Quant Developer - AHL Technology

The role

As a Quant Developer at Man Group, you will be part of one of our flagship teams in Man's systematic trading arm—AHL. The team works closely with quant researchers to design, build, and implement trading models. Your challenges will be varied and will include creating new alpha ideas and new trading strategies.

The team

Quant developers at Man Group are part of our broader technology team, members of a group of over sixty professionals working in technology with a focus on systematic trading. We are looking for individuals with a passion for technology and writing high-quality code.

Our technology

Almost all of our systems run on Linux, and most of our code is written in Python, using the full scientific stack. Our technology stack has a short learning curve, allowing new employees to quickly become productive. We implement systems that require the highest data throughput using Java and C++.

Technology and business skills

At AHL, we strive to hire only the brightest and best, and most highly qualified and passionate technologists.

Requirements

Essential:

• Excellent technical skills; recognized by your colleagues as an expert in your field
• Passion for high-quality software development practices and methodologies; agile development, continuous integration, code review, unit testing, refactoring, and related approaches
• Strong knowledge of Python
• Proficient on Linux platforms with knowledge of various scripting languages
• Experience with data analysis techniques (working with Unix/Linux/Bash/Statistica/Python)
• Mathematical knowledge, e.g., statistics, asset pricing theory, optimization algorithms

Advantageous:

• Experience with front-office equities software development, e.g., in a hedge fund or investment bank
• Experience in developing trading systems and visualization technology for displaying large and complex data sets
• Experience with machine learning techniques, natural language processing, and related libraries and frameworks, e.g., scikit-learn, Tensorflow

Personal characteristics

• Strong academic background and a degree with a high mathematical and computer science content, e.g., computer science, mathematics, engineering, or physics from a leading university
• Confident and relaxed approach to coding; software excellence and results in these values in others
• Demonstrable passion for technology, e.g., personal projects, open-source involvement
• Intellectually robust with a creative analytical approach to problem solving
• Self-organized with the ability to effectively manage time across multiple projects and with competing timelines and deadlines
• Focused on delivering value to the business with relentless efforts to improve processes
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills; able to establish and maintain a close working relationship with quantitative researchers, traders, and senior business executives; able to convey meaning; able to convey a sense of purpose; able to convey a sense of purpose; able to convey a sense of purpose; able to convey a sense of purpose; able to convey a sense of purpose; able to convey a sense of purpose; able to convey a sense of purpose; able to convey a sense of purpose; able to convey a sense of purpose; able to convey a sense of purpose; able to convey a sense of purpose; able to convey a sense of purpose; able to convey a sense of purpose; able to convey a sense of purpose; able to convey a sense of purpose; able to convey a sense of purpose; able to convey a sense of purpose; able to convey a sense of purpose; able to convey a sense of purpose; able to convey a sense of purpose;