Quantitative Developer

About Mako

Mako is a leading options market making and sales advisory firm with a global trading footprint. We have been at the evolutionary forefront of options market making for 20 years, from the open outcry of traditional trading pits to the screen trading and automated algorithmic execution strategies that form the future of the industry.

From offices in London, Amsterdam, Singapore, Sydney, Hong Kong and Chicago Mako offers best in class liquidity solutions across Equities, Fixed Income, Commodities and FX derivatives markets and pride ourselves on our entrepreneurial, collaborative and philanthropic culture.

Position

As a Quantitative Developer you will work in a team of experienced traders and researchers, and help us build our next generation back-testing platform and trading strategies. After a tailored training program about financial markets and derivatives products, you will be ready for your first assignment. We expect you to come up with disruptive ideas and deliver innovative solutions, being involved with all stages of the process - from design to implementation. Within a short time-frame, you will be one of the key members of the team, building the future of Mako’s algorithmic trading business.

• Take part in architectural decisions in order to build a sustainable software platform
• Improve our back-testing platform and trading strategies
• Create new strategies using Python/C++ within a Linux environment
• Deploy state-of-the-art machine learning algorithms
• Work independently on individual projects
• Quick feedback cycles

Your qualification

• Bachelors’s or higher degree in computer science, engineering or a related quantitative field
• Expert in software development best practices
• Excellent command of modern C++ (14/17) and software design patterns
• Ability to apply complex concepts to real-life problems
• A competitive attitude striving for continuous improvement

What we offer

• Competitive salary and bonus structure
• Great secondary benefits like gym membership etc.
• Relocation package and (if you need it!) your first Amsterdam bike
• 25 paid vacation days
• Visa sponsorship if required
• A fast-paced working environment, with a dress-down culture