Software Engineering Lead / Manager - Real-Time Information Flows, Hedge Fund

Unclassified - New York, NY

Full-time - Senior

New York, NY

About the position

The Software Engineering Lead/Manager will spearhead the development of a new real-time information flows team at a rapidly growing crypto hedge fund. This role involves building a technical team and directing the architecture of systems designed to detect and react to market-moving events. The position requires a blend of hands-on technical skills and leadership capabilities, focusing on creating a user-friendly interface, developing data tools, and ensuring system reliability and low latency.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead the technical team for the real-time information flows system.
• Direct the architecture of the system from the ground up.
• Create an excellent user interface for traders and researchers with robust alert capabilities.
• Develop tools for testing and scoring new alert ideas to optimize precision and recall.
• Ensure the reliability and low latency of scrapers and infrastructure.

Requirements

• Experience building alpha-harvesting event systems in a hedge fund environment.
• Hands-on ability to build a minimum viable product (MVP) for the system components.
• Proficiency in frontend technology with a user-centric mindset.
• Understanding of machine learning and data corpus development.
• Expertise in creating reliable scraping systems and reducing latency.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in user experience research.
• Strong interest in digital assets and personal trading or investing experience.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation with high profitability per staff member.
• Potential for significant financial growth within 5 years.