Onsite/Hybrid/Remote

This job can be done remotely.

About Us

O'Neil Global Advisors (OGA) is an investment advisor that builds algorithmic strategies based on proprietary quantitative factor research pioneered by investing legend William J. O'Neil. Bill's methodology has achieved consistent success over more than five decades, and OGA's strategies provide our clients with an exclusive way to capture the success of his powerful and disciplined approached to investing. We develop strategies that are inspired by Bill's disciplined quantitative approach and incorporate his desire for constant improvement through ongoing backtesting.

Summary

As a member of the Technology Services Team, the Software Engineer will participate in the design and development of sophisticated data management systems, data science driven analytics and algorithmic trading platforms. This person will implement and maintain these processes in both internally hosted data center and in AWS in close coordination with onsite and offsite teammates.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Design and develop Systems including operational requirements and infrastructure setup in an Agile software development paradigm
• Quickly learn new technologies and produce proof of concepts, specially using AWS, Big Data and Open-Source technologies
• Work on high priority production support issues, troubleshoot and formulate solutions for those issues in a time sensitive manner
• Help make Operations manageable and robust, including code refactoring and performance tuning.
• Analyze existing systems and create technical documentation

Qualifications & Requirements

• 2+ years of solid hands-on software development experience with focus on backend technologies and large volume distributed data processing including production support
• Bachelor’s Degree in computer science or similar discipline
• Experience in building backend systems using AWS (Redshift, EMR, Glue, Lambda), Airflow, MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL is required
• Experience with programming languages SQL, Python, Scala is required. JAVA is a plus
• Must be familiar with concepts of Data Warehousing, Big Data Analytics and Distributed data processing
• Ability to work in fast paced, high pressure, agile environment
• Must be willing to learn any new technologies and apply them at work to stay ahead of the curve
• Must be quick to jump into issues and rapidly resolve those with minimal guidance
• Strong team focus and ability to work with multiple teams including offshore teams
• Prior experience in financial industry/quantitative technical analysis will be a plus
• Must be self-motivated, communicative, take ownership of work and be accountable for timely and quality delivery

Working Conditions

This is fully remote role until COVID-19 subsides, at which point you will have the option to continue working from home or working from our offices in New York, Boston, or Los Angeles. Moderate travel. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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Equal Opportunity Employer

O'Neil Global Advisors is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.