work on projects from conception to completion

This is a full-time position that could be based in Chicago or the Bay Area, with some remote working flexibility.

Compensation is unprecedented and contingent on experience.