Quantitative Developer

About the role

Tower Research Capital is a leading quantitative trading firm founded in 1998. Tower has built its business on a high-performance platform and independent trading teams. We have a 25+ year track record of innovation and a reputation for discovering unique market opportunities.

Tower is home to some of the world’s best systematic trading and engineering talent. We empower portfolio managers to build their teams and strategies independently while providing the economies of scale that come from a large, global organization.

Engineers thrive at Tower while developing electronic trading infrastructure at a world class level. Our engineers solve challenging problems in the realms of low-latency programming, FPGA technology, hardware acceleration and machine learning. Our ongoing investment in top engineering talent and technology ensures our platform remains unmatched in terms of functionality, scalability and performance.

At Tower, every employee plays a role in our success. Our Business Support teams are essential to building and maintaining the platform that powers everything we do — combining market access, data, compute, and research infrastructure with risk management, compliance, and a full suite of business services. Our Business Support teams enable our trading and engineering teams to perform at their best.

At Tower, employees will find a stimulating, results-oriented environment where highly intelligent and motivated colleagues inspire each other to reach their greatest potential.

Responsibilities

- Iterating quickly with on-site quantitative researchers on the research processes in order to improve the desk's quantitative trading strategies P&L

- Developing Python tools used in trading strategies research

- Improving the existing simulation/backtest framework

- Monitoring & maintenance of quantitative research jobs

- Help global research team on APAC-related research through various communication channels

Requirements

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience). A Master's degree is preferred

- Very good knowledge of Python language and statistical libraries like Numpy, Pandas, Polars

- Minimum 2 years experience in Python development

- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative and geographically distributed environment

- Excellent communication and teamwork abilities

Nice to Have

- Experience in C++ Development

- Experience with scripting languages such as Bash

- Experience with workflow management and task scheduling

- Good knowledge of both Equities and Equity Derivatives trading

Benefits

Tower’s headquarters are in the historic Equitable Building, right in the heart of NYC’s Financial District and our impact is global, with over a dozen offices around the world.