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Quantitative Developer - Python

Chicago, IL, US💼 Full-time💰 $200,000–$225,000🗓 2026-06-01 → 2026-07-31

Core

Build and maintain systems spanning research and production to turn quantitative insights into measurable edge for live trading.

Role type

Quantitative Developer (Python)

Builds

High-fidelity simulation and backtesting infrastructure, feature and signal pipelines, and low-latency trading systems.

Domain

Quantitative finance / Systematic trading

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Python (pandas, polars), probability and statistics, time series analysis, backtesting and simulation frameworks, ML concepts for systematic strategies, low-latency system development

Preferred skills

Experience at a trading firm or systematic fund, fluid collaboration across research and engineering teams

Technologies

Python, pandas, polars

Responsibilities

Design high-fidelity simulation and backtesting infrastructure; define, compute, and curate features across instruments and regimes; own feature and signal pipelines; contribute to strategy optimization; debug issues end-to-end across research and execution

Seniority

Mid-level (3-7 years experience), hands-on IC

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