Company IntroductionPolymer Capital Management is a market-neutral, multi-manager investment platform based in and focused on Asia. Polymer combines established institutional support and deep knowledge of local financial markets with a dedication to discovering and developing the region's best investment talent. Polymer was established in conjunction with PAG, one of the world's largest Asia-focused alternative asset managers, in 2019.
Job BriefWe are hiring software developer and support roles with a focus on developing quant trading systems and strategies, as well as handling trading and operations. This is an excellent opportunity for individuals with an engineering background to join us in building our quant business together.
You will have the opportunity to:
- Work with the team to develop and improve existing production trading systems.
- Be involved in front to back implementation of quant strategies from back tested prototype to production trading.
- Operates quant trading strategies including generating the correct orders, verify them, and deliver them to the market correctly and in a timely manner.
We follow Agile & DevOps practices, polish products by iterations, build, test, deploy and monitor ourselves.
We enforce peer reviews and automated tests to ensure code quality.
- Since we trade globally, our role requires candidates who are willing to take shifts for trading operations during Asia, Europe and US market hours. (9 hours shift, including Public Holidays)
The ideal candidate will have:
- Coding experience using languages similar to C#/Java
- Willingness to step out of their comfort zone to learn not only programming practices but also business domain know-how.
- Strong sense of ownership and responsibilities. Hardworking, detailed oriented and reliable. You will be required to fully follow the company’s compliance requirements.
- Keen on developing further in the field and learn quant trading execution knowledge.
- Willing to take shift at work, including sharing responsibilities with teammates during public holidays.
- Ability to communicate in English.
- Good to have qualifications include:
- Familiarity with our major languages and frameworks: C#.net (version 5 or above)
- Familiarity with Python (scripts and reporting), C++ (connectivity), Angular (GUI development)
- Familiarity with basic Linux Operation and understanding on Relational Database.
- Familiarity with OOP, Dependency Injection, Unit tests, usage of development tools, documentations.
- Familiarity with Excel and VBA.
- Familiarity with Cloud, CI/CD setup, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS
- Good mathematics and statistical knowledge
- Background in financial subjects, although this is not mandatory.
Why join us?- Prime Location: You'll work full time from our centrally located office space in the heart of Hong Kong
- High-Growth: We have a team of highly ambitious professionals with a strong desire to learn and develop their skills.
- Equal opportunity employer: We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
- Global exposure: With six offices and three affiliate offices around the region, Polymer teams work together to solve meaningful problems at scale.
Some of our Benefits- Annual paid leave
- Medical group insurance
- Gym facility
