Quant Developer - Research Engineering
Core
Partner with quantitative researchers and traders to translate research questions into data, tooling, and compute solutions, building and optimizing research and backtesting pipelines.
Role type
Senior IC Quantitative Research Engineer
Builds
Research and backtesting pipelines, execution frameworks, and shared foundational datasets
Domain
Quantitative finance / High-frequency trading infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Python (NumPy, pandas, vectorization), C++, statistical modeling, time series analysis, data pipeline architecture, performance profiling
Preferred skills
Options trading, market making, backtesting simulation, cloud provider experience, HPC management, Apache Iceberg, C++ template metaprogramming
Technologies
Python, C++, NumPy, pandas, Apache Iceberg
Responsibilities
Build, operate, and optimize research and backtesting pipelines; Productionize research prototypes with reliable, reproducible systems; Profile and optimize performance-critical numerical code; Migrate research pipelines to modern data platforms; Build evaluation tooling for assessing model performance
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC