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Verition Fund Management LLC

Front Office Developer (Python)

Verition Fund Management LLC
United States · Full-time · Not Applicable

Verition Fund Management LLC (“Verition”) is a multi-strategy, multi-manager hedge fund founded in 2008. Verition focuses on global investment strategies including Global Credit, Global Convertible, Volatility & Capital Structure Arbitrage, Event-Driven Investing, Equity Long/Short & Capital Markets Trading, and Global Quantitative Trading.

We are looking for a Software Developer with expertise in derivatives (including options), financial markets, and quantitative finance to support our trading and research team. This role involves working on live trading execution, research/backtesting, and system maintenance to ensure high performance and reliability in a fast-paced financial environment.

Responsibilities:

  • Implement and maintain real-time trading execution using third-party APIs.
  • Develop and optimize signal monitoring tools to track trading strategies.
  • Build and maintain live risk management systems to monitor portfolio exposure.
  • Ensure accurate tracking of live PnL to support trading decisions.
  • Design and implement backtesting frameworks based on cleaned and structured market data.
  • Work with quantitative analysts, portfolio managers and traders to refine trading models and risk metrics.
  • Optimize historical data processing for strategy evaluation and improvements.
  • Ensure all team systems remain up and running with high reliability.
  • Maintain and improve IT architecture, database systems, and cloud infrastructure (AWS).
  • Enforce coding policies and best practices to maintain software quality and consistency.
  • Monitor and optimize server health and application performance.

Qualifications:

  • 4+ years’ experience programming in Python, other programming languages like C++, and JavaScript are a plus
  • Experience with real-time trading execution and APIs (internal or third-party).
  • Familiarity with market data processing, risk management, and PnL tracking.
  • Strong background in database management (SQL, NoSQL) and cloud solutions (AWS, networking, distributed systems).
  • Experience with backtesting and research infrastructure for financial markets.
  • Ability to debug, optimize, and maintain production trading systems.
  • Comfortable working in fast-paced financial environments handling real-time and historical data.
  • Nice to Have:
    • Experience in trading firms, hedge funds, or investment banks.
    • Familiarity with quantitative finance libraries(e.g., QuantLib, SciPy, NumPy, pandas).
    • Understanding of market microstructure, execution algorithms, and FIX protocols is a plus
Salary Range: $150,000 USD - $200,000 USD

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Posted
Mar 14, 2025
Type
Full-time
Level
Not Applicable
Location
New York

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