Join our D-tech team in New York The D. E. Shaw group seeks talented software developers to join its D-tech team. This team applies mathematical techniques and writes software to develop, analyze, and implement statistical models for our computerized financial trading strategies across various asset classes. The team utilizes its creativity and innovation to create novel approaches to trade profitably in markets around the globe with a firm that offers a collaborative, engaging, and inclusive working environment.
You’ll leverage financial portfolio theory and multivariate models to analyze and attribute Profit and Loss (PnL) to different factors, examining the impact of interest rates, credit conditions, currency movements, and market. You’ll design and deploy robust, efficient, and scalable data pipelines to retrieve, process, and archive real-time and historical intraday market data across diverse securities to ensure data integrity and availability. You’ll utilize mathematical frameworks, including stochastic calculus, cash-flow models, Black-Scholes models, option-pricing theory, and Monte Carlo simulations to model the future behavior and fair present value of complex derivatives. You’ll develop and maintain a performant hedge simulation engine and conduct historical analyses to test and refine discretionary trading algorithms, minimizing trading costs and optimizing hedging strategies. You’ll innovate and validate discretionary trading ideas through financial models and quantitative analysis, collaborating with traders and analysts to uncover and capitalize on profitable opportunities across a wide array of asset classes. You’ll create automated, end-to-end processes to generate detailed reports on trading performance, risk metrics, and market conditions. You’ll develop technical documentation to communicate insights to stakeholders, including trading desks and business unit leaders. You’ll develop user-friendly web applications using frontend frameworks such as ReactJS. You’ll build and maintain backend services and APIs using Python and ensure integration with frontend applications. Participating in code reviews to uphold code quality and best practices, you’ll write unit and integration tests to ensure software reliability and performance. You’ll engage with internal stakeholders to gather and understand requirements. You’ll translate business needs into technical specifications to design and develop full-stack applications to meet stakeholder needs. You’ll work within a multidisciplinary team of engineers, product managers, and quality assurance, communicating progress, challenges, and solutions to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
The D. E. Shaw group is an equal opportunity employer.
The applicable annual base salary or hourly rate paid to a successful applicant will be determined based on multiple factors, including without limitation the nature and extent of prior experience and educational background.
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