Careers

QuantHouse is the global leader in end-to-end systematic trading solutions. Established in Chicago, New York, London and Paris, the value proposition we offer our clients –hedge funds, market makers, proprietary desks and latency sensitive sell-side firms, is unique. This includes ultra low latency market data technologies, Algo trading tools and infrastructure solutions including proximity hosting.

Our ambitious Research and Development program has been the backbone of our success. Our normalization capability has been increased by 300% within the last two years. We have been named or nominated several times for our innovation in categories such as: best automated trading product, best data provider, system integration of the year.
And, we have won blue chip clients –Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, the London Stock Exchange, etc.

Building on the triple digit revenue growth we have achieved for two years, our 2010 prospects are extremely exciting: technical and functional developments of our solutions, geographical expansion, lots of brand new positions within our R&D, product, consulting and sales teams.

Job opportunities

C++ MULTITHREADED DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERS - m/f - Paris, FRANCE - Permanent

Within one of our R&D teams, you will develop our high performance market data solutions. You will be responsible for designing and developing new FeedHandlers in C++ up to providing procedures for their deployment in production.

As your expertise of our technologies and your functional knowledge increase, you will contribute to the development and maintenance of different categories of FeedHandlers (cash, derivatives / multicast, TCP, FAST, etc.). You will manage migrations of exchanges and, you will ensure a second level of support to our production and clients services teams.

You will fit well in this role if you are interested in agile development methods, pay attention to the quality of your code and like test driven development.

After graduating your MSc, your first hand experience of C++ development –ideally in financial markets, has developed your autonomy and reliability. You like working on high performance, parallel programming, optimization and high throughput computing problems. Good interpersonal skills coupled with professional English are important to us in view of team work and technical discussions with international exchanges IT teams.

The technology is C++ for Unix/Linux, but additional skills in Windows environment would be appreciated. Any knowledge of script languages (Bash, Perl, Python, …) will be utilized.

C# DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERS - m/f - Paris, FRANCE - Permanent

Within our QuantFactory R&D team, you will be responsible for developing different aspects of our platform:functional ones in relation to all asset classes, mathematical to implement statistical models and highly technical to increase the product performance and scalability.

As your product expertise increases, you will be involved with our clients to provide them with expert support. You may also contribute to pre sales, training or consulting activities. You will also become familiar with SCRUM.

You will fit well in this role if you are interested in agile development methods, pay attention to the quality of your code and like test driven development. After graduating your MSc, your firsthand experience of C# development in financial markets has developed your autonomy and reliability.

Excellent interpersonal skills coupled with professional English are important to us in view of team work and international client relationships.

The technology is C# for Windows, but additional skills in C++ for Unix/Linux would be appreciated

Do you want to join a complex environment that utilizes your functional and technical skills? Do you want to be offered the opportunity to exceed your own expectations? Come and contribute to our growth!

ALGO TRADING PRE SALES AND BUSINESS ANALYST - m/f - Paris, FRANCE - Permanent

Based on market insight and client feedback, you will propose long term direction for our algo trading development framework. You will write functional specifications for the new features and you will work closely with the R&D team to improve existing functionalities. As the expert in business matters, you will help marketing and R&D to develop the technical documentation as well as product leaflets.

You will participate in pre-sales activities – from demonstrations to “proof of concept”s. You will contribute to client projects through understanding the specifics of their business. Short international travel is anticipated.

After graduating with your MSc from an engineering school or scientific university, you have acquired a significant experience of Front Office business analysis for financial markets that has confirmed your strong analytical and problem solving skills. You have a good understanding of the quantitative trading ITand business needs.

You will join a complex environment that will utilize your functional and technical skills. Your fluent English and your interpersonal skills will be frequently utilized to interact with our international clients and teams. Your knowledge of Object Oriented languages will be appreciated and used.

SALES EXECUTIVES - m/f - London, UK and New York, US - Permanent

Exciting opportunities have arisen for Sales Executives to join QuantHouse, a leading provider of advanced systematic trading technologies. The roles revolve maintaining existing client relationships, ensuring revenue streams are consistent and that clients are kept well informed of any product enhancements. The roles also require attracting new clients. The roles involve delivering client presentations and product demonstrations and, ensuring that clients understand the suite of products and services available. The Sales Executives are also responsible for maximizing client usage, developing revenue streams within their client base and ensuring that the client’s interaction is always positive and productive.

Role:

Establishing new client accounts and relationships with Hedge Funds, prop desks and prime brokers in order to achieve the sales quota;

Developing existing accounts and maintaining client relationships;
Delivering and coordinating product training through face to face demonstrations in partnership with pre-sales consultants;
Ensuring clients have a full understanding of all QuantHouse products;
Liaising with other teams (globally) including Pre-Sales, Project Management, Support teams to share information and ensure transparency and effectiveness around internal processes and communication channels.
Keeping accurate and up to date client records and data and keeping clients well informed with all product lines and functionality.

Skills, Experience and Competencies:

Knowledge of the Financial Markets industry, in particular, Hedge Funds, Prime brokers and MTFs/Exchanges,
Proven success in a customer focused environment; excellent interpersonal skills;
Team-player and results focused;
Personable and professional at all times;
Proven and successful experience of selling technology/transactional products in to the financial community,
Good understanding of the low latency market data and Algo trading environments,
Ideally this person will have an existing network of business relationships within the community from which they can leverage opportunity

MARKET DATA EMEA PRE-SALES CONSULTANT - m/f - London, UK - Permanent

The Pre-Sales Consultant will be a key member of the QuantHouse sales team, working shoulder to shoulder with QuantHouse business development representatives. Primary sales targets include high-end investment management organisations such as Hedge Funds, CTAs, Prop desk organisations, Global Prime Brokers, Fund Administrators and large Asset Managers.

The role is based in London (City) with International travel from time to time.

Role:

Engaging with clients & prospects throughout the sales process;
Delivering presentations & product demonstrations;
Using expertise to respond to technical/functional queries;
Responding to RFIs & RFPs;
Keeping up to date with market & competitor landscape;
Providing input into product development;
Providing product training to the sales team;
Providing support to clients testing QH technology.

Skills, Experience and Competencies:

Good Market Data technology background (identification of markets, financial instruments contents – prices, values),
Good experience in a customer facing role including presales &/or implementation of complex solutions to the financial services markets
Good knowledge of financial markets – Futures, Derivatives, Equity, …
Strong client-facing skills - ability to present & demonstrate solutions to customers, deliver workshops, provide product training etc.
A demonstrated ability to articulate the technical features, competitive advantages and business benefits of a market data solution;
Produce formal written Scope Of Work and Technical diagrams (using Microsoft Visio or similar tools) proposal to customers. Project management capabilities are an advantage,
Strong technical understanding: basic Unix skills (scripting environment), Linux, network knowledge (topology and protocols: IP, TCP, UDP, Multicast, ICMP, ...)

Applicants MUST be eligible to live and work in the UK.The Pre-Sales Consultant will report to global Head of Sales & Marketing.

QA ENGINEER - m/f - Financial market data technologies - Paris, FRANCE - Permanent

Within Quality Assurance and in close collaboration with our R&D teams, you will validate new and maintenance developments for our high performance market data solutions (FeedHandlers). You will analyze project documents and specifications to identify test requirements. You will develop the test case documents and execute them. You will investigate defects found and escalate them appropriately up to their fixes. You will ensure a periodic reporting of your testing activities to give awareness about the quality of versions.

After your MSc, you have acquired a first-hand experience working in a high performance software testing/QA position in financial markets. You have ideally acquired some knowledge in Market data, referential, quote information and, you have strengthened your testing methodology skills. Your knowledge of one scripting language (shell script, Perl, etc.) will facilitate you contributing to tests automation. You are used to command line tools (Linux, shell) and, your technical English is fine.

Teamwork oriented you will like to work with our development teams. Your learning curve and pro-activity combined with your organization, attention to details and curiosity will make you becoming a key member of our Quality Assurance team.

QA ENGINEER - m/f - Algorithmic trading development platform - Paris, FRANCE - Permanent

Within Quality Assurance and in close collaboration with our R&D teams, you will validate new and maintenance developments of algorithmic trading tools. You will execute tests plans and, you will also contribute to developing them based on specifications and discussions with the developers. You will investigate defects found and escalate them appropriately up to their fixes. You will ensure a periodic reporting of your testing activities to give awareness about the quality of versions.

After your MSc, you have acquired a first-hand experience of software testing/QA in financial markets. You have ideally acquired some knowledge in trading and financial instruments and, you have strengthened your testing methodology skills. Any performance testing experience would be a plus. Your technical English is fine.

CLIENT SERVICES SUPPORT ENGINEERS - Financial Market Data and Trading solutions - m/f - Paris, FRANCE - Permanent

Within our top tier Support team you will take charge of client queries, from investigation, diagnosis and qualification all the way through to follow up with our R&D or Production teams. You will especially pay attention to establishing and maintaining a close communication with the client throughout the entire process.

In light of the necessity of communicating with clients and interacting with foreign Stock Exchanges and Financial Markets to explore incidents, you shall be fluent in English. You will contribute to writing the FAQ and other technical documents.

After graduating with your MSc, your first-hand experience has sharpened your analytical skills while developing your rigor and responsiveness. Your genuine interest in capital markets will offer you the opportunity to acquire additional technical and functional competences.

You will ideally possess the following skill set: a good background in Linux/Unix (end user), Windows and networks (LAN, Internet, VPN) combined with a good command of shell UNIX scripting. Any C++ or C# knowledge would be appreciated and utilized.

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