Quovo is a FinTech Big Data startup that performs aggregation and analytics for investment advisors, foundations, hedge funds, and even everyday investors. Learn more about us at (www.quovo.com).
We're looking for a back-end developer to work on multiple connected layers of our application, using mainly Python and some PHP, with some SQL/JS thrown in for good measure. Fancy yourself a bit of a hacker? This is the job for you.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and implement new core services in some combination of PHP, Python, and maybe a little JS/database integration.
- Example projects: building web crawlers, parsing and formatting unusual data sets, on-the-fly data analysis, and user-facing data management features.
- Lead and participate in code reviews.
- Ensure continuous quality through code testing, bug fixing, and feature changes based on customer feedback.
Skills and experience:
- Several years' experience with some combination of Python &amp; PHP.
- B.S. / B.A. in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
- Passion for details, product, and an interest in economics, investing, or financial services.
- Eagerness to learn and collaborate with the Quovo team.
Nice to haves:
- Database interaction experience, mainly T-SQL.
- Experience with JavaScript, especially Angular.js
- HTML scraping and other data mining/retrieval experience.
- Quantitative/statistics skills.
We’re VC-funded, located in the heart of Manhattan, and offer competitive salary and benefits, including stock options, free health insurance, and continuing education reimbursement (plus lots of free food!).
Email REDACTED_EMAIL with a resume and description of relevant experience, and we'll take it from there…