Quantitative Developer

Location New Jersey
Discipline: Financial Technology
Job type: Permanent
Contact name: Sam Martins

Contact email: sam.martins@venturesearch.com
Job ref: 3349
Published: about 4 hours ago

Venture Search has partnered with a leading quantitative trading firm based in New Jersey, that are looking for a Mandarin speaking Quant Developer to join their team.  

Job Responsibilities:

  1. Design, develop, maintain, and optimize internal research data platforms, including price-volume, fundamental, and alternative data, ensuring quantitative researchers have access to high-quality, stable, and reliable data and analytical tools.
  2. Define and implement protocols for data ingestion, processing, quality control, anomaly detection, and archiving; continuously streamline and enhance these processes for greater efficiency and robustness.
  3. Collaborate with external partners to onboard and evaluate new datasets; perform domain-specific data analysis and data mining; work closely with quantitative researchers to assess the value and applicability of new data sources.
  4. Build and maintain tools to support quantitative research activities.
Qualifications:
  1. Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or a related technical discipline.
  2. 4–5 years of professional programming experience.
  3. Strong proficiency in Python, particularly within its scientific computing ecosystem (e.g., NumPy, Pandas, PyArrow).
  4. Familiarity with modern data engineering tools and practices is highly desirable.
  5. Prior experience working with financial data is a plus.
  6. Background in machine learning is a plus.
  7. Understanding of quantitative research and trading concepts is a plus.
  8. Strong analytical thinking with a fast, rigorous, and detail-oriented approach.
  9. Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset.
  10. Highly self-motivated and able to excel in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.