Quantitative Trading and Research Operations Developer

Graham is seeking an early-career developer to join its Quantitative Trading and Research Operations team within the Quantitative Strategies department. The successful candidate will support the department by developing, maintaining, and refactoring code used in research and trading, with a particular focus on improving the reliability and maintainability of existing programs. This individual will work closely with researchers and follow established development and code review processes, including regular interaction with the firm’s Quality Assurance Committee. The ideal candidate enjoys hands-on development, troubleshooting, and improving existing systems within an evolving production environment. ## Responsibilities - Partner with the Quantitative Strategies department to develop, maintain, and improve code supporting research and trading activities. - Review, refactor, and update legacy programs to meet established coding standards and improve reliability, maintainability, and computational performance. - Provide ongoing maintenance and support for existing systems and newly developed tools. - Develop and maintain test cases to validate code changes and help prevent errors and system failures. - Follow established development and code review processes, working regularly with the Quality Assurance Committee and incorporating feedback from senior leaders across Technology and Data. - Analyze system financial and computational performance and execute trades. - Support engineering initiatives related to trading system implementation, computational resource utilization, build and deployment processes, containerization, and evaluation of cloud computing. ## Requirements - Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field. - Strong Python skills. - Strong program design fundamentals and refactoring experience. - Knowledge of CI/CD processes. - Comfort working in the command line on Unix. - Comfort using version control, such as Git. - General familiarity with PowerShell. - Familiarity with SQL and other enterprise database structures. - Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. - Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. - Coursework in cybersecurity is a plus. - Familiarity with cloud computing and general infrastructure design is a plus. - Knowledge of R and MATLAB, and familiarity with writing test cases, is a plus.This role requires commuting to the Rowayton, Connecticut office Monday through Friday. ## Compensation and benefits The anticipated annual salary range is $90,000 to $125,000. The position is also eligible for a discretionary annual bonus. Eligible full-time U.S. employees may receive medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, other voluntary benefits such as HSA and FSA spending accounts, and a profit contribution retirement plan. Employees also receive paid vacation and sick leave. Benefits eligibility depends on factors including employee classification and applicable waiting periods; benefits are subject to change and may differ for non-U.S. roles.