CareerPlan

Senior Quantitative Developer

BostonFull-time$170k–$325k2026-06-09 → 2026-11-12
Based in United States

Core

Build next-generation research data platforms and investment signal production tools using Python, cloud, and distributed computing.

Role type

Senior Quantitative Developer (Research Infrastructure)

Builds

Investment research data platform, data APIs, numerical libraries, and production-grade Python code for signal generation and back-testing.

Domain

Quantitative Finance / Financial Data Engineering

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Python (production-grade), OOP, numerical algorithms, RDBMS, S3, columnar databases, NoSQL, Spark, Dask, HPC, probability and statistics, time-series analysis

Preferred skills

Hadoop, Kafka, Unix/Linux, unit testing, CI/CD, containerization, data visualization

Technologies

Python, Spark, Dask, HPC, RDBMS, S3, Kafka, Hadoop

Responsibilities

Write and maintain Python libraries for investment research; design software to enhance data science tech stack; implement financial and numerical APIs; apply cloud and distributed computing; optimize performance of data analysis code; run POCs for new technologies; design data feeds from third-party vendors; lead major platform components; mentor junior team members

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship