Python Developer

Overview

Millennium, a leading global investment management firm, is assembling a new specialized team of engineers, quants, and data scientists to offer delivery capabilities to its Portfolio and Risk Managers. The team works jointly with portfolio managers, trading, risk, and operations.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with quants, risk managers, and other technology teams in New York, Miami, London to develop risk analytics solutions for the commodities business.
• Develop data ingestion pipelines and core API to provide risk management with the ability to get access to analytics programmatically and also via visualization tools.
• Work with risk management on rapid prototyping and tactical delivery of solutions.
• Fit into the active culture of Millennium, judged by the ability to deliver timely solutions to portfolio and risk managers within the firm.

Mandatory Requirements

• Previous Python development experience (pandas/numpy/jupyter notebooks).
• Experience with AWS services, such as: S3, EC2, AWS Batch, and Redshift.
• Proficiency in both relational and non-relational database technologies.
• BA or Master in computer science or any other scientific fields.
• Able to work independently in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Detail-oriented, organized, demonstrating thoroughness and strong ownership of work.

Preferred Requirements

• Experience with financial mathematics and statistics.
• Prior experience of working directly with risk management/trading.
• Proficiency in data science stack with Python.
• Experience in Java development.
• Experience with Microsoft or Google cloud services.