We’re looking for a excellent software engineers to join our collaborative team. PDTers are creative, energetic, friendly, entrepreneurial, and collaborative. If you could walk around our office, you’d see that we’re a focused, intent, and nimble company with none of the attitude and bureaucracy of a stereotypical Wall Street trading firm. Our engineers love to work on challenging and complicated problems, and in return, they have a chance to make a direct impact on our bottom line. For the right talent, there is fantastic growth potential.
At PDT, we recognize that certain research directions require both engineering and analytical know-how to execute. As such, we are looking for a motivated individual that have experience in both software engineering as well as experience in statistical modeling, mathematics, or a related field.
Expectations:
- Collaborate with senior researchers and technologists to investigate novel research ideas, evaluate them with large-scale experiments on a HPC grid, and develop scientific libraries to share these findings and processes.
- Over time independently originate, test, develop, and own research projects and processes.
- Contribute to both our technology stack and research models across the continuous full research-to-technology stack.
- Create and refine scientific library code while managing both deployment and adoption of research enabling technologies.
Why join us? PDT Partners has a 28+ year track record and a reputation for excellence. Our goal is to be the best quantitative investment manager in the world—measured by the quality of our products, not their size. PDT’s very high employee-retention rate speaks for itself. Our people are intellectually extraordinary and our community is close-knit, down-to-earth, and diverse.
Below is a list of skills and experiences we think are relevant. Even if you don’t think you’re a perfect match, we still encourage you to apply because we are committed to developing our people.
- Exceptional programming skills
- Ability to generate and execute on research ideas
- Knowledge of trading and finance isn’t required
- Masters (or equivalent experience) in computer science, statistics, mathematics, or a related field
Preferred Qualifications:
- PhD (or equivalent experience)
- Strong publication record
- Experience with C++
- Experience with the Python scientific stack
DISCLAIMER: This position requires that the job candidate be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Please note that an applicant will be considered fully vaccinated two weeks after their second dose in a 2-dose vaccine series (Pfizer or Moderna), or two weeks after a single-dose vaccine (Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen vaccine). PDT will consider requests for reasonable accommodations for documented medical reasons and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law. Please do not include proof of vaccine status or any indication of a possible request for an accommodation when submitting your application materials. If applicable, PDT will follow up with you directly to request proof of vaccination and to discuss any potential accommodations.