Our client is searching for an experienced Data Analyst Manager to join their Data Engineering team in Houston.

Responsibilities:  

• Oversee and mentor the day to day work of analysts, ensuring quality, providing developmental feedback, and fostering a culture of constant improvement
• Collaborate with business partners, software engineers, and other managers to understand business needs and project requirements
• Ensure uninterrupted day-to-day data operations by acting as escalation for complex issues, implementing novel quality controls, and improving departmental standards and best practices
• Define, develop and provide insights, metrics and analysis to drive the decision-making process that supports the company’s business operations

Requirements:

• 5 years of experience in data pipelining, data operations, and data analysis work with at least 2 years of direct management that must include mentorship, partnering with customers or stakeholders, project management, planning and prioritization
• Exposure to hands-on Python and SQL coding in the context of data pipelining and analysis in a professional environment. Prior experience with Jira, Bash, GIT desired
• Experience in the financial industry or related field is strongly preferred

Education:

• A bachelor's degree with a strong academic record, which includes university coursework in programming and computing systems

If you would like to be considered for the position of Data Analyst Manager 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 Data Analyst to join their Data Engineering team in Houston.

Responsibilities:  

• Analyze and curate massive amounts of data for thousands of different tradable instruments, including stocks, bonds, futures, contracts, commodities, and more;
• Create systematic, automated processes and tools that allow the team to scale and rapidly onboard new datasets;
• Collaborate with business partners, software engineers, and other data analysts to understand business needs and then design and develop reliable data pipelines that produce high quality datasets;
• Support the day to day operations of the company by applying problem solving, pattern detection, and root cause analysis to a wide range of data issues in a fast paced environment;
• Help drive continuous improvements to the team’s data quality procedures and a consistent approach to how data quality is measured, monitored and reported;

Requirements:

• 3+ years professional experience in an environment that prioritizes data quality
• Exposure to hands-on Python and SQL coding in the context of data pipelining in a professional environment. Prior experience with Jira, Bash, GIT desired.

Education:

• A bachelor’s degree with a strong academic record, which includes university coursework in programming and computing systems

If you would like to be considered for the position of Data Analyst 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 Software Engineer to join their Foundational Data Engineering team.  in Houston.

Responsibilities:  

• Manage a team of software engineers, including task planning and code reviews.
• Take responsibility for the overall planning, execution, and success of complex technical projects.
• Contribute technically to projects via architecture, design, and mentorship.
• Coordinate project-related work with product managers, researchers and others on partner engineering and business teams.
• Contribute to operational efforts to ensure continual availability of the software and datasets.

Requirements:

• 3+ years of hands-on technical leadership and experience managing, developing, and mentoring software engineering teams.
• 5+ years of experience as a software engineer.
• Leading the development of project plans, estimates, and prioritization; driving projects to completion
• Strong foundation in design, data structures, algorithms, and problem-solving
• Excellent analytical, verbal, and written communication skills
• Capital Markets industry experience
• Worked with scrum, Kanban, and other agile engineering techniques
• Experience collaborating and communicating with project stakeholders

Education:

• Bachelors in Computer Science (Master’s/PhD is a plus)

If you would like to be considered for the position of Software Engineering Manager 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 Software Engineer to join their team in Houston.

Responsibilities:  

• Tackle the complex and interesting challenge of discovering value hidden in the world’s data through software engineering.
• Build and maintain robust data pipelines that ingest over 30TB of data each day.
• Create infrastructure that is used by all of the software engineers.
• Build and maintain a suite of analysis tools that enable the quantitative researchers.
• Work on world-class trading systems.
• Build technologies that bolster the trading businesses and drive productivity enhancements, collaboration, and risk reduction across the company.

Requirements:

• You have at least 3 years of full-time work experience.
• You have an understanding of data structures and algorithms.
• You have experience with Java (or other JVM languages), Python, C or C++.
• You have extraordinary programming skills.
• You have demonstrated experience in large-scale systems.

Education:

• You have at least a bachelor’s degree in a technical or quantitative field.

If you would like to be considered for the position of Software 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 Python Developer to join them in New York.

Responsibilities:  

• Building a robust, scalable research infrastructure, including alpha estimation and risk modeling components
• Developing a seamless platform to handle all aspects of quant trading – model building, optimization, and trade execution
• Building high-performance/low-latency modular systems for live trading and simulation
• Developing robust data checking and storage procedures
• Developing a graphic interface to monitor market/trade/position/risk
• Maintaining the system, ensuring its stability, robustness and security
• Troubleshooting and resolving any systems related issues and handle the release of code fixes and enhancements

Requirements:

• Strong programming experience in Python (3+ years) is required.
• Strong SQL experience is required.
• High skilled technologist with reasonable quantitative skills.
• Experience in developing backtesting, 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  Python 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 Trading Specialist to join their team in New York.

Responsibilities:  

• Perform trade execution activities in a variety of products and asset classes on behalf of portfolio managers
• Perform pre-trade checks, portfolio risk, corporate actions, and other adjustments to portfolios
• Actively develop and maintain broker or other trading relationships
• Monitor systematic portfolio execution, portfolio construction, broker connectivity, trade execution, and related processes

Requirements:

• Experience in securities market and trade execution, preferably as a specialist in an asset class (i.e. rate derivatives, equities, futures, FX, etc)
• Familiar with database and SQL programming
• Proficient with Excel and PowerPoint
• Ability to exercise sound judgment in assessing and determining how to handle queries and issues
• Ability to anticipate problems and effectively follow up
• Must exhibit strong problem solving and communication skills
• Highly organized and detail oriented
• Experience in a programming language (VBA, Python, C/C++)
• Experience navigating the Linux operating system
• Familiar with market micro-structures and common execution algorithms for listed products
• Experience with transaction cost analysis
• Pre-existing broker relationships to leverage in order to be effective immediately

If you would like to be considered for the position of Quant Trading Specialist 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 Ops Developer to join them in New York.

Responsibilities:  

• Write automation jobs in Python that support the mechanics of managing the global trading network
• Help to release a lot of code (the main repo deploys after each commit) that reaches into every office and department at the company while using the latest technologies and techniques in Python and Software Engineering to drive improvements to all the systems, new or old
• Write deployment and monitoring systems (everything from the backend processes to the user-visible desktop GUIs) in Python to help real-time analysts discover and investigate internal and external outages
• Develop tools to automate daily trading processes
• Work with all the other teams at the company

Requirements:

• 2+ years of Python development experience
• Working experience with relational databases, VBA, and SQL
• Mastery of multitasking and extraordinary time management skills
• Ability to navigate large interconnected projects while also paying close attention to details
• Experience with building front ends with React/JavaScript or PyQt is a plus
• Experience with gRPC and trio is a plus
• Excellent design, debugging, and problem solving skills
• Experience deploying and maintaining applications. You’ve seen an application from the design phase through the production phase
• Knowledge of UNIX operating systems (they use Linux), system/processor performance, and network communication
• Comfortable debugging networked programs on a UNIX terminal
• You can look at code, figure out how it works, and how to make it better
• You really like to work with people who challenge you and make you better at what you do

Education:

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

If you would like to be considered for the position of Ops 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 Full Stack Developer to join them in Chicago. The right candidate will have a passion for using your unique skill set to make the lives of those around them easier and more efficient. In this role, you will be responsible for automating and developing a wide variety of systems, including the post trade and middle office systems.

Responsibilities:  

• Build new tools and dashboards which will provide meaningful insights into financial and operational data
• Gather and refine requirements from a variety of senior technical and non-technical users.
• Architect and design enhancements for the global post trade and middle office systems, mainly using Python.
• Own projects end-to-end; gathering requirements, architecting the system, and writing and maintaining code.
• Work on tasks with a variety of time scopes: quick fixes for existing processes and long-term direction setting.
• Maintain and improve existing internal and external processes.
• Understand and reason about a large variety of data sources, minimizing unnecessary complexity but providing complete solutions.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of software development experience
• 2+ years of working Python programming experience
• 2+ years of working Javascript/Typescript experience on a modern web framework (React preferred)
• Effective communication, both verbal and written, is a must
• Mastery of multitasking and extraordinary time management skills
• Ability to navigate large interconnected projects while still paying close attention to details
• You enjoy independent work, but value collaboration with team members
• Can look at code, figure out how it works, and how to make it better
• Can describe software designs at a high level (the abstract interface), low level (step-by-step algorithm), or anywhere in between

Education:

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

If you would like to be considered for the position of Full Stack 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 Post Trade Developer to join them in New York. The ideal candidate will have a passion for using their unique skill set to make the lives of those around them easier and more efficient.

As a Post Trade Developer, it will be your responsibility to work closely with multiple teams, including Finance and Accounting, Business Development, Middle Office, and Operations to understand end-user needs and communicate effectively around project feasibility and timelines.

Responsibilities:  

• Architect and design enhancements for A global trading post trade system, mainly using Python.
• Extract, review, analyze, and reconcile data from multiple databases, servers, and platforms.
• This role requires strong communication as it will require working closely with other teams like Accounting and Finance to understand needs and adapt to changes in priorities.
• Work on tasks with a variety of time scopes: quick fixes to existing processes and long-term direction setting.
• Maintain and improve existing internal and external processes
• Understand and reason about a large variety of data sources, minimizing unnecessary complexity but providing complete solutions.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of software development experience, ideally in the financial services industry.
• Effective communication, both verbal and written, is a must.
• Working experience with relational databases and SQL.
• Python programming experience.
• Mastery of multitasking and extraordinary time management skills.
• Ability to navigate large, interconnected projects while still paying close attention to details

Education:

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

If you would like to be considered for the position of Post Trade 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 WMware Engineer to join them in New York. The ideal candidate has experience working in high performance VMware environments and in particular can work efficiently with storage and networking teams to design solutions and troubleshoot issues.

Responsibilities:  

• 8+ years of experience in an engineering role
• Experience and established track record of automation and eliminating toil
• Experience operating under the SRE model; defining SLIs and SLOs and monitoring them
• Experience across full suite of VMware VM technologies including vCenter, vSphere, ESX, SRM
• Experience with enterprise networks including IP, Multicast, Fibre Channel, FCOE and familiarity with the scaling challenges of each
• Experience using storage technologies including local, remote file (nfs) and remote block (vSAN and PMAX)
• Strong ability in at least one programming language, preferably at least one of Go, Python or PowerShell

If you would like to be considered for the position of VMware 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