Quantitative Developer

Quant Developer – Systematic Trading

Tier-One Hedge Fund | Direct PnL Impact | New York

We are partnered with one of the most dominant hedge funds globally.

Top-percentile performance. Multi-billion AUM. Lean trading pods. Minimal bureaucracy.

This is not an infrastructure support role.

This is a seat inside the trading engine.

You will work directly with researchers and traders building and deploying production trading systems that power live strategies.

What you build goes live. Quickly.

Your code interacts with real markets, real capital, and real risk.

There are no artificial layers between engineering and outcome. Ownership is expected from day one.

The Role

Design, build, and own production systems that power systematic trading strategies.

You will work across research tooling, execution systems, and performance-critical infrastructure supporting live trading.

The environment is highly technical, fast-moving, and production focused.

Speed, correctness, and robustness matter.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain production trading systems used by systematic researchers and traders

• Develop research tooling and infrastructure supporting alpha generation

• Improve execution systems and trading performance

• Work closely with researchers to move strategies from research into production

• Maintain high standards of code quality, testing, and system reliability

Requirements

• 2+ years experience as a Software Engineer or Quant Developer within a top-tier hedge fund, proprietary trading firm, or leading market maker

• Strong production experience in Python and/or C++

• Experience building and owning live trading systems or research infrastructure

• Strong computer science fundamentals (CS, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering or similar)

• Comfortable operating in high-performance environments with direct accountability

This Role Is Not For

• Junior engineers

• Candidates looking to “break into finance”

• Bank, consultancy, or mid-tier engineering environments

• Engineers who prefer process over ownership

What You Get

• Direct impact on live trading strategies

• Close collaboration with top researchers and traders

• Lean teams and fast decision making

• Clear performance-driven environment with significant upside

If your background sits at the intersection of high-performance engineering and systematic trading, this is worth a conversation.