The Role
We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced Strat Developer to join our Operations team. The role will focus on the design and build of Operations specific workflow tooling and metrics gathering across multiple asset classes and Operational departments at Schonfeld.
What you’ll do
The role will be responsible for developing tools and driving automation for an agenda driven solely by Operations. You will work with the Operations product team along with relevant Operational groups to define initiatives and implement requirements as they are prioritized by the wider Operations organization. You will also be responsible for contributing to new and enhancing existing frameworks within Operations that would help us optimize efficiency and improve scalability. The outputs of the work will connect to existing technology infrastructure and drive economics and decision making of the Operations team and wider Schonfeld management as related to allocation of resources for investment decisions.
The ideal candidate will enjoy interpreting business concepts to technical and system design and build components, and working with other strats and the business and technology partners to implement the results.
What you’ll bring
What you need:
- Strong programming experience across variety of platforms such as Python, Java and C++ for building/optimizing Operations systems, UI’s and Dashboards
- Background understanding of Financial Products and their product lifecycle
- Prior experience working in Sell-Side or Buy-Side strat/technology teams
- Strong SQL skills and experience handling large financial datasets
- Proven track record to own and drive end-to-end delivery of complex systems from scoping to implementation
- Familiarity with modern UI frameworks (React, Angular) and/or visualization tools (Power BI, Tableau) for building dashboards
- Experience being the liaison between technology & business teams, aligning solutions with business goals
- Experience implementing and maintaining business systems for information and data management
- Ability to work on multiple initiatives simultaneously
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Demonstrate excellent numeracy and analytical skills
We’d love if you had:
- Background working alongside financing trading desks
- Experience working within Operations or within infrastructure side of business
Who We Are
Schonfeld is a global multi-manager hedge fund that strives to deliver industry-leading risk-adjusted returns for our investors. We leverage both internal and external portfolio manager teams around the world, seeking to capitalize on inefficiencies and opportunities within the markets. We draw from decades of experience and a significant investment in proprietary technology, infrastructure and risk analytics to invest across four main strategies: Quant, Tactical, Fundamental Equity and Discretionary Macro & Fixed Income.
Our Culture
At Schonfeld, we’ll invest in you. Attracting and retaining top talent is at the heart of what we do, because we believe that exceptional outcomes begin with exceptional people. We foster a culture where talent is empowered to continually learn, innovate and pursue ambitious goals. We are teamwork-oriented, collaborative and encourage ideas—at all levels—to be shared. As an organization committed to investing in our people, we provide learning and educational offerings and opportunities to make an impact. We encourage community through internal networks, external partnerships and service initiatives that promote inclusion and purpose beyond the firm’s walls.
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Skills Required
- Strong programming experience with Python, Java, and C++ for building and optimizing Operations systems, user interfaces, and dashboards
- Understanding of financial products and their product lifecycle
- Prior experience working in sell-side or buy-side strategy or technology teams
- Strong SQL skills and experience handling large financial datasets
- Proven ability to own and drive end-to-end delivery of complex systems from scoping through implementation
- Familiarity with modern UI frameworks such as React or Angular and/or visualization tools such as Power BI or Tableau
- Experience acting as a liaison between technology and business teams and aligning solutions with business goals
- Experience implementing and maintaining business systems for information and data management
- Ability to work on multiple initiatives simultaneously
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent numeracy and analytical skills
- Background working alongside financing trading desks
- Experience working within Operations or business infrastructure
What We Do
Schonfeld Strategic Advisors is a global multi-manager platform that invests its capital with Internal and Partner portfolio managers, primarily on an exclusive or semi-exclusive basis, across quantitative, fundamental equity and tactical trading strategies. We have created a unique structure to provide global portfolio managers with autonomy, flexibility and support to best enable them to maximize the value of their businesses. Over the last 30+ years, Schonfeld has successfully capitalized on inefficiencies and opportunities within the equity markets. We have developed and invested heavily in proprietary technology, infrastructure and risk analytics. Our portfolio exposure has expanded across the Americas, Europe and Asia as well as multiple asset classes and products. We look for ways to align the interests of investors, investment professionals and the firm, highlighted by the opportunity for investment professionals to co-invest in our funds and their individual strategies.
