The role, as published
About the company
Our client is a financial technology company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Own software projects from first idea through to production in a small, high-autonomy engineering team. Build and extend data, research and execution systems, and work closely with researchers on modeling. The role spans a broad range of problems and rewards curiosity and independent thinking.
What you'll do
- Take projects from concept through implementation and into production, owning them end to end.
- Build and extend existing systems, or create new ones, for data pipelines, signal generation and research infrastructure.
- Develop automated execution systems and internal tooling that shorten the path from idea to live experiment.
- Partner directly with quantitative and AI researchers on new modeling approaches.
- Contribute across several technical areas, including low-latency infrastructure, security and machine learning.
What we're looking for
- Degree in computer science, math, statistics or physics.
- Experience building and shipping a project end to end as the owner, from first idea to production.
- Hands-on background in financial or trading software, data platforms, or a fintech or crypto environment.
- Exceptional software engineering skills in Python or C++.
- A solid grasp of statistics and the ability to draw sound conclusions from messy, imperfect data.
- Experience with AI-assisted development workflows.
- Ability to work on-site in the office five days a week.
- Roughly 1 to 5 years of experience, with curiosity about financial markets and comfort with ambiguity.
Bonus points
- Prior internship at a quantitative trading firm.
Location and work model
- Palo Alto, CA, United States
- On-site, 5 days per week in office
- Full-time
Compensation, as the posting describes it
- Ownership stake in the company
- Performance bonus