Quant Data Engineer

Location: Bengaluru, India

• Our beautiful Bengaluru office is conveniently located in Prestige Tech Park, Outer Ring Road, Marathahalli Road, Bangalore. Amenities include modern work spaces, free parking, recreational games, and free meals.

Your Role: Build What Most Engineers Never Get to Touch

• As a Quantitative Data Engineer, you will be a key contributor to the team responsible for our core data ecosystem. You will work alongside experienced practitioners to build robust data pipelines, design efficient database schemas, and maintain the mission-critical infrastructure that handles tick-by-tick market data and execution logs. This is an opportunity to contribute to scalable, performance-optimized systems within the high-stakes environment of algorithmic trading.
• At BestEx Research, our data engineers are deeply integrated into the research lifecycle. You will have the chance to develop a specialized understanding of global market microstructure, algorithmic execution, and performance measurement. At BestEx Research, data engineers are nested within a talented team of experts and practitioners in the field and may participate in writing research papers and interface closely with client research teams to improve trading costs. Your day to day responsibilities in this role can include, but are not limited to:

What You’ll Work On

Requirements

• Experience: 1 - 4 Years
• A highly motivated self-starter mindset with the ability to take end-to-end ownership of data products.
• BTech/MTech in Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics or a related quantitative field.
• Expert in Python (Numpy, Pandas, Polars, Multiprocessing etc) and advanced PostgreSQL (complex joins, window functions, and query optimization).
• Hands-on experience building and orchestrating pipelines (e.g., Airflow, Dagster, Prefect).
• Strong foundation in applied statistics. Ability to form hypotheses, analyze idiosyncratic order flow, and validate results with statistical significance.
• Ability to translate complex technical or statistical findings into clear insights for Senior Quants and clients.
• Strong analytical problem-solving skills.
• Good Communication Skills.

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