The junior developer role at Elk is not only an opportunity to write and maintain robust software, but also to gain exposure to the world of trading strategies and models. We pride ourselves on having versatile developers that use the software they build themselves to interact with the markets so that they can gain the necessary experience and context to become a better engineer. The lines between traders, data scientists, and developers are intentionally quite blurred at Elk so that entry level employees have many options when it comes to their career progression.
Responsibilities:
- Working closely with senior staff to:
- Automate and improve existing production trading systems
- Create and innovate core infrastructure
- Gather, clean, store, and analyze large-scale data sets
- Maintain and support numerous production-critical services
- Being hands-on in the process of creating new trading strategies. This includes identifying opportunities, researching/testing the validity of these opportunities, and building the necessary infrastructure for a strategy to enter production.
Ideal Candidate Traits:
- Familiarity with the technologies we use across our tech stack (Pandas, Numpy, MySQL, C++, Linux).
- Enjoys researching, learning, and using new technologies to improve efficiency
- Able to take initiative and wear a lot of hats – we are a start-up environment and do not have the manpower (or desire) to assign each task. You are encouraged to ask for the resources, mentorship, and direction you need to build things and solve problems, and expected to focus where you can maximize your value to the team. As you demonstrate proficiency, your responsibilities and role will grow.
- Comfortable working in fast-paced situations on a 8-12 person team of extremely bright, sometimes intense professionals.
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We are looking for a junior trader that is eager to learn about high frequency trading, develop a programming background, and push the status quo. Traders at Elk are the bridge between our infrastructure and the markets; they are always looking for ways to leverage the tools they have to make our strategies more successful. We strive to help all our junior traders acquire a breadth of knowledge spanning financial markets, cutting-edge technology, and compliance/regulation. The lines between traders, data scientists, and developers are intentionally quite blurred at Elk so that entry level employees have many options when it comes to their career progression.
Responsibilities:
- Work closely with senior staff to manage risk across the books of multiple desks
- Expanding and maintaining internal tools pivotal to day to day trading operations
- Being hands-on in the process of creating new trading strategies. This includes identifying opportunities, researching/testing the validity of these opportunities, and building the necessary infrastructure for a strategy to enter production.
- Creating P&L, accounting, and other operational reports to assess the performance of a multitude of trading strategies.
Ideal Candidate Traits:
- Comfortable with numbers, enjoy puzzles/finding patterns and solving problems.
- Able to take initiative and wear a lot of hats – we are a start-up environment and do not have the manpower (or desire) to assign each task. You are encouraged to ask for the resources, mentorship, and direction you need to build things and solve problems, and expected to focus where you can maximize your value to the team. As you demonstrate proficiency, your responsibilities and role will grow.
- Comfortable working in fast-paced situations on a 8-12 person team of extremely bright, sometimes intense professionals.
- You’re not expected to have a mastery of programming, but familiarity with Python/Linux is a bonus.
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We are always looking for experienced, independent traders that can leverage our technology, market access, capital, or team to execute a consistently profitable strategy.
Ideal Candidate Traits:
- A proven track record to detail the profitability of a strategy.
- Willingness to work closely with our core team to resolve any roadblocks that may occur in getting a strategy into production.
- Good communication skills are especially important given the remote nature of the role
- Experience running the strategy at scale is a bonus.
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