--- title: 'Quantitative Developer Intern at Scientech Research LLC' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/quantitative-developer-intern-scientech-research-llc-nj-5pcxec6j28zk' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-07' --- # Quantitative Developer Intern at Scientech Research LLC - **Company:** Scientech Research LLC - **Location:** , NJ - **Employment:** internship - **Work type:** onsite - **Posted:** 2025-03-04 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/scientech-research/47be106e-4a2a-4814-bca8-4a7b97816d7c ## Job description Job Responsibilities: 1. Design and implement low-latency live trading platforms in C++. 2. Design and implement high-performance backtesting research framework in a cloud computing ecosystem. Qualifications: 1. Experience in writing C++ in a large-scale codebase for a professional setting. 2. Experience in Python programming language. 3. Work experience with low latency trading platforms is a plus. 4. Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS is a plus. 5. Knowledge with ReactJS and node is a plus. 6. Being fast, critical and reasonable in thinking. 7. Good communicator, being rigorous, patient, and having a strong sense of teamwork. 8. Highly motivated, and able to work in a fast-paced environment. ## About Scientech Research LLC ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Scientech Research Capital is a quantitative trading firm that leverages technology, scientific research, and machine learning to trade across global financial markets using its own capital. - **Entity Type**: Private (Proprietary Trading Firm / Asset Manager) - **Headquarters**: Jersey City, New Jersey, United States (with office in Shanghai, China) - **Founded**: 2019 - **Founders**: Zheng Zhang, Le Duan, Rui Wei (Managing Partners) ## Core Business - **Industry**: Financial Services — Quantitative Trading & Asset Management - **Target Customers**: Business-to-Business (B2B) via institutional capital allocation; the firm trades on its own behalf as a proprietary trading firm and has expanded into asset management for large institutional investors. - **Mission/Purpose**: To leverage innovations and breakthroughs in technology to discover fundamental values in the financial markets, adhering to scientific principles and nurturing creativity in quantitative research. ## Products & Services - **Proprietary Trading Platform**: A multi-asset trading and research platform that accesses 10+ global exchanges, handles over 100 terabytes of data, and executes over **$1 billion USD** in daily trading volume across stocks, futures, and options. - **Asset Management**: Manages external capital from large institutional investors; current AUM reported by a Chinese-language source as over **$400 million USD**, with total committed capital exceeding **$1 billion USD**. - **Quantitative Research Framework**: An intelligent, cloud-based research framework using unlimited computing power for big data exploration and the development of **1,000+ statistical and machine learning models**. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/ Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (private firm). - **Key Metric (Funding/Revenue)**: Revenue is not publicly disclosed. The firm is profitable and proprietary. Committed capital from institutional investors is reported as exceeding **$1 billion USD**. - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Large, unnamed global institutional investment organizations; partners with major global electronic exchanges. - **Growth Signals**: - Survived and thrived through the 2020 market volatility storm. - Expanded from a pure proprietary trading firm into asset management, attracting institutional capital. - Talent pipeline includes former employees from Goldman Sachs, Jump Trading, Citadel Securities, and J.P. Morgan. - Active hiring across multiple roles in both Jersey City and Shanghai. ## Competitive Advantages - **Talent Density**: Team comprises STEM Ph.D.s, U.S. Math Olympiad medalists, and frontier AI researchers. Over 80% of staff are in research and development. - **Infrastructure Moat**: A proprietary, low-latency tech stack connecting to 10+ exchanges, processing over 100TB of data, and handling $1B+ in daily trading volume. - **Scientific Rigor**: Over 1,000 machine learning/statistical models under continuous development; leverages unlimited cloud computing for research. - **Capital Base**: Trading with its own capital (and now external institutional capital) allows for a long-term, research-focused strategy without external investor pressure on short-term performance. ## Strategic Focus - **Global Expansion**: Actively extending its trading footprint to more global markets and exchanges. - **Platform Buildout**: Investing heavily in building out a multi-asset trading and research platform. - **Talent Acquisition**: Deepening its bench of quantitative researchers, developers, and infrastructure engineers to drive innovation. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: A research-driven, flat organization where "owners" shape the firm's direction. The team is small (~20-25 people), fostering high ownership and impact. - **Work Policy**: Multiple offices with in-office presence required. Locations are Jersey City, NJ (HQ) and Shanghai, China. - **Technology**: State-of-the-art tech stack (Python, C++, AWS, Linux, Redis, PostgreSQL, React). Works on hard problems at the intersection of finance, AI, and high-performance computing. - **Perks & Environment**: Emphasizes intellectual challenge, team events, and being part of a firm that "never stops iterating." Ideal for those who enjoy deep, hard problems in financial markets. ## Sources 1. [scientechresearch.io](https://www.scientechresearch.io/) 2. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/scientech-research-llc) 3. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/scientech-research) 4. [scientechresearch.io/about](https://www.scientechresearch.io/about) 5. 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