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Commodities Systematic Trading – Vice President / Associate

A developer role on a commodities systematic trading desk, building the tools and data workflows behind its systematic strategies. It sits close to traders and quantitative researchers within the markets division.

What you’d work on

Our reading of the posting: what a new hire in this role would most likely spend their first months on.

Build and maintain Python tools and dashboards used by systematic commodities traders
Extend strategy performance monitoring and attribution systems
Clean and process large datasets used in alpha research
Make desk models and tools more robust and tied into wider asset class work
Sit with traders to learn what they need and improve the tools

What they ask for

Required

Professional Python software development
NumPy and pandas
Dashboard tools such as Dash or Panel
KDB database knowledge
Communication with traders and researchers
Computer science or related degree

Preferred

Futures knowledge, commodities a plus
Systematic research at any frequency
Git collaboration
Data cleaning and migration

Education: Bachelor's or Master's in computer science, computer engineering or a related field.
Experience: Extensive professional software development experience, with a strong Python focus.
Languages and tools: Python
KDB+/q
Git
Markets: commodities, futures

How to prepare

Build a Python dashboard in Dash or Panel showing strategy PnL and attribution for a futures backtest
Learn basic KDB+/q queries on time-series data
Practise cleaning futures price data, including contract rolls and gaps
Read about how systematic commodity strategies are measured and attributed

What to study

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