full-time
Quantitative Developer - Systematic Investing Platform
Selby Jennings
- Employer
- Selby Jennings
- Location
- New York
- Working pattern
- on-site
- Salary
- $200,000–$200,000 / year
About the role
Build and maintain software platforms, libraries, and tools for quantitative research, data processing, model development, and automated trading, using Python and performance-oriented C++. Partner with researchers and investment professionals to deliver production-ready solutions, improve reliability and operational practices, troubleshoot issues, and contribute to engineering standards and mentorship. Requires at least five years of professional software engineering experience supporting production systems, strong Python and/or C++ expertise, and solid engineering fundamentals in architecture, debugging, performance, and maintainability. Candidates should have experience with data-intensive, distributed, or mission-critical applications, effective cross-functional communication, and a degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience; quantitative finance and related technologies are preferred.