Quantitative Developer

Opportunity to join one of Chicago’s premier proprietary trading and quantitative firms!

This Jobot Job is hosted by:
Craig Rosecrans

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Salary: $140,000 – $190,000 per year

We are seeking a Quantitative Developer to help build, scale, and maintain core research and trading infrastructure in a high-performance, data-driven environment. In this highly collaborative role, you will work closely with Quantitative Researchers and Software Engineers to transform research prototypes into production-ready systems.

• Competitive base salary plus performance-based bonus
• Comprehensive medical and dental benefits
• Relocation assistance (if applicable)
• Generous paid time off
• Ongoing training and professional development support
• Daily meals, snacks, and beverages provided
• Team outings and company-sponsored events
• Casual, low-ego work environment

Responsibilities span the full lifecycle of quantitative development, including optimizing large-scale data pipelines for speed and efficiency, strengthening simulation and back testing frameworks, and designing libraries that enable rapid model experimentation. You’ll also contribute to modern infrastructure initiatives such as CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and system observability, while advising research and trading teams on performance trade-offs, system design, and scalability.

This role is open to experienced candidates, with Senior-level consideration for those with 3+ years of relevant experience.

• 2+ years of full-time professional experience in quantitative research, software engineering, or a technical role, ideally within a trading, finance, or other performance-critical environment
• Strong understanding of software design principles, testing strategies, and scalable system architecture
• Advanced proficiency in Python, including experience with data science libraries such as pandas and Num Py
• Experience with additional programming languages such as C, C++, Rust, C#, Java, R, or Julia (industry background flexible)
• Solid foundation in probability, statistics, numerical methods, optimization, and mathematical modeling
• Experience working with both relational and No
  
  SQL databases for historical research and backtesting
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly
• Collaborative mindset with comfort operating in metrics-driven, performance-oriented environments
• Practical, solution-focused approach with an emphasis on delivering production-grade systems

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