Junior Quantitative Developer bei Systematica Investments
Systematica Investments · Geneva, Schweiz · Onsite
- Junior
- Optionales Büro in Geneva
We are seeking a Junior Quantitative Developer with strong software engineering skills and a passion for quantitative research to join our global technology and trading team. You will contribute to the design, build, and optimisation of the systems that power a large-scale algorithmic trading platform. The role is based in Geneva and offers close collaboration with researchers, portfolio managers, and technologists across our global offices.
Key Responsibilities
Primary Duties
- Build and optimize the research and trading infrastructure;
- Ensure the platform is scalable, reliable, and low latency to handle large volumes of market data and trades;
- Work closely with quantitative researchers to ensure models perform as expected both in back testing and live environments;
- Automate workflows to improve research productivity and deployment efficiency;
- Advise researchers on good software design practice, work to improve model code structure;
- Development, primarily in Python or Java.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
Experience, Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- A minimum of 2 years’ experience in a similar role;
- Experience using a statistical computing language – such as Python, Matlab, Java or R;
- Experience of Linux, cloud computing, distributed systems, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) technologies;
- Git, Jenkins, or similar tools for code deployment and testing.
Beneficial
- Understanding of system performance optimisation (time complexity, profilers, memory layout, caching issues etc);
- Use of convex optimisation tools, such as Mosek;
- Experience with Machine Learning frameworks;
- Financial market product and pricing understanding;
Educational & Professional Qualifications
- A degree (or equivalent) with mathematical or computing content (e.g. Computer Science, Maths, Physics)
Benefits
Systematica Investments provides you with excellent benefits from day 1. We provide private medical insurance for you and your immediate family. We offer competitive salaries combined with an attractive bonus and pension plus free drinks and snacks at the office. We also offer paid parental leave with enhanced leave for mothers/primary carers.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company.
