Software Developer

Location: Bengaluru/ Noida, India

Quance Research Capital LLP is

a quantitative trading firm that is steering financial markets with advanced technologies. We are looking to hire “

Software Engineer/Developers” to work with us on the cutting edge of financial technologies. With us, every day is a learning exercise . You will explore the frontiers of computer science, in areas such as distributed systems, concurrency, operating systems, networks, computer architecture, data analysis, and UI design.

Role And Responsibilities

• Design, implementation, test, integration, and delivery of Low latency trading systems.
• Work on the latest hardware to further reduce latency (Latest network card and its features, latest processor architecture, and OS).
• Design our in–housetrading applications which are robust and extremely fast.
• Identify innovative solutions to complex problems and advocate for their implementation by communicating your ideas clearly and concisely.
• Detailed study of memory profile of the software to figure out how to further reduce cache misses or further optimize data structures being used.
• Work on strategy development which would include working on large data sets and machine learning concepts.
• End-to-end responsibility of the full product lifecycle.
• Collaborate with other software developers, quantitative traders, and researchers in cross-functional team environments.
• Shaping the future of the Core Engineering team through regular interviewing.
• Assist in recruitment and undertake any other activity as reasonably requested by management.

Requirements

• A strong understanding of software design patterns, data structures, algorithms, and best practices.
• 1-3 years strong experience in developing high-performance, multi-threaded applications using C++.
• Expert knowledge of scripting languages such as Perl, Python, and UNIX shell.
• Exposure to network programming (TCP/IP), computational intelligence, and real‐time programming.
• Excellent design standards and strong debugging skills.
• Brilliant problem-solving abilities and analytical skills
• Hands-on experience with parallel and distributed computing.
• Experience of working in a Linux-based development environment.
• Experience collaborating on large software projects.
• Good communication skills and interpersonal skills.
• A passion for new technologies and ideas

Educational Background

• Candidate should have a minimum, a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from a reputable and cream university/institution
• Exposure to trading is desirable and experience working in an HFT firm is preferable
• A background or interest in building large-scale, real-time, and distributed applications is desired.