Financial Engineer

1 Month ago • All levels • Software Development & Engineering • $110,000 PA - $180,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Financial Engineer at MerQube, you will be responsible for designing, creating, backtesting, and launching a range of new index strategies across various asset classes. You will collaborate with the Financial Engineering team to develop MerQube branded financial engines and indexing strategies for major financial institutions. Your responsibilities include interfacing with clients and the platform engineering team, automating processes for daily and historical calculations to construct powerful financial engines. You will also be involved in analyzing and implementing tooling for the MerQube Indexing platform, enhancing tests, and maintaining existing systems. Furthermore, you will handle customer issues, engage in product development, improve code quality, modify existing code, and improve the observability of the systems.
Must have:
  • Python programming, with a focus on financial data management.
  • Knowledge of financial markets and the intersection of software and quantitative finance.
  • Experience with financial data sets and applications such as FactSet, Reuters, Morningstar, Bloomberg, Axioma, and/or Barra.
Perks:
  • Competitive compensation packages
  • Stellar full-time benefits, including medical, dental, vision, and more
  • Flexible working arrangements, including opportunities to work remotely
  • Community-first environment (we want your colleagues to be your friends!)
  • Focus on health, wellness, and work-life balance
  • Opportunities to learn, develop, and grow
  • PTO, holiday, and sick time

Job Details

Created in 2019 by executives from globally recognized financial and technology firms, MerQube uses state-of-the-art technology to disrupt both the Index creation, and, more broadly, the systematic investing landscapes. Leveraging cloud-based architecture and today's most advanced index-tracking technology, MerQube's platform enables its clients to bring ideas to market quickly and efficiently.

Summary

Are you someone who has a background in programming and keen interest/experience in financial markets? Are you keen to work in an environment that’s stimulating and convivial with countless opportunities for growth and plenty of freedom to make a real impact? This could be the place for you!

We are looking for our next Financial Engineer based in the New York Metropolitan Area. Supported by and reporting to the Financial Engineering Manager, you will be joining a friendly and growing team to disrupt the Index space and participate in the next phase of our growth.

What will you do?

You will be responsible for modeling, creating, backtesting, and launching a wide range of new index strategies across various asset classes. Your exposure will include (but of course not limited to) equities, futures, options, and multi asset classes. Alongside the rest of the Financial Engineering team, you’ll leverage pandas and related python libraries to produce MerQube branded financial engines as well as indexing strategies for major financial institutions.

You’ll interface directly with both clients and MerQube’s platform engineering team, developing and automating processes for daily and historical calculations to construct powerful financial engines. For this, a formidable background in distributed systems, communication skills, and general software engineering principles is essential.

DUTIES:

  • Design and implement indices with MerQube best practices to enable internal and external users.
  • Analyze and implement tooling for MerQube Indexing platform by working with internal customers to enable scaling and fast business processes.
  • Enhance the tests and methodology in an agile environment and provide ongoing maintenance, support and enhancements in existing systems and platforms.
  • Handle incoming customer issues and reports by analyzing code, logs and performing debugging to fix production issues quickly.
  • Engage with internal and external customers during product development lifecycle through meetings to ensure that requirements are accurate and without ambiguity
  • Improve the quality of the overall code during code review process by ensuring that changes adhere to company guidelines to enable consistent high quality of the platform.
  • Modify and adapt existing code for new functionality by performing re-factoring, implementing new code changes, and improving code coverage to ensure that changes are safe and
  • regression free
  • Improve the observability of the systems by implementing logging, building dashboards, and creating alarms to monitor the health of indices in production.
  • Utilize advanced programming skills, especially in Python, to implement distributed systems and adhere to general software engineering principles.
  • Work with financial data sets and applications such as FactSet, Reuters, Morningstar, Bloomberg, Axioma, and Barra.
  • Develop, model, and backtest new index strategies using Python, with a focus on financial data management.
  • Collaborate with the Financial Engineering team to create MerQube branded financial engines and indexing strategies for major financial institutions.
  • Interface directly with clients and the platform engineering team, automating processes for daily and historical calculations to construct powerful financial engines.

REQUIREMENTS: Master’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Financial Engineering, Computer Science, Computational Finance or related quantitative field. Through education, training and/or professional experience, qualified candidate must demonstrate knowledge of:

  • Python programming, with a focus on financial data management.
  • Financial markets and the intersection of software and quantitative finance.
  • Financial data sets and applications (FactSet, Reuters, Morningstar, Bloomberg, Axioma, and/or Barra).                       

We believe in creating and preserving an environment of collaboration and growth for all team members, and take steps every day to promote inclusivity, wellness, and fun. With these commitments in mind, we are proud to offer:

  • Competitive compensation packages
  • Stellar full-time benefits, including medical, dental, vision, and more
  • Flexible working arrangements, including opportunities to work remotely
  • Community-first environment (we want your colleagues to be your friends!)
  • Focus on health, wellness, and work-life balance
  • Opportunities to learn, develop, and grow
  • PTO, holiday, and sick time

SALARY: $110,000 to $180,000/year

LOCATION: 156 W 56th St., 3rd Floor New York, NY 10019

Our commitment to diversity

MerQube is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. If you’re the best person for the job, we want you on board!

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Similar Jobs

Illumina - Senior IT Security Risk and Compliance Analyst

Illumina

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (Hybrid)
1 Week ago
Dentsu - Buying Coordinator

Dentsu

Toronto, Ontario, Canada (On-Site)
2 Weeks ago
Trellix - Software Sales Engineer

Trellix

State Of São Paulo, Brazil (On-Site)
4 Weeks ago
Arkadium - Data Analyst

Arkadium

Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal (Hybrid)
3 Months ago
tonies studios - Director of Product Marketing

tonies studios

Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (Hybrid)
4 Months ago
Tesla - Process Engineer, Electrode, Battery Cell

Tesla

Brandenburg, Germany (On-Site)
4 Months ago
Jane Street - Linux Engineering Manager

Jane Street

London, England, United Kingdom (On-Site)
1 Month ago
NVIDIA - Senior ASIC Verification Engineer

NVIDIA

Texas, United States (On-Site)
5 Months ago
Microsoft - Member of Technical Staff – Voice & Vision

Microsoft

Mountain View, California, United States (Hybrid)
3 Months ago
PwC - Consultant junior SAP Architecture – Cloud - BTP | CDI | H/F

PwC

Neuilly-sur-Seine, Île-de-France, France (On-Site)
8 Months ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

Similar Skill Jobs

Thales - Sr Applications Integrator Engineer

Thales

Singapore (On-Site)
1 Month ago
TransUnion - Advisor, Data Science and Analytics

TransUnion

Hong Kong (On-Site)
1 Month ago
NCR Voyix - Senior Mechanical Hardware Engineer

NCR Voyix

Cebu City, Central Visayas, Philippines (On-Site)
1 Month ago
Barracuda - Partner Development Manager

Barracuda

Spain (Remote)
3 Weeks ago
Dream Sports - Product Designer

Dream Sports

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India (On-Site)
7 Months ago
LegalZoom - HR Specialist

LegalZoom

Kraków, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland (On-Site)
2 Weeks ago
Tesla - Senior Supply Chain Planner – Spare Parts

Tesla

North Brabant, Netherlands (On-Site)
4 Months ago
lifechruh - Motion Designer

lifechruh

Edmond, Oklahoma, United States (On-Site)
4 Weeks ago
Accenture - Client Financial Management Analyst

Accenture

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India (On-Site)
2 Months ago
Tekion Corp - Associate eLearning Developer

Tekion Corp

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (On-Site)
4 Weeks ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

Jobs in New York, United States

Ten4 - Associate Gaming Marketing Manager

Ten4

Irvine, California, United States (On-Site)
9 Years ago
Roblox - Senior Engineering Manager, Game Solutions Engineering

Roblox

San Mateo, California, United States (On-Site)
4 Days ago
GOAT Group - Metadata Curation Specialist - Footwear

GOAT Group

United States (On-Site)
1 Month ago
NBC Universal - On-Air Scheduling Coordinator

NBC Universal

Centennial, Colorado, United States (Hybrid)
1 Month ago
Bitwise Alchemy - Senior Engine Programmer

Bitwise Alchemy

Texas, United States (Remote)
11 Months ago
BioFire - Sr. Data Engineer

BioFire

San Jose, California, United States (On-Site)
3 Months ago
Samsung Semiconductor - Staff Engineer, AI/ML Software Compiler

Samsung Semiconductor

San Jose, California, United States (On-Site)
1 Month ago
Black Bery - QNX - Field Application Engineer (General Embedded)

Black Bery

Seattle, Washington, United States (On-Site)
3 Weeks ago
Nordson Corporation - Sustaining Engineer II

Nordson Corporation

St. Petersburg, Florida, United States (On-Site)
1 Month ago
HCL Tech - Support Lead

HCL Tech

Washington, United States (On-Site)
2 Weeks ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

Software Development & Engineering Jobs

Samsung Semiconductor - Staff Engineer, Performance Modeling Architect

Samsung Semiconductor

San Jose, California, United States (Hybrid)
3 Months ago
Apple - Software Engineering Manager - Hardware Engineering Operations

Apple

Austin, Texas, United States (On-Site)
1 Week ago
Postman - Senior Software Engineer, A(P)I Client

Postman

San Francisco, California, United States (Hybrid)
1 Month ago
Assystems - Structural Engineer -Senior

Assystems

Dhaka, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh (On-Site)
8 Months ago
Unity - Manager, Software Development, Web Platform

Unity

Montreal, Quebec, Canada (On-Site)
7 Months ago
tonies studios - Senior Software Engineer

tonies studios

Germany (Remote)
4 Months ago
Next Level Business Services - SAP-MII Technology Lead

Next Level Business Services

Toledo, Ohio, United States (On-Site)
8 Months ago
whoop - Software Engineering Manager (Healthcare)

whoop

Boston, Massachusetts, United States (On-Site)
2 Weeks ago
NVIDIA - Principal Software Engineer

NVIDIA

California, United States (Hybrid)
2 Months ago
Cadence - Lead Application Engineer

Cadence

Austin, Texas, United States (On-Site)
3 Weeks ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

About The Company

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (On-Site)

Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile (On-Site)

New York, United States (On-Site)

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (Hybrid)

View All Jobs

Get notified when new jobs are added by Merqube

Level Up Your Career in Game Development!

Transform Your Passion into Profession with Our Comprehensive Courses for Aspiring Game Developers.

Job Common Plug