Junior Quantitative Developer

Summary

Join DV Group as a Junior Quantitative Developer in Toronto, contributing to the development of our advanced quantitative trading platform on a competitive trading desk.

Requirements

• Bachelors' Degree in Finance, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, or Engineering
• 1-3 years of experience in a financial services quantitative development role
• Strong understanding of Python, SQL, C++ 11/14/17
• Strong understanding of Financial Derivatives (Options, Futures, Swaps, Forwards)
• Strong understanding of software development principles (OO design, TDD, etc.)
• Willingness to work market hours

Responsibilities

• Work side by side with senior Portfolio Manager and experienced Software Developers on a trading desk
• Learn proprietary methodologies, signal generation, and trading systems that support an established algorithmic trading business
• Improve and extend the core trading models, enhancing existing trading signals and identifying and pursuing new opportunities
• Design, develop and test applications, working with the trading team to implement automated trading strategies and execution algorithms
• Run quantitative models live on our high-performance trading infrastructure, and analyze their daily performance to maintain ongoing profitability
• Write high-performing, well-tested Python code that meets coding standards and business requirements
• Review and enhance existing trading and analytical infrastructure
• Develop new functionality and software to support trading