Quantitative Strategy Developer in Freienbach

Quantitative Strategy Developer MapleCap Partners AG is a hedge fund specializing in inflation markets. We are looking for a quantitative developer to join our growing team. Founder and Chief Investment Officer of MapleCap, Kamil Szynkarczuk, is an accomplished portfolio manager and leads the young firm. Job Description Job Title Quantitative Strategy Developer Department Quantitative Team (Front Office) Location Pfäffikon SZ, Switzerland Start Date January 2027, by arrangement Duration Permanent Workload Full-time (100%) Type On-site (office) Salary Competitive This role is highly autonomous and vertically integrated in the front office. You will collaborate with portfolio managers, other quants, and internal IT. You will own the development of a fixed income systematic strategy platform. Required Qualifications Education Degree from a renowned university in CS, mathematics, physics, engineering or another quantitative disciplineAt least 4 years of full-time equivalent studiesComfortable with probability, statistics, linear algebra, optimization, machine learning Programming 1+ years of professional experience in python software developmentDemonstrated ability to write clean, tested, production-quality python codeWorked on a team of researchers and/or developers Software Engineering Evidence of building and shipping production-grade systemsHas written tests, used version control, built CI/CD pipelines, used profiling, used debuggingCollaborated with other developers using code review, issue tracking, and version control Algorithms Ability to implement algorithms using data structures and numerical methodsExperience with parallelization of computational workflows LLM Systems Demonstrated experience in building and deploying RAG or other LLM-based systems DevOps Used docker to build and deploy a service or backend using cloud infrastructure Databases Proficient in writing SQL queries including joins and aggregations Financial Data Experience in processing time series and other financial market data comprising of millions of individual records Production Code Experience translating research or prototypes into robust production code and testing it Unix Tools Comfortable developing in Linux and using command-line development tools Financial Markets Basic knowledge of fixed income markets: Fixed-income instruments, pricing, yield curves, duration, convexity, spreads, and interest-rate risk Language Minimum C1 English proficiency (CEFR)Effective in communicating technical topics Advantageous A curious mindset, analytical thinking, attention to detail, collaborativeTop 10% academic performance or recognition on dean's listUniversity coursework in financeExperience in modelling inflation or other macroeconomic time series Examples of what we could test for Implementing a specific algorithm as clean python code, including writing tests for itDeveloping a solution to an open-ended technical problemReasoning through a probabilistic puzzleExplaining how a fixed income instrument is pricedDebugging a code snippet provided to you Responsibilities Take ownership of the buildout of a new systematic trading strategy frameworkCollaborate with portfolio managers to define and refine requirementsUse expert software engineering practices and design patternsImplement core functional blocks such as PnL calculation and analyticsPeriodically demonstrate your progress to internal stakeholdersAutonomously manage your backlog priority queue, and timelineDevelop data warehousing requirements for implementation by internal ITImplement an optimization frameworkBuild user interfaces as requested by internal usersEmploy software engineering best practices for implementing tests and monitoring/observabilityCover production issues during deployment of the systematic strategySeek discussions with peers about open problems and proactively ask for help when needed Benefits Competitive compensationDrinks, fruit and snacks in office kitchenRapid learning curve within the competitive hedge fund industryNetworking opportunities at industry eventsRegular team events Work location 8808 Pfäffikon SZ (SZ)Workload 100%Employment start ImmediatelyEmployment duration Permanent Qualification skilledWork experience More than 1 yearEducation Master’s degree from a university of applied sciences or equivalent English Orally : Very good knowledge Written : Very good knowledge By online Online form #J-18808-Ljbffr