Job Description
Quantitative Developer Python NumPy Pandas AWS
My name is Bill Stevens, and I have a new full time Quantitative Developer opportunity available for a major firm located in Midtown, Manhattan at Hudson Yards that could be of interest to you, please review my specification below and I am available at any time to speak with you so please feel free to call me. The work week schedule will be onsite. The ideal candidate should possess extensive experience in either of the following industries: Finance, Investment Banking, Financial Services, Equities or Insurance, additional industry experience outside of these will be reviewed as well.
The ideal candidate should also possess a green card or be of citizenship. No Visa entanglements and no H1-B holding company submittals.
The firm is seeking an exceptionally talented Quantitative Developer to join their team. This role focuses on supporting quantitative research, portfolio construction, and systematic portfolio management. You will work closely with researchers and portfolio managers to design scalable tools and infrastructure that transform investment insights into robust, production-ready workflows.
Responsibilities:
Build and improve systems that support automated, customized, and transparent portfolio management
Design and enhance portfolio construction, optimization, rebalancing, and order generation systems with a focus on reliability and accuracy
Engineer cloud-based data and services infrastructure to support research and portfolio management workflows at scale
Develop high-performance back testing and historical simulation engines to validate new investment strategies
Design intuitive research APIs and tools to provide efficient access to data, models, and computational resources
Collaborate with quantitative researchers to introduce new datasets for signal research and integrate them into production systems and models
Productionize new models and improvements to existing models, taking ownership for their ongoing support and monitoring to ensure robustness and accuracy
Design and deploy infrastructure to monitor data quality across research and portfolio management systems
Qualifications for this role:
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, Physics, or a related field
Six to nine years of experience as a developer, with expertise in Python and a quantitative stack (NumPy, Pandas, etc.)
Solid grasp of large-scale application design, distributed computing, containers, and cloud infrastructure
Proficiency with Git and modern software development practices, automated testing and CI/CD workflows
Familiarity with AI/agentic frameworks, particularly as it relates to engineering productivity and capability
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with an aptitude for mathematics, statistics, and finance
Excellent communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively across teams and functions
Understanding of or experience in quantitative finance is a strong plus
This position will be paying a competitive fulltime salary in the range of $180,000 - $225,000 plus a comprehensive benefits and bonus package.
The interview process will include an initial phone or virtual interview screening.
Please let me know your interest in this position, availability to interview and start for this position along with a copy of your recent resume or please feel free to call me at any time with any questions.
Regards
Bill Stevens
Senior Technical Recruiter
PRI Technology
Denville, New Jersey 07834
1-973-354-2799