Junior Quant Developer / Python
Amber Group
Amber Group is a leader in digital asset trading, products and infrastructure. We work with companies ranging from token issuers, banks and fintech firms, to sports teams, game developers, brands and creators. Operating at the center of markets, we act as liquidity providers, miners and validators on all major exchanges, applications, and networks. Across all products and categories, we have turned over >$1T in volumes since inception. Our mission is to make our digital future a reality and shape it to be fair, inclusive, and kind.
Our people are both dreamers and doers - a self-driven, entrepreneurial community who are believers in the power of decentralized networks. We collaborate across teams and regions, promoting a culture that is open, transparent, respectful and inclusive.
Our businesses
1. Institutional financial services, helping 1,000+ asset managers, hedge funds, corporates, and family offices invest in digital assets via API and our OTC desk.
2. Consumer financial services with millions of customers investing in digital assets via our award-winning mobile app and web platforms.
3. The emerging digital creator economy including gaming tokens, digital art, sports collectibles, and social tokens.
At Amber Group, you will have the opportunity to work with innovative and entrepreneurial people, solve meaningful problems, accept challenges, and become experts in frontier fields. We strive to take care of our people, providing competitive incentives, benefits and rewards.
We are seeking a highly motivated and skilled Quant Developer to join our team. As a Quant Developer, you will play a crucial role in enriching and implementing alpha and trading algorithms while designing, developing, supporting, and maintaining trading systems, tools, and infrastructure for our company.
Role and Responsibilities:
- Enrich and implement alpha and trading algorithms
- Work closely with traders and quant researchers to roll out, support, and run strategies
- Build and support new quantitative trading framework software
- Integrate trading systems with databases, research systems, trading platforms, and data reconciliation mechanisms
- Develop performance reporting website systems
- Integrate with internal or external APIs for seamless data exchange
- Support traders by deploying, monitoring, and maintaining strategies
Requirements:
- 1 year or more of relevant experience in software development
- Solid programming skills with proficiency in Python3 (mandatory); Proficiency in at least one compiled language such as C++, C#, Go, or Java is preferred
- Experience with Pandas library for efficient data manipulation and analysis
- Familiarity with asynchronous libraries for effectively handling of concurrent tasks
- Previous experience developing web applications using popular frameworks
- Basic knowledge of general software skills including Git, Docker, Linux, Redis, and RabbitMQ,
- Strong Understanding of algorithms, data structures, and object-oriented programming
- Immediate availability is strongly preferred
Amber Group opens its doors to the curious problem solver empowered to make an impact in shaping tomorrow. As a hyper-growth company since day 1, we continually invite talent to join our diverse, nimble and digitally-native teams. If this sounds like you, apply now, or get in touch with us today at Vivian.guo@ambergroup.io.