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Financial Engineer

Seeking a Financial Engineer to develop, implement, and enhance algorithms and trading strategies for automated trading system. The successful candidate will join the team of existing of financial engineers. In addition to possessing excellent analytical and technical skills, the successful candidate will be a creative problem solver, a clear communicator, and a strong team player.

Responsibilities:
-Propose trading strategies and algorithm enhancements.
-Define and implement data collection and data acquisition methods.
-Perform statistical analyses to verify and optimize innovations and enhancements to trading models.
-Write functional requirements documentation for use by software developers.
-Collaborate closely with software developers in specification process and participate in software testing to ensure successful implementation of functional requirements.
-Monitor trading performance and devise improvements.

Qualifications:
-Highly proficient in statistics.
-Experience developing financial models.
-Experience with high-frequency and/or automated trading is a plus.
-Ideal candidate will have at least 3-5 years of financial markets experience.
-Experience with C++, Perl and SQL; familiar with Linux or UNIX.
-Highly motivated self-starter.
-Flexible, able to multi-task and work under pressure.
-Highly detailed and well-organized.
-Graduate degree in statistics, math, science, or another quantitative discipline; PhD preferred.


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Contact information:
Mike Stapinski, Next Step Systems
mike@nextstepsystems.com
www.nextstepsystems.com

 

 

 


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