Sr. Quantitative Developer

Sr. Quantitative Developer Chicago, IL 12+ Months Contract Job Description: Qualifications: • Advanced degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or Financial Engineering from a reputed institution. • 12+ years of progressive experience in software engineering and quantitative analysis. • Strong analytical skills; experience working with large datasets and libraries like PySpark, Pandas, Polars, CuML. • Proficiency in Python/PySpark (mandatory), R, Java, and other programming languages. • Demonstrated ability to translate algorithms and models into production-quality code. • Working knowledge of big data/cloud platforms such as Databricks. • Strong Test-Driven Development skills; writes simple, adaptive, iterative code. • Solid understanding of tradable financial instruments (securities, derivatives) and capital markets. • Advanced mathematical knowledge: statistics, time-series analysis, asset pricing theory, algorithms. • Experience with algorithms and data structures. • Willingness to learn unfamiliar quantitative subjects, tools, or technologies as required. Preferred Qualifications: • Experience in front-office software development at Asset Management, Hedge Funds, or Investment Banks. • Experience building containerized applications and deploying to public/private clouds (AWS, Azure, etc.). • Experience with web-based development and visualization for large, complex datasets.