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Quant Developer — Trading & Research

Quant Full Time Posted Apr 14, 2026
We are hiring a Quant Systems Engineer to build and maintain performance-critical components of our trading and analytics stack. You will work closely with quant researchers and portfolio managers to transform models into reliable, production-ready trading systems. This is not a web or UI role. The focus is on systems engineering, data pipelines, and real-time processing. Key Responsibilities -Trading & Market Data Systems -Design and implement C/C++ services for live trading, market data handling, and analytics. -Build event-driven systems that process tick and bar data with millisecond-level latency. -Develop reliable order management and execution workflows with strong correctness guarantees. -Handle high-volume intraday data with predictable performance and minimal data loss. Performance-Oriented Engineering -Optimize for consistent latency, throughput, and system stability rather than ultra-low latency. -Profile and tune CPU, memory, and concurrency bottlenecks in production systems. -Design efficient data structures for time-series and event-based workloads. -Systems Architecture & Reliability -Build systems that run continuously during market hours with graceful failure handling. -Design fault-tolerant pipelines for market data ingestion and strategy execution. -Work extensively on Linux-based systems, process management, and operational tooling. Quant Collaboration -Partner with quant researchers to productionize trading strategies. -Build internal libraries and APIs used for backtesting, live execution, and monitoring. -Help bridge research code and live trading infrastructure. Required Qualifications -Strong experience in C and C++. -Excellent grasp of data structures, algorithms, and system design fundamentals. -Experience with multithreading, concurrency models, and asynchronous systems. -Comfortable working in Linux environments and debugging production issues. -Ability to think in terms of system trade-offs, failure modes, and scale. Preferred / Nice to Have -Prior experience with quant trading, fintech, or real-time financial systems. -Familiarity with market data formats, tick data, OHLC bars, or intraday analytics. -Experience designing event-driven or streaming architectures. -Exposure to Python for research integration or orchestration. -Tier-1 engineering college background preferred. What We Offer -Direct ownership of live trading systems used by a quant fund. -Exposure to real market behavior and production constraints. -Collaboration with a focused, research-driven quant team. -Engineering culture that values clarity, robustness, and fundamentals. -Competitive compensation with performance-linked upside.
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