I. Summary / Purpose of Position:
As a Python Engineer at Fenix, you will leverage your expertise in technology and workflows to enhance our trading strategies. Your interest in trading and financial markets, combined with your ability to communicate effectively between trading and software development teams, will be crucial in scaling our operations. You will act as a problem solver and productivity enhancer for our trading team, utilizing existing technologies and infrastructure to achieve significant improvements.
II. Essential Duties & Responsibilities for this Position:
- Develop and maintain pricing graphs for financial products across various markets and asset classes, including futures, equities, ETFs, FX, and cryptocurrencies
- Create and enhance risk monitoring tools to support trading activities
- Analyze large data sets to provide critical insights that drive the trading process
- Collaborate with other world-class traders, developers, and technologists to improve the firm’s trading methods, models, and risk management practices
- Ensure adherence to good code practices, including maintainability and readability
III. Qualifications, Skills and Knowledge Required:
- At least 3-5+ years of professional work experience with Python on large scale systems
- Excellent numerical/analytical skills and affinity for trading and global financial markets
- Financial experience is a plus, but not required
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field
- Demonstrated critical and independent thinking skills
- Ability to quickly grasp and apply new, complex concepts
- Pragmatic self-starter with a flexible can-do attitude
- Clear and effective communication skills in English
