Quant Developer – Must Have Experience as Quant Developer/Researcher

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Create the analytics framework for VisualHFT’s high-frequency trading diagnostics platform.

• Contribute to the logic that drives execution analytics and trading diagnostics.

• Connect HPC engineering with quantitative finance research.

• Implement capabilities for financial research, including execution cost models and order flow analytics.

• Engage with real-time or low-latency systems and high-throughput data pipelines.

• Develop and maintain modular, plugin-based system architectures.

• Assist in establishing the groundwork for the pre-MVP, pre-revenue platform aimed at professional traders and quant funds.

⛳️ Requirements

• MUST HAVE EXPERIENCE AS QUANT DEVELOPER/RESEARCHER.

• Profound understanding of market microstructure and electronic trading mechanics.

• Extensive experience in real-time or low-latency systems.

• Proficiency in C#, C++, or Rust is preferred.

• Demonstrated work in HPC optimization: including parallelization, memory layout tuning, and zero-GC systems.

• Practical experience with implementing financial research, such as execution cost models and order flow analytics.

• Comfortable working with modular, plugin-based system architectures and high-throughput data pipelines.

• Experience in an HFT, market-making, or algorithmic execution environment is a bonus.

• Familiarity with ITCH/FIX/OUCH protocols and exchange-specific microstructure behaviors is a plus.

• Understanding of infrastructure monitoring within trading systems, including latency breakdowns and tick-to-trade analysis, is advantageous.

• Exposure to quantitative strategy simulation and live production systems is a bonus.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equity: 1.5%–2.0% equity with a 4-year vesting schedule (1-year cliff).

• Non-salary compensation until funding or revenue generation is achieved.

• Technical Leadership: Be a core contributor to the logic that powers VisualHFT’s analytics engine.

• Impact: Your contributions will establish the foundation of VisualHFT’s advantage in execution analytics and trading diagnostics.

• Flexibility: Fully remote, asynchronous-friendly team distributed across various time zones.

• Vision: Develop a toolset that becomes essential for professional traders and quant funds.