Hi.
Walter+Andrei said this was okay to post here since it relates to
D. This is for one role working with our analytics and research
groups; more in the pipeline. Feel free to ping me directly if
you are involved with the community already.
Laeeth.
Symmetry
About Us:
At Symmetry Investments, we seek to engage in intelligent
risk-taking to create value for our clients, partners and
employees.
Symmetry Investments is a global investment company with offices
in Hong Kong and London. We have been in business since 2014
after successfully spinning off from a major New York-based hedge
fund. Currently we have about 110 full time employees and manage
approximately US$4.2 billion of capital.
We derive our edge from our capacity to generate Win-Wins – in
the broadest sense. Win-Win is our fundamental ethical and
strategic principle. By generating Win-Wins, we can create unique
solutions that reconcile perspectives that are usually seen as
incompatible or opposites, and encompass the best that each side
has to offer. We integrate fixed-income arbitrage with global
macro strategies in a novel way. We invent and develop technology
that focuses on the potential of human-machine integration. We
build systems where machines do what they do best, supporting
people to do what people do best. We are creating a collaborative
meritocracy: a culture where individual contribution serves both
personal and collective goals - and is rewarded accordingly. We
value both ownership thinking AND cooperative team spirit,
self-realization AND community.
D/C++ Quantitative Developer
This is an outstanding opportunity for the right person in terms
of the intrinsic challenges of the role, the responsibility, the
exposure to senior management, the opportunity to shape the
development of something new, and over time the compensation.
Whilst we are a commercial enterprise, we highly value deep
technical expertise and the cultivation of craft. You will be
working closely with the Partner in charge of technology, who is
a contributor to the open source community and a change agent for
adopting modern development practices within the company.
https://github.com/symmetryinvestments/overview
https://github.com/atilaneves/dpp
https://dlang.org/blog/2017/05/31/project-highlight-excel-d/
https://github.com/libmir/mir-algorithm
As a D/C++ Quantitative developer you will work closely with the
analytics and research groups to develop analytics and tools to
support the investment and research processes of Symmetry.
Hard Requirements:
We are looking for mature hackers with a moral compass and sense
of responsibility who have kept their imaginativeness. We value
interest and capabilities as much as formal experience. Academic
credentials are not a requirement if you can demonstrate
outstanding capabilities, but for this role you should have a
strong knowledge of quantitative techniques and computer science
- data structures and algorithms. You should also have strong
knowledge of declarative programming.
You should be comfortable with the finer points of D and C++, and
you should be ready and able to go deep when necessary to
identify and address the root cause of problems. You are able to
write and develop domain-specific languages where they are an
appropriate solution to a business challenge.
You will be working in a creative, often less-structured
environment, with a high degree of autonomy to implement
solutions. You are comfortable asking for help when you need it.
You are capable of accepting direction should the longer-term
strategic goals of the firm favour a particular solution fit.
You are able to communicate both at the level of ideas and
concretely either in writing or in person/by telephone. The
ability to be diplomatic is valuable, but not absolutely required.
You have a pragmatic devotion to excellence: the ability to
recognize and evaluate interim solutions, while not being
satisfied about retaining a hack in the long run. You should
recognise the costs of boilerplate and appreciate the aesthetic
and commercial benefits of designs that involve writing as little
code as possible. You should care deeply about design and code
quality, and recognise that performance matters more often than
not.
You are able to think about problems in a generic, high-level way
AND pragmatically use common sense. You can think associatively
and hold a complex mental picture in your head as well as work
sequentially.
An ability to think clearly and to act decisively in occasional
high-pressure moments is desirable.
Soft Requirements:
Knowledge of the below will be helpful:
Languages: 5 years or more experience with D and C++; Python
and Haskell or Ocaml
Location:
We currently work with certain remote developers as consultants.
We view remote work as a way to collaborate with outstanding
talent beyond the locations where we
