Squarepoint
Quant Software Engineering – Strategy Developer
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Quant Software Engineering – Strategy Full Stack Developer
Position Overview
We are seeking a Quantitative Developer to work closely with Quantitative Researchers in the design, testing, and deployment of systematic trading strategies. A core focus of the role is building and enhancing the backtesting infrastructure that underpins the research process, ensuring researchers can efficiently evaluate ideas, validate signals, and analyse strategy performance at scale.
You will partner directly with researchers to implement new trading signals, integrate them into existing strategies, and support their progression from research through to production. You will also take ownership of the tools and platforms that enable the research lifecycle, including backtesting frameworks, research databases, and analytical dashboards.
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This is a highly collaborative role that combines software engineering and quantitative problem-solving to accelerate the development, validation, and deployment of investment strategies in a robust research environment.
Responsibilities
- Collect requirements, design, and implement strategy code and quant research tools required by the intraday desk for research and production work.
- Work with multiple platforms and languages and resolve issues in a practical manner that balances stability and reliability with time to market.
- Collaborate with a successful trading team that has well-established strategies and PnL and conducts active research on new and existing strategies. The team has a strong culture of scaling and applying its work across the firm.
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Requirements
- 4+ years of experience in Python
- Effective communication
- Experience in deploying and supporting production systems
- Experience working directly with trading desks
Nice to haves
- AI coding tools
- Familiarity with CI/CD tooling
- Experience working with high frequency/intraday trading strategies
- Basic knowledge of statistical concepts and principles
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