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Quantitative Strategy Developer

Arc Full-time
United States
about 1 month ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Part-time (≤ 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
5 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source
arc.dev

Tech stack

Reference Implementation C Sharp (Programming Language) Python (Programming Language) Pandas Restful APIs

Job description

  • Port a defined trading strategy to NinjaScript, ensuring the backtest matches a Python reference implementation.
  • Develop a Python-based walk-forward validation framework to assess strategy performance, including in-sample vs. out-of-sample results and parameter sensitivity.
  • Document the validation framework for usability by other team members.
  • Engage in ongoing strategy development, contributing to the refinement and expansion of trading strategies across futures and equities.
  • Maintain clear communication and documentation to support asynchronous collaboration across time zones.

Requirements

  • Proven experience in building and testing systematic trading strategies, particularly in futures or equities.
  • Proficiency in NinjaScript/C# for NinjaTrader 8 and Python for research, with familiarity in libraries such as pandas and vectorbt.
  • Strong understanding of avoiding overfitting through walk-forward analysis and proper out-of-sample testing.
  • Ability to model transaction costs accurately and discuss strategy capacity constraints and potential failures.
  • Excellent written English communication skills., * Experience with REST APIs for broker connectivity on the equities side.
  • Background in discussing and managing regime dependence in trading strategies.

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