Quantitative Developer
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About the Role
A leading trading firm is hiring a Quant Developer with C++ and low-latency experience to turn quant research into production-grade code. The role involves optimizing tick-to-trade paths, building latency-critical strategies, and working directly with traders and researchers.
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Responsibilities
- Turn quant research into production grade C++ (C++17+)
- Optimise tick to trade paths down to the wire
- Build and refine latency critical trading strategies
- Profile and squeeze performance across core systems
- Work directly with traders and researchers (no middle layers)
- Monitor live systems using Grafana / Prometheus
- Drive engineering improvements that move the needle
Requirements
- 4 6 years C++ in performance critical environments
- Strong multithreading / concurrency / lock free knowledge
- Solid fundamentals in algorithms, data structures, systems
- Experience in low latency or real time systems
- Comfortable profiling and debugging live production systems
- Network programming (TCP/UDP, Multicast, FIX) nice to have
- Trading / market exposure nice to have
- AWS (backtesting / research infra) nice to have
- Python / Bash nice to have
Full Job Posting
Role overview
- Quant Developer (C++ | Low Latency) at a leading trading firm.
- Must have HFT experience.
- Visa + relocation fully covered OR Remote.
The client (quick breakdown)
- Systematic/high frequency trading environment.
- Heavy focus on performance engineering + low latency.
- Tight collaboration between traders, quants, and engineers.
- Lean, high calibre teams.
- Strong engineering culture (clean code, profiling, optimisation obsession).
What you’ll be doing
- Turn quant research into production grade C++ (C++17+).
- Optimise tick to trade paths down to the wire.
- Build + refine latency critical trading strategies.
- Profile + squeeze performance across core systems.
- Work directly with traders + researchers (no middle layers).
- Monitor live systems (Grafana / Prometheus).
- Drive engineering improvements that actually move the needle.
What they’re looking for
- 4–6 years C++ in performance critical environments.
- Strong multithreading / concurrency / lock free knowledge.
- Solid fundamentals (algos, data structures, systems).
- Experience in low latency or real time systems.
- Comfortable profiling + debugging live production systems.
Nice to have
- Network programming (TCP/UDP, Multicast, FIX).
- Trading / market exposure.
- AWS (backtesting / research infra).
- Python / Bash.
Why it’s worth your time
- Your code runs live in production markets.
- Direct impact on performance + P&L.
- Work with seriously sharp quants + traders.
- High ownership, zero bureaucracy.
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