Quantitative Software Engineer: Fast Engineering

Location: Hybrid role in NY, New York, United States, with flexible in-office days.

Salary: $165,000–$300,000 base pay annually, plus potential discretionary bonus and benefits.

Company

hirify.global is a quantitative investment management and trading firm applying technology, artificial intelligence, data science, and quantitative research to investing.

What you will do

• Develop expertise across multiple research domains and become a technical subject-matter expert for the systems supporting them.
• Partner with quantitative researchers to prototype, design, and implement low-latency components for new classes of quantitative models and trading tactics.
• Build and evolve reusable Rust-based libraries and infrastructure for feature construction, alpha generation, and trading across asset classes and markets.
• Analyze quantitative characteristics from real-time trading and simulation data.
• Research, develop, and simulate changes to alpha models, feature pipelines, and trading strategies.
• Evaluate the quantitative impact of engineering work on trading models and contribute to discussions with researchers, engineers, and business leaders.

Requirements

• Minimum 1 year of experience in software engineering and quantitative analysis; 5–10+ years preferred.
• BS degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, or a related technical or quantitative field.
• Deep knowledge of developing high-performance software in a systems programming language such as Rust, C, or C++, with an ambition to become a Rust subject-matter expert.
• Experience using Python for quantitative analysis.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of low-latency software development and optimization.
• Knowledge of statistical methods, convex optimization, finance, and market structures.

Culture & Benefits

• Fully paid medical and dental insurance premiums for employees and dependents.
• Competitive 401(k) match, employer-paid life and disability insurance, and potential additional compensation.
• Onsite gyms with laundry service, wellness activities, casual dress, snacks, and game rooms.
• Tuition reimbursement, conference and training sponsorship.
• Generous vacation, unlimited sick days, and competitive paid caregiver leave.
• Flexible hybrid work with a budget for home office setup.