Jobs: Product Specialist

The company:

Alphacet, Inc. develops innovative software tools that help quantitative analysts, traders and portfolio managers create consistent alpha, or absolute, returns.

The company's flagship product — Alphacet Discovery — is the culmination of more than four years of intensive development. Alphacet Discovery is the only complete Straight Through Processing platform for advanced quantitative strategy development and deployment. Alphacet Discovery seamlessly connects to leading market data vendors and market database partners, and provides advanced codeless financial modeling tools that allow “on the fly” programming, back testing, walk forward and capability to push live—all through a revolutionary drag & drop interface.

Alphacet’s management team combines experience in the development and marketing of advanced trading technologies with practical trading expertise and extensive academic and research talent.

Alphacet, Inc. was founded in 2007, building on efforts that began in 2003, based on pioneering work by researchers at the University of California. Alphacet is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, with development facilities in Petaluma, California.

The position:

The Product Specialist position is very customer-oriented and covers the following areas:

Pre-sales:

- Help drive revenue by assisting Sales with product demonstrations and sales presentations

- Work with prospects during product trials to identify needs and meet trial objectives

- Assist trial clients with data management, model development, and back-testing

- Provide product training to end users

Post-sales:

- Provide end-user support via phone, on-site and via e-mail

- Collect case-relevant support information

- Provide feedback to development team (bug reporting, new feature requests)

Requirements:

- An educational background encompassing finance, economics, mathematics or a related discipline

- At least one year of work experience in the financial industry, preferably in quantitative analysis

- Excellent verbal and written communications skills, fluency in English

- Ability to think creatively and solve problems methodically

- Expertise in Matlab, SAS, S Plus or other mathematical tools a plus

- CFA designation or progress towards CFA charter a plus

- Systems management-related IT skills in server operating systems (Redhat Linux, Windows 2003 Server, Sun Solaris) a plus

The candidate must have permission to work in the U.S.

Compensation range:

$70,000 - $100,000 per year

401k plan

Health plan

Stock options

Location:

Stamford, CT, near Metro North train station and I95 ramp.

Contact for job applicants:

E-mail to careers@alphacet.com