About Caxton:

Caxton Associates, founded in 1983, is a global trading and investment firm with offices in London, New York, Monaco , Singapore and Dubai. Caxton Associates' primary business is to manage client and proprietary capital through global macro hedge fund strategies. Assets are managed via a broad mandate to trade in a variety of global markets and instruments.

About the Role:

Caxton seeks a Quantitative Developer to join the firm's Quantitative Development & Data team (QDD).

QDD is responsible for architecture and development of libraries, web services, dashboards, and databases that facilitate Portfolio Managers' alpha generation, strategy deployment, and risk management.

The team has presence in both London and New York. They work closely with the Quantitative Analytics Group as well as Trading Staff.

Responsibilities:

Build dashboards for market monitoring, risk management, and trade screening. Full-stack development with Web and Excel front ends
Improve and extend quant libraries in Python
Engineer databases and ETLs (using SQL, no-SQL, Python, and C#) for quant analytics and alpha generation
Develop shared services such as centralized log capture, pricing services, and data APIs

Requirements

3-7 years of relevant experience
Bachelor's degree
Excellent quantitative reasoning and software design
Strong Python with at least 1 year of professional use
Demonstrated experience with high-efficiency programming and multi-threading
Clear grasp of SQL and relational database fundamentals
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Knowledge of financial instruments & data is a huge plus: FX, Futures, Interest Rates products, Options
C# experience is a huge plus
Front end design experience is a plus
Operates with the highest degree of ethics and integrity

Benefits

The base pay range for this role is between $125,000 and $180,000 annually. Actual base pay will be determined based on several factors, including, but not limited to, relevant experience, seniority, business needs, and market demands. In addition to the base pay, successful candidates will be entitled to discretionary bonus.

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