Our client is searching for an experienced Desktop Engineer to join their team in New York.

Responsibilities:  

• Architect, develop, maintain, and expand Windows client platforms on premise and in cloud environments
• Develop, maintain, and improve a number of custom scripts and automations written primarily in, but not limited to, PowerShell or Python
• Participate in triage and on-call rotation readily handling various consult requests and troubleshooting tasks
• Maintain and improve the team’s internal and end user facing knowledge base

Requirements:

• Deep knowledge and understanding of Windows 10 operating system
• Strong understanding in configuration management tools such as SCCM
• Good understanding of Microsoft Group Policies
• Proficiency with a scripting language (PowerShell or Python preferred)
• Track record in successfully leading and delivering large scale, geo-distributed, sophisticated projects in an enterprise environment
• Experience with Azure is a plus

Education:

• A BS/BA degree in a computer science, engineering, or related field and 5+ years of experience building and managing Windows client platforms

If you would like to be considered for the position of Desktop Engineer or wish to discuss the role further then please leave your details below. Your resume will be held in confidence until you connect with a member of our team

Email:  info@njf.com or call London (0207 604 4444,) New York (212 400 4845) or Chicago (312 204 7216) to speak to a member of our team. Thank you

Our client is searching for an experienced Quantitative Software Developer to join them in London. The successful candidate should have a passion in technology to provide optimal solutions for research and trading.  In this team, the candidate will gain full-stack exposure and build expertise across multiple aspects of quantitative research and trading.

Responsibilities:  

• Collaborate with researchers to build a robust, scalable research infrastructure, including alpha estimation, risk modeling, optimization, and trade execution components
• Build visualization tools and monitors for market/trade/position/risk
• Maintain and improve data pipelines for large-scale data processing
• Optimize database queries for data collection
• Maintain and troubleshoot of trading systems
• Collaborate with the infrastructure team to improve hardware infrastructure

Requirements:

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience in a collaborative environment
• Strong interest and ability in learning new languages/tools and relevant knowledge for trading
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills
• Strong programming experience in Python 3(including NumPy and Pandas) and either C++ or Java
• Strong SQL experience is required, experience in kdb is a plus
• Proficiency with the Linux environment
• Experience working with streaming and historical time series data, including a variety of messaging systems and databases
• Experience developing back-testing, simulation, and trading systems is a plus
• Detail-oriented
• Willing to take ownership of his/her work, working both independently and within a small team

Education:

• Undergraduate or higher degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or other quantitative discipline

If you would like to be considered for the position of Quantitative Software Developer or wish to discuss the role further then please leave your details below. Your resume will be held in confidence until you connect with a member of our team

Email:  info@njf.com or call London (0207 604 4444,) New York (212 400 4845) or Chicago (312 204 7216) to speak to a member of our team. Thank you

Our client is searching for an experienced Quant Developer to join their team in London. The successful candidate should have a passion to work in a start-up environment and be comfortable with taking on a leadership role. The ideal candidate will be working on greenfield projects, which are critical to the success of the new team.

Responsibilities:  

• Building high-performance components for both live trading and simulation
• Refining, and increasing automation and robustness, of the research infrastructure including alpha estimation, risk modeling, and backtesting components
• Developing an efficient storage and access scheme for data and reference data across all frequencies, including microstructure data
• Researching and implementing performance analytics, including signal performance and post-trade analytics (e.g., slippage, fill-rate, and market impact reports)
• Achieving trading system robustness through automated reconciliation and system-wide alerts
• Automating processes around live trading
• Maintaining the system and ensuring its stability, robustness, and security
• Collaborating with researchers to improve research infrastructure and tools
• Contributing to existing libraries for Python code speedup

Requirements:

• 3+ years professional experience developing infrastructure to support quantitative investing
• Experience working in a Unix environment
• Very strong programming skills in Python and production level coding experience
• Experience with extending Python using C/C++
• Understanding of and experience with data ingestion processes
• Willing to take ownership of his/her work, working both independently and within a small team
• Experience with execution systems is a strong advantage
• Domain knowledge in equities is a plus
• Commitment to the highest ethical standards

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or other technical discipline

If you would like to be considered for the position of Quant Developer or wish to discuss the role further then please leave your details below. Your resume will be held in confidence until you connect with a member of our team

Email:  info@njf.com or call London (0207 604 4444,) New York (212 400 4845) or Chicago (312 204 7216) to speak to a member of our team. Thank you

Our client is searching for an experienced HFT Quantitative Developer to join their team in London. The successful candidate will lead the system-wide design and build out of a quantitative futures and FX portfolio focused on high and mid-frequency signals and strategies. You should possess a passion for technology, a desire to take ownership of your work, and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively to maximize team throughput.

Responsibilities:  

• Developing trading and research architecture and infrastructure
• Building high-performance/low-latency components for both live trading and simulation
• Developing a seamless platform to handle all aspects of quant trading—model building, optimization, and trade execution
• Building efficient storage and live access schemes for data across all frequencies, including microstructure data
• Developing a graphic interface to monitor the portfolio and trading
• Achieving trading system robustness through automated reconciliation and system-wide alerts and fuses

Requirements:

• A highly skilled technologist with good quantitative skills
• 5+ years of industry experience in a quantitative business, including experience working on high-frequency/low-latency technology
• Experience developing backtesting, simulation, and trading systems
• Experience in developing aggressive and passive tactics.
• HFT business knowledge and good mathematical skills is a plus.
• Broad knowledge and experience with performance tradeoffs for common hardware and technology decisions
• Strong programming skills in Python and C++
• Strong project management skills, i.e. the ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• High degree of drive and energy—must be a self-starter
• Ability to work cooperatively with all levels of staff and to thrive in a team-oriented environment
• Commitment to the highest ethical standards and who act with professionalism and integrity at all times

Education:

• Masters or PhD in computer science or other quantitative discipline

If you would like to be considered for the position of Lead HFT Quantitative or wish to discuss the role further then please leave your details below. Your resume will be held in confidence until you connect with a member of our team

Email:  info@njf.com or call London (0207 604 4444,) New York (212 400 4845) or Chicago (312 204 7216) to speak to a member of our team. Thank you

Our client is searching for an experienced Research Modeling Engineer to join their team in New York.

Responsibilities:  

• Develop Excel solutions on a pure C# / Excel-DNA platform. Future direction is Excel 365 on .NET Core 5.0, with integrated JavaScript graphics and interactivity.
• Use JavaScript/React to develop best-in-class UI/UX experiences using Excel task panes.
• Partner with the industry’s top investment professionals and business analysts to design, develop, and deploy unique Excel solutions not found anywhere else in the tech or financial industry.
• Work with technology professionals across all specialties, including server-side developers, data engineers, and UI/UX professionals.
• Drive the evolution of the Excel strategy by challenging the status quo and identifying opportunities to enhance the system.

Requirements:

• A passion for Excel development to facilitate modeling and analysis of publicly traded companies and industries.
• Expert-level experience with the Excel object model, strong C# coding skills, and 5+ years working in the financial industry. For JavaScript developers, moderate Excel skills will suffice.
• Strong interpersonal skills with ability to forge close working relationships with both investment professionals and technology team members.
• Impeccable organizational skills and the ability to juggle multiple streams of work simultaneously.
• Experience dealing with front office and ability to work with application & infrastructure technology teams.

Education:

• Bachelor’s, Master’s or PhD degree in Computer Science, Finance, or equivalent experience.

If you would like to be considered for the position of Research Modeling Engineer or wish to discuss the role further then please leave your details below. Your resume will be held in confidence until you connect with a member of our team

Email:  info@njf.com or call London (0207 604 4444,) New York (212 400 4845) or Chicago (312 204 7216) to speak to a member of our team. Thank you

Our client is searching for an experienced Quantitative Developer to join their team in New York.

Responsibilities:  

• Build core pricing and risk analytics for trading of convertible bond investment strategy
• The candidate will primarily be working with the Quantitative Research team to develop models and analytics for various asset classes within the Converts business.
• Drive and manage projects to integrate with firm-wide asset pricing and risk platforms

Additional responsibilities may include:

• Acquiring and managing datasets for use in new or existing models.

Requirements:

• Programming experience in C++, Python on Linux
• Knowledge of NumPy, SciPy.
• Commitment to excellence and a strong attention to detail
• Highly motivated with a desire to work in a hands-on collaborative environment

Nice to have:

• Product knowledge of any or all of the following: Converts, CDS, Bonds, Equities, Interest Rate Swaps and Bond ETF.
• Solid mathematical foundation, with a demonstrable interest in financial topics and a clear desire and motivation to learn more

Education:

• Technical education should include an Undergraduate or Advanced Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) Degree

If you would like to be considered for the position of Quantitative Developer or wish to discuss the role further then please leave your details below. Your resume will be held in confidence until you connect with a member of our team

Email:  info@njf.com or call London (0207 604 4444,) New York (212 400 4845) or Chicago (312 204 7216) to speak to a member of our team. Thank you

Our client is searching for an experienced Lead Engineer to join their team in New York.

The successful candidate will help design the applications that enable hundreds of investment professionals to move from research to execution by submitting trades, managing their risk, and understanding their portfolio.

Responsibilities:  

• Supporting technical roadmap development and managing cross team dependencies.
• Designing software architecture in line with strategic planning. Guides teams in anticipation of future use cases and helps them make design decisions to minimize the costs of future changes.
• Working at both a tactical and strategic level to influence decisions and execution on major organizational goals.
• Critically reviewing technical operations and programs, breaking them down and prioritizing across the organization.
• Collaborating with highly-skilled engineers and product stakeholders in a demanding and fast-paced environment.

Requirements:

• Demonstrated track record at constructing novel and appropriate data models and architectures in the context of both full-stack applications and streaming data systems.
• Can qualitatively evaluate trade-offs of multiple design candidates for infrastructural changes and identify those that yield state of the art solutions while balancing all other objectives.
• Active collaboration skills with adjacent teams and organizations, can quarterback large-scale projects that touch dependencies or architectures shared by many stakeholders.
• Comfortable with communicating and participating in project management of cross-functional technical projects.
• Prior experience in building production systems within Python and/or C++.
• Keen eye for optimization and scaling, particularly where it reduces operational costs or improves end-user experience.

Nice to have:

• Strong interest in fundamental equity and long/short investing in an institutional setting, particularly with a focus on portfolio management, risk assessment, and empowering new trading strategies.
• Familiarity with multiple families of datastores and data brokers: relational (e.g., SQL Server, Postgres), non-relational (e.g., MongoDB), and streaming (e.g., Kafka/Faust, Redis Streaming, or KSQLDB)
• Exposure to front-end development in modern React and Javascript/Typescript stack.

If you would like to be considered for the position of Lead Engineer or wish to discuss the role further then please leave your details below. Your resume will be held in confidence until you connect with a member of our team

Email:  info@njf.com or call London (0207 604 4444,) New York (212 400 4845) or Chicago (312 204 7216) to speak to a member of our team. Thank you

Our client is searching for an experienced C# Developer to join their team in New York. The successful candidate will be someone who has a passion for tackling complexity and building platforms that can scale through multiple orders of magnitude.

Responsibilities:  

• Design high performance software components
• Code using primarily C#
• Conduct design and code reviews
• Analyze and improve efficiency, scalability, and stability of the systems

Requirements:

• 5+ years of relevant coding experience in C#
• Experience building systems with strict requirements for low-latency and deterministic performance
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Comfortable in a fast-paced environment

Nice to have:

• Multi-threaded/concurrency programming with lock-free algorithms
• Knowledge of CLR internals
• Experience with distributed systems design and development
• An interest in financial markets

Education:

• B.S. Computer Science or related technical field

If you would like to be considered for the position of C# Developer or wish to discuss the role further then please leave your details below. Your resume will be held in confidence until you connect with a member of our team

Email:  info@njf.com or call London (0207 604 4444,) New York (212 400 4845) or Chicago (312 204 7216) to speak to a member of our team. Thank you

Our client is searching for an experienced UI Developer to join their team in New York. The ideal candidate has a passion for solving business problems with technology, is obsessed with developing software that provides incredible user experiences and is eager to learn about the intersection of finance and technology. 

Responsibilities:  

• Work closely with portfolio management, trading, compliance, and technology teams to deliver cutting-edge innovative software solutions to businesses
• Collaborate in a fast-paced team environment to understand, engineer, and deliver on business requirements
• Strike a balance along the dimensions of feasibility, stability, scalability, and time-to-market when delivering solutions

Requirements:

• 4+ years of professional software development experience. Financial industry exposure a plus but not at all required
• Deep expertise with React or other major JavaScript/TypeScript frameworks, experience with D3, Highcharts, AG Grid or Electron a plus
• Proficiency in HTML5/CSS3 and CSS postprocessing libraries such as SASS
• Strong UI design skills with a focus on UX best practices, experience with Figma or Adobe XD a plus
• Experience working in Agile Development / SCRUM Methodologies, a plus
• Experience with basic DevOps techniques, including CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code
• Humble, team-player who wants to win

Education:

• Degree in Computer Science or closely related field

If you would like to be considered for the position of UI Developer or wish to discuss the role further then please leave your details below. Your resume will be held in confidence until you connect with a member of our team

Email:  info@njf.com or call London (0207 604 4444,) New York (212 400 4845) or Chicago (312 204 7216) to speak to a member of our team. Thank you

Our client is searching for an experienced C# Developer to join their team in London. The successful candidate will be someone who has a passion for tackling complexity and building platforms that can scale through multiple orders of magnitude.

Responsibilities:  

• Design high performance software components
• Code using primarily C#
• Conduct design and code reviews
• Analyze and improve efficiency, scalability, and stability of the systems

Requirements:

• 5+ years of relevant coding experience in C#
• Experience building systems with strict requirements for low-latency and deterministic performance
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Comfortable in a fast-paced environment

Nice to have:

• Multi-threaded/concurrency programming with lock-free algorithms
• Knowledge of CLR internals
• Experience with distributed systems design and development
• An interest in financial markets

Education:

• B.S. Computer Science or related technical field

If you would like to be considered for the position of C# Developer or wish to discuss the role further then please leave your details below. Your resume will be held in confidence until you connect with a member of our team

Email:  info@njf.com or call London (0207 604 4444,) New York (212 400 4845) or Chicago (312 204 7216) to speak to a member of our team. Thank you