The Role

As a Quant Developer at AHL you will be working hand-in-hand with our Quant Researchers. Your challenges will be varied, and will involve implementing new trading strategies, building new research frameworks and quant libraries, prototyping new data feeds, development of new portfolio construction techniques or building risk analysis tools

Technology and Business Skills

We strive to hire only the brightest and best and most highly skilled and passionate technologists.

Essential

• Exceptional technology skills; recognised by your peers as an expert in your domain

• A proponent of strong collaborative software engineering techniques and methods: agile development, continuous integration, code review, unit testing, refactoring and related approaches

• Expert knowledge in one or more programming languages, preferably Python, Java and/or C/C++

• Proficient on Linux platforms with knowledge of various scripting languages

• Strong knowledge of one or more relevant database technologies e.g. Oracle, MongoDB

• Proficient with a range of open source frameworks and development tools e.g. NumPy/SciPy/Pandas, Pyramid, AngularJS, React

• Familiarity with a variety of programming styles (e.g. OO, functional) and in-depth knowledge of design patterns.

Advantageous

• An excellent understanding of financial markets and instruments

• Knowledge and experience of fixed income products or volatility trading.

• Experience of quantitative or automated trading systems development e.g. in a hedge fund or investment bank

• Expertise in building distributed systems with service-based or event-driven architectures, and concurrent processing

• A knowledge of modern practices for data engineering and stream processing

• An understanding of financial market data collection and processing

• Experience of web-based development and visualisation technology for portraying large and complex data sets and relationships

• Relevant mathematical knowledge e.g. statistics, asset pricing theory, optimisation algorithms.

Personal Attributes

• Strong academic record and a degree with high mathematical or computing content e.g. Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering or Physics from a leading university

• Craftsman-like approach to building software; takes pride in engineering excellence and instils these values in others

• Focused on delivering value to the business with relentless efforts to improve process

• Strong interpersonal skills; able to establish and maintain a close working relationship with quantitative researchers, traders and senior business people alike

• Confident communicator; able to argue a point concisely and deal positively with conflicting views.

• Intellectually robust with a keenly analytic approach to problem solving

• Self-organised with the ability to effectively manage time across multiple projects and with competing business demands and priorities.

• Demonstrable passion for technology e.g. personal projects, open-source involvement.

Our Culture, Values and Benefits at Man

Man Group is proud to provide the best working environment possible for all of its employees, and we are committed to equal opportunities. At Man Group we believe that a diverse workforce is a critical factor in the success of our business and this is embedded in our culture and values. There are a number of external and internal initiatives, partnerships and programmes that help us to attract and develop talent from diverse backgrounds and that encourage inclusion and diversity across our firm and the industry. Man Group is a Signatory of the Women in Finance Charter and the Race at Work Charter. 

Man Group supports many charities, and global initiatives. We support professional training and development, and requests for flexible or part-time working. Employees are also offered two 'Mankind' days of paid leave per year as part of the Man Charitable Trust's community volunteering programme.

We offer comprehensive, firm-wide employee benefits including competitive holiday entitlements, pension/401k, life and long-term disability coverage, group sick pay, enhanced parental leave and long-service leave.  Additional benefits are tailored to local markets and may include private medical coverage, discounted gym membership and wellbeing programmes.

Man Group is a Disability Confident Committed employer; if you require help or information on reasonable adjustments as you apply for roles with us, please contact E-Mail schreiben.