Quant And Tax Developer

Summary

Join Scalable Capital, a leading European digital investment platform, as a key contributor to their transformative pan-European growth project. You will be responsible for developing the taxation logic supporting this expansion and automating wealth management algorithms. This role involves hands-on Python development, working with cutting-edge technology and modern software development practices. You will create wealth management and brokerage services, architect interfaces, and contribute data-driven ideas. The ideal candidate possesses a strong background in computer science, mathematics, or a related field, along with expertise in quantitative modeling, econometrics, and Python development. Scalable Capital offers a dynamic work environment, competitive compensation, and various benefits.

Requirements

• Excellent university degree in computer science, mathematics, natural sciences, or a similar field
• Passion for the global financial markets and for cracking tax challenges
• Knowledge in econometrics with an emphasis on portfolio optimization and risk modelling
• Experience with convex optimization, exposure to libraries like cvxpy, scipy or cvxopt
• Experience in quantitative modeling and data-driven decisions
• Knowledge of software development and software design in Python
• Experience with cloud providers like AWS
• Excellent communication skills that are clear, concise, and targeted towards your audience - engineering, product, or other stakeholders
• Fluent English language skills (written & spoken)
• Proactive and independent working style, good time management, fair play

Responsibilities

• Develop a key component of Scalable’s most transformative project: the taxation logic that supports our pan-European growth
• Automate wealth management algorithms, encompassing risk, cost, and tax optimization in cost-effective burst computations with the capacity to handle 1mn trades in 10 minutes for less than €10
• Productionize algorithmic models that autonomously react to client requests and market movements across multiple tax regimes
• Develop hands-on in Python alongside a highly motivated team of software engineers and quant developers, driving transformative changes in the financial industry
• Work on cutting edge technology and be part of modern software development practices (e.g. agile and self-sufficient teams, continuous integration and deployment, test automation, cloud-based infrastructure and tooling)
• Drive the development of the next generation tax optimization
• Create wealth management and brokerage services for everybody
• Architect and deploy interfaces connecting the Scalable Capital Robo with key internal services to establish seamless connectivity with the external world
• Contribute and develop data-driven ideas aimed at generating business value
• Drive continuous improvements of data pipelines with respect to requirements and platform dependencies
• Fully automate trading algorithms driven by pure quantitative evidence that autonomously manage billions in assets, react to market movements and client requests in hundreds of thousands of individual portfolios
• Never implement any of the above in spreadsheet tools
• Support the tax core team, investment managers, trading, backend, wealth management

Preferred Qualifications

Exposure and interest in our tech stack: Docker, CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), relational databases / SQL, knowledge of Java / Kotlin is a plus

Benefits

• Be part of one of the fastest-growing and most visible Fintech startups in Europe, creating innovative services that have a substantial impact on the lives of our customers
• Work with an international, diverse, inclusive, and ever-growing team that loves creating the best products for our clients
• Enjoy an office in a great location in the middle of Munich or Prenzlauer Berg, a vibrant district surrounded by an exciting array of restaurants, cafés and convenient amenities or choose to work remotely within Germany (if eligible for the job)
• Be productive with the latest hardware and tools
• Learn and grow by joining our in-house knowledge sharing sessions and spending your individual Education Budget
• Learn and experience German culture first hand by joining our free German language classes
• (International) relocation support
• Flexible vacation policy and the opportunity to work from abroad
• Benefit from an attractive compensation package and from the company pension scheme
• Monthly contribution of 25% for the ‘Deutschland Jobticket’
• Say goodbye to order commissions and say hello to your complimentary subscription of Scalable Capital's PRIME+ Broker