Quantitative Developer, Systematic Trading

We are a leading global asset management firm with over 3,000 employees across 20 offices in 15 countries; we help millions of investors around the world pursue their financial goals.
We hire critical thinkers. People who thrive in a collaborative culture like ours where we solve real problems while building the future of finance.
You

• Recognize that cross-functional collaboration is a core component of success for the team.
• Are a doer, someone who wants to grow their career and gain experience across technologies and business functions.
• Have become a stronger engineer by making mistakes and learning from them.
• Believe there are multiple ways to solve most technical problems and are willing to debate the trade-offs.
• Are excited to be part of a vibrant engineering community that values diversity, hard work, and continuous learning.
• Love solving complex real-world business problems.

We

• Continuously invest in a high-performance and inclusive culture, in which a diversity of backgrounds, experiences and viewpoints are celebrated and valued.
• Consider our people to be our greatest asset—we will help you learn what PIMCO Technology has to offer so you can participate in activities that benefit your career while delivering impactful technology solutions.
• Run technology pro bono programs that help the non-profit community and give our engineering community opportunities to volunteer and participate.
• Embrace knowledge sharing through lunch-and-learns, demos, and technical forums.
• Offer education reimbursements and ongoing training in technology, communication, and diversity & inclusion.
• Encourage career mobility, so you can benefit from learning different functions and technologies, and we gain the benefits of your experience across teams.

Our quant business is expanding and as a result we are looking for a small number of exceptional technologists to build solutions for the desk and the underlying quant research and trading platform.
You will work closely with quant portfolio managers converting research ideas into production trading strategies, building research infrastructure (market data, backtest, compute) and trading platform (position, risk, controls, strategy frameworks, deployment, visualization, observability). Your code will trade billions of dollars and as a result we value the ability to move quickly, with attention to detail and engineering fundamentals to build clean code that is tested, trusted and can be leveraged by other engineers and Quant PMs.
Position Requirements

• MS in Computer Science or financial engineering degree
• 5+ years of experience with Python in a systematic role
• Experience writing mission critical production code with a strong attention to detail
• Experience with implementing systematic trading strategies or building trading platforms (systematic, HFT or execution)
• Strong software engineering fundamentals: you can write well designed, clean code with excellent test quality
• Market knowledge of FX, Futures or Options trading is not required but beneficial

PIMCO follows a total compensation approach when rewarding employees which includes a base salary and a discretionary bonus. Base salary is the fixed component of compensation that is determined by core job responsibilities, relevant experience, internal level, and market factors. The discretionary bonus is used to award performance and therefore is determined by company, business, team, and individual performance.
Salary Range: $ 185,000.00 - $ 225,000.00
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