Our client is searching for an experienced Web Application Developer to join their team in Chicago. The successful candidate should have a strong sense of good software design, an eye for aesthetics, and an interest in finance/capital markets

Responsibilities:  

• Provide architecture, design, and implementation for responsive applications across the trading, risk management, and research businesses
• Develop and maintain key feature sets of the platform using industry proven design patterns, methods, and technologies
• Focus on developing responsive and low latency components for large data set applications
• Work with the quantitative research team to develop innovative and intuitive data visualization tools
• Research and prototype new front-end technologies, tools, and visualization techniques
• Facilitate testing and deployment of new features across multiple teams

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience developing interactive front-end web applications
• Proven track record of full stack development including HTML5, CCS3, JavaScript
• Experience with frameworks such as Node.js, React, Material UI and Spring Boot
• Experience with SciChart a strongly desired
• Experience with OpenFin strongly desired
• Experience with Postgres or other relational databases
• Ability to work in a collaborative, nimble and fast paced environment
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects/priorities simultaneously
• Trading industry experience preferred

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

If you would like to be considered for the position of Web Application Developer or wish to discuss this role in more detail,  click on the ‘I’m Interested’ button at the top of this page to leave your details. 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.

Our client is searching for an experienced Senior Data Platform Developer to join their team in Chicago. The successful candidate will design, develop, document, maintain, and test software required to capture/query the business’s live, historical, and alternative data sets. The ideal candidate will be a self-starter, have strong sense of ownership and be driven to provide technical and intellectual solutions to business problems.

Responsibilities:  

• Designing, developing, and operationally supporting proprietary trading data platform, including market data, order routing, and alternate sources spanning both real-time, streaming, and historical delivery
• Serving as a subject matter expert for researchers and traders on in-house data
• Cultivating relationships with traders, quantitative researchers, and developers; provide direct support for their data needs
• Working with traders to source, evaluate, and facilitate access to new data sources
• Monitoring data quality and devising systematic, proactive identification and data cleansing solutions
• Understanding, interpreting, and interfacing with global exchanges and their protocols
• Liaise with vendors on data and technical issues as needed to deliver rapid solutions to the business
• Collaborating with the technology teams to ensure proper data capture and distribution

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience in systems development in a high throughput, low latency trading systems environment
• 3+ years developing exchange connectivity solutions
• Strong background in C++ and C++ Template Metaprogramming with demonstrated experience using C++11/C++14
• Expertise with TCP/IP, UDP multicast, sockets, network protocols, particularly on Linux/Unix systems
• Experience using network tools such as Wireshark to monitor and debug behaviour
• Experience with exchange protocols such as FIX and OUCH
• Experience managing and administering a real-time database such as OneTick or KDB
• Experience with large data sets, including the development of tools for processing, storage, and organization of data
• Ability to work in a collaborative environment
• Ability to successfully communicate ideas to colleagues within all departments/levels of the firm
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

If you would like to be considered for the position of Senior Data Platform Developer or wish to discuss this role in more detail,  click on the ‘I’m Interested’ button at the top of this page to leave your details. 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.

Our client is searching for an experienced ASIC/FPGA Verification Engineer to join them in Austin.

Responsibilities:  

• Creating testbenches and tests
• Writing detailed verification plans
• Adapting UVM principles to an open source-based, highly flexible verification environment
• Collaborating directly with designers for rapid bringup of new projects and debugging of existing designs
• Managing regression and continuous integration infrastructure
• Developing and improving open-source and internal tools

Requirements:

• Excellent debug and analytical skills to quickly root-cause RTL bugs
• Strong background (4+ years) in RTL functional verification
• Experience with code and functional coverage collection/analysis
• Comfortable in a Linux environment
• Experience with Python is preferred
• Familiarity with Verilator and/or Cocotb preferred
• Experience with networking protocols preferred
• C++ experience is a plus

Education:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

If you would like to be considered for the position of ASIC/FPGA Verification Engineer or wish to discuss this role in more detail,  click on the ‘I’m Interested’ button at the top of this page to leave your details. 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.

Our client is searching for an experienced Market Structure Optimization Engineer for their team in New York.

Responsibilities:  

• Become familiar with the details of specific markets, attend presentations, and liaise with exchange counterparts
• Research exchange features, capabilities, and architecture
• Automate collection and visualization of metrics that quantify efficacy of exchange communication
• Formulate and conduct controlled experiments that measure impact of calculated changes to the trading infrastructure
• Communicate ideas, requirements, and results across disparate teams
• Improve fill rate of the hardware-based trading strategy
• Reduce incidence of cancel-reject responses
• Investigate and report details of various latency-sensitive exchanges

Requirements:

• Proficiency in data analytics including statistics, data visualization, and working with large data sets
• Extensive experience with Python and relevant data libraries (Pandas, Numpy/Scipy)
• Familiarity with the details of modern computer systems and networks
• You possess a degree in Data Analytics or a related field
• You can collect and interpret network and/or financial market data
• You have professional experience in latency reduction
• You have a basic understanding of proprietary trading and exchange technologies

If you would like to be considered for the position of Market Structure Optimization Analyst or wish to discuss this role in more detail,  click on the ‘I’m Interested’ button at the top of this page to leave your details. 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.

Our client is searching for a Production Trading Engineer to join their team in New York.

The production engineering team is responsible for providing technical support across their trading environment and overseeing the deployment and configuration of new technologies and strategies.

The ideal candidate has experience working within a fast-paced trading environment.  You will be responsible for deploying hardware, software, and strategies to production.  You should be comfortable providing triage and resolutions to networking, hardware, and software issues that arise during trading outages. 

Responsibilities:  

• Understand and oversee the architecture of the overall production trading environment
• Oversee technology requirements needed to support full lifecycle of strategy release and daily deployments
• Work with trading, networking, and technology team to triage and resolve real-time issues in the trading environment
• Lead and perform effective change management of hardware, software, and trading strategies
• Participate in designing product road maps to improve or implement best in class infrastructure and services that meet SLA requirements
• Develop tools to improve operations of the trading desk, deployment and release, configuration management, monitoring systems and debugging

Requirements:

• Prior experience working with a trading desk to coordinate deployments, releases, and triaging production issues
• Track record of automated deployment and monitoring of globally distributed applications
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment
• Highly analytical, independent, and reliable worker
• Experience with Bash scripting and deep knowledge of Linux OS and tools
• Understanding of network protocols - TCP/UDP, DNS
• Familiarity with Python, SQL/Postgres, and cloud technologies

If you would like to be considered for the position of Production Trading Engineer or wish to discuss this role in more detail,  click on the ‘I’m Interested’ button at the top of this page to leave your details. 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.

Our client is searching for a Junior FPGA Engineer to join their team in Chicago.

As part of the FPGA team, you’ll work with cutting-edge technology to improve performance and latency of the systems. As a member of a small and dynamic team, you’ll not only work to solve production issues but also come to the table with new and innovative ideas for automated trading.

Responsibilities:  

• Design and build new scalable systems
• Maintaining FPGA code
• Use Python for unit testing
• Use model-sim for simulation
• Debug and fix FPGA issues
• Innovate and design solutions that will overcome current limitations

Requirements:

• Highly analytical mindset
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
• Results oriented, highly flexible, team player
• Can tackle new things without a lot of help; fast learner
• Driven and self-guided
• Ability to function independently and take ownership
• Ability to multitask and iterate quickly towards a better solution
• Proficiency with Python for unit testing
• Experience coding in VHDL /verilog
• Used Xilnix and/or Altera FPGAs
• Familiar with Modelsim
• Previously worked on large FPGA stratix V or/and Virtex ultra-scale+ is a plus
• Knowledge of networking protocols:IP,/TCP/UDP etc…

Education:

• BS or higher in Electrical Engineering or another closely- related engineering discipline

If you would like to be considered for the position of Junior FPGA Engineer or wish to discuss this role in more detail,  click on the ‘I’m Interested’ button at the top of this page to leave your details. 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

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 this role in more detail,  click on the ‘I’m Interested’ button at the top of this page to leave your details. 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

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 this role in more detail,  click on the ‘I’m Interested’ button at the top of this page to leave your details. 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

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 this role in more detail,  click on the ‘I’m Interested’ button at the top of this page to leave your details. 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

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 Developer or wish to discuss this role in more detail,  click on the ‘I’m Interested’ button at the top of this page to leave your details. 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