Quant Dev Systematic Equities Trading (Python)
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Job Summary
Quant Dev - Systematic Equities Trading
What we do:
Mavens Systematic Equities team deploys research-driven strategies across global equity markets powered by some of the most advanced technology available. Our approach to trading is scientific and process-driven with a strong emphasis on a flexible research environment providing us with efficient means to rapidly develop test and deploy new ideas. We empower our team members and maximise their ability to succeed by offering an environment that is open collaborative and supportive. We value creativity and are aggressive to capitalise on opportunities.
The role:
We are looking for an experienced Python Engineer (Platform / ML) to join the mid-frequency-equities desk and help build maintain and support all aspects of the trading platform. The role is hands-on and production-facing: you will be expected to react quickly to urgent desk needs while making pragmatic trade-offs between optimal architecture and fast reliable delivery.
- Data ingestion and processing pipelines
- Orchestration of all processes involved in the trading platform
- Trading and research platform development and support
- ML model training and inference infrastructure
- Production support for live trading systems
- Monitoring and alerting improvements
- AI tooling integration
Requirements:
- Excellent Python skills with significant experience designing developing testing and deploying complex and robust production systems
- Familiarity with Linux systems; comfortable debugging distributed/production issues
- Understanding of algorithm design and complexity
- Ability to prioritise effectively in a fast-paced environment whilst keeping longer-term objectives in mind
- Strong ownership mindset: incident handling end-to-end problem solving and pragmatic decision making under time pressure
- An interest in trading and finance; experience with systematic trading platforms/frameworks (incl. stat-arb environments) is a strong plus
Ideal experience would include:
- Engineering systems for live trading platforms or similarly demanding real-time environments
- Airflow Argo Dagster or equivalent
- Observability/monitoring stacks dashboards and alert design
- ML infra high-performance and GPU computing MLOps
- Docker Kubernetes
- CI/CD
Why you should apply:
- A flexible environment where technology is an absolute key to our success
- Opportunity to be highly involved in the decisions that shape every aspect of how we operate
- Friendly informal and collaborative environment where youre empowered and supported to achieve your ambitions learn and develop
- Competitive compensation with substantial impact-based upside
We are a small and nimble team that makes extensive use of CI/CD AI tooling and peer code review to ensure quality and maintainability while keeping time-to-market short. You will be able to see the impact of your work immediately and will be in a unique position to directly contribute to trading revenue.
Key Skills
- APIs
- Docker
- Jenkins
- REST
- Python
- AWS
- NoSQL
- MySQL
- JavaScript
- Postgresql
- Django
- GIT
About Company
Maven is a market-leading proprietary trading firm, allocating internal capital between discretionary, systematic and market-making strategies.
