HFT Signal Engineer (Remote)

HFT Signal Engineer (Remote)

Tufa AG, a software development company focused on high frequency trading software, is looking for a Data Scientist / Engineer to help us explore alternative data and work on dataset/signal engineering. This is a freelancer / contractor position offering 50,000 - 90,000 USD/year plus a success based fee.

• Analysis: Conduct an initial comprehensive analysis to identify signals that may be predictive of prices in asset classes such as equities, futures, cryptocurrencies…
• Data sourcing: Obtain multiple quotes and engage with different data vendors for cost comparisons on acquisition of new data.
• Data engineering: Write python code to download and process the data into a given format/specification. These signals will then be assessed for alpha and feedback given.
• General software engineering: if the signal looks promising, we may ask you to assist with live data integration which will involve writing code to serve live signal data to us.

• Fluency in English (C2 level / native)
• Proficiency in Python
• Experience with Pandas
• Background in statistical / scientific field
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (e.g., S3)
• Familiarity with data engineering
• Familiarity with algorithmic trading (even a small personal project is great)
• Ability to work independently and remotely
• (Desired) Background in Machine Learning

Please apply stating “I can write Python to a high level, and I have some experience with trading, pandas and machine learning”. If you do not state this then your application will be ignored.