Quantitative Developer - Data Strategies Group

Posted 4 Days Ago
New York, NY
In-Office
150K-200K Annually
Mid level
Information Technology • Software • Financial Services • Big Data Analytics
Our ambition at Citadel is to be the most successful investment firm of all time.
The Role
As a Quantitative Developer, you will collaborate with researchers and investment teams to develop tools, optimize code, and maintain data infrastructure for quantitative finance applications.
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About DSG
The Data Strategies Group (DSG) is a central quantitative research team that works alongside trading teams at the forefront of alternative data, AI/ML research, and quantitative modeling. As a Quantitative Developer in DSG, you will work directly with quantitative researchers and investment teams to apply our insights to critical investment problems across Citadel's investment strategies.
Key responsibilities
  1. Innovation: Stay at the frontier of quantitative methods, contributing to the advancement of tools, libraries, and best practices for quantitative development across Citadel.
  2. Research Enablement: Partner with quantitative researchers to design knowledge graphs, set up efficient infrastructure and research workflow, and optimize production code.
  3. Custom Tools Development and Product Mindset: Design and build efficient custom tools ("prototypes") to quickly deliver research insights from alternative data to investment teams, aligned to the needs of those teams.
  4. Data Infrastructure: Build and maintain high-performance pipelines for alternative datasets, ensuring quality, timeliness, and reliability.
  5. Entrepreneurship: Act as an intellectual entrepreneur and owner by proactively creating novel tools and developing innovative approaches that have the potential to create commercial impact.

What we offer
  • The opportunity to work at the forefront of quantitative finance with access to the world's most comprehensive and exclusive alternative data and world-class computing infrastructure.
  • A culture of learning among some of the most talented and accomplished investment professionals, researchers, and developers in the world. Our colleagues are empowered to test their ideas and develop solutions that accelerate their growth and drive real impact.

In accordance with applicable law, the base salary range for this role is $150,000 to $200,000.
In addition, the employee who fills this role will be eligible to participate in a discretionary incentive compensation program, as well as a wide array of benefit programs, such as medical and life insurance, retirement and tax-free savings plans, and access to other healthcare programs.
Required Skills
Technical & analytical skills:
  • Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Applied Mathematics, or a related technical field.
  • Exceptional command of Python; ability to write scalable and maintainable production code.
  • Strong Computer Science fundamentals and software development experience.
  • Familiarity with cloud computing environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and modern DevOps practices (CI/CD, containerization, orchestration).

Soft skills:
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to explain technical results to non-technical stakeholders.
  • Quantitative intuition and creativity with a passion for uncovering insights in complex datasets.

Intrinsics:
  • Intellectual curiosity and willingness to learn about financial markets, asset classes, investment strategies, and alternative data.
  • Self-starter with strong proactivity, ownership, and willingness to drive commercial impact.
  • Thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative, and results-oriented environment.

About Citadel
Citadel is one of the world's leading alternative investment managers. We manage capital on behalf of many of the world's preeminent private, public and nonprofit institutions. We seek the highest and best use of investor capital in order to deliver market leading results and contribute to broader economic growth. For over 30 years, Citadel has cultivated a culture of learning and collaboration among some of the most talented and accomplished investment professionals, researchers and engineers in the world. Our colleagues are empowered to test their ideas and develop commercial solutions that accelerate their growth and drive real impact.

Top Skills

AWS
Azure
Ci/Cd
Containerization
GCP
Orchestration
Python

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The Company
HQ: Miami, FL
4,000 Employees
Year Founded: 1990

What We Do

Together, we've turn ambition into action. For more than three decades, Citadel has captured undiscovered market opportunities in markets around the world by empowering extraordinary people to pursue their best and boldest ideas. We strive to identify the highest and best uses of capital to generate superior long-term returns for the world’s preeminent public and private institutions.

Why Work With Us

Brilliant and driven people flourish at our firm. They follow their passions and share their skills to help everyone learn and grow.

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