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VP of Algorithmic Trading

invictuscapital Bree St, Cape Town City Centre, Cape Town, 8001, South Africa

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$15k · Senior Full-time Posted 8 months ago 3 min read

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About us

Invictus Capital is a global leader in alternative investments and developed the first tokenized cryptocurrency index fund in 2017. Invictus has grown to a team of over 35 and has continued to pioneer in that space. We have developed a world-class real-time, 24/7 investment platform supported by over 15,000 investors from 150 countries. We also have a dedicated team of quantitative financial specialists working on automated trading strategies using advanced machine learning and other data techniques.

Job Description

Invictus Capital’s Algorithmic trading team is responsible for:

Development and maintenance of of Invictus capital’s proprietary trading framework
The maintenance and development of data-driven algorithms dealing with the asset management of our funds, risk management and automation
The development of proprietary trading and hedging algorithms in the cryptocurrency space
Putting the trading algorithms in production so that they run in a scalable and robust manner

Examples of the teams’ work are:

Reinforcement-learning based cryptocurrency trading AI bot
Market-neutral crypto trading algorithms
Directional trading algorithms using supervised learning and/or rules engines
Building advanced simulations used in backtesting our own trading algorithms
Market making algorithms

We are looking for an experienced and highly qualified individual capable of heading up the algorithmic trading team. You will be an outstanding leader with ample technical experience in both the financial (trading) and the software engineering disciplines. As a team lead, you will also be responsible for attracting top-tier engineering and quantitative finance talent while providing leadership and mentoring to the team.

Technical job description

You will be responsible for:

Safeguarding the technical and algorithmic roadmap of the team while also assisting the team with developing, maintaining and implementing trading algorithms
Managing the team’s goals and performance
Partnering with the CEO and CTO to create a long term vision and roadmap for the algorithmic trading team
Leading by example; contribute code and have a deep understanding of our stack

We are looking for an accomplished software engineer or data scientist who has worked in the financial sector with:

Team lead experience: managed a team of software engineers and/or data scientists
At least 3 years experience working with Python, Java or golang in Linux or MacOS
A comprehensive understanding of databases (we use PostgreSQL and Redis)
Experience deploying containerized microservices in Kubernetes
Relevant experience in financial trading
Experience with putting your own models into production and monitoring them
Experience with developing dashboards and other visualizations to monitor the performance of your models

You should have a relevant formal qualification or equivalent knowledge:

BSc Eng in a relevant field (Electrical Engineering; Information Engineering/Systems; Network engineering; or similar)
BSc Comp Sci with network or ops experience; etc

We use the following tools, frameworks, languages and technologies in the backend

Languages: Python, SQL, Golang, Java
Task management and version control tools: Jira, Confluence, Gitlab
Google Cloud technologies: Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, BigQuery, Pub/Sub, Redis
Data science toolkits: Tensorflow, scikit-learn, Mlfinlab, Jupyter notebooks, Optuna

If you have experience / understanding of the following it will be very helpful in the job application process

An understanding of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology
Practical experience with the trading of crypto assets on exchanges

Additional Information

Invictus Capital celebrates and embraces diversity and is committed to building a team that represents a variety of experiences, backgrounds, and skills. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, religion, marital status, age, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, or national origin.

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