Job Description:Macro Quant DeveloperJain Global, LLC
Role OverviewWe are looking for a Developer to join our New York City team, working directly with Portfolio Managers, Traders, and Quants across a front-office trading environment. This role is ideal for a Python expert who thrives in a fast-paced, trading-aligned setting and can deliver high-performance tools and infrastructure that directly impact business outcomes. You'll operate at the intersection of trading, quantitative research, and platform engineering, building systems that power execution, risk, and analytics across a range of investment strategies.
Responsibilities:- Partner with PMs, Traders, and Desk Analysts to design and implement real-time trading tools, risk dashboards, and data pipelines.
- Develop and maintain scalable applications and services that support front-office and risk-aligned workflows across multiple asset classes.
- Serve as a hands-on "carpenter," building robust systems from the ground up-owning projects end-to-end, from architecture to deployment.
- Ensure system reliability, latency performance, and data integrity across mission-critical components.
- Collaborate with platform and infrastructure teams to leverage core services and align with best practices.
- Support the desk with fast, high-quality delivery while maintaining long-term maintainability and scalability.
- Promote modern software engineering practices across testing, CI/CD, and observability.
Qualifications & Experience:- 5+ years of experience in front-office or risk-aligned software development roles, preferably within a trading or investment environment.
- Expert-level proficiency in Python-capable of writing clean, performant, production-quality code.
- Experience building systems for front-office or risk-aligned teams; exposure to equities, derivatives, macro, or cross-asset workflows is a plus.
- Strong understanding of financial markets; multi-asset familiarity is advantageous.
- Proven ability to work independently within a trading desk, managing priorities in a dynamic environment.
- Excellent communication skills-able to interface effectively with PMs, traders, researchers, and business leads.
- Familiarity with data engineering concepts, APIs, and distributed systems.
- Passion for building technology that delivers measurable business value.
- Familiarity with enterprise data platforms and cloud-native tools.
- Proven ability to deliver both tactical and strategic solutions under evolving business needs.
- Strong communication and documentation skills; able to translate business problems into scalable technical solutions.
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