Entry-Level Quantitative Developer (Python/C++)

Location: Remote within the United States

Company

Proprietary trading firm expanding its quantitative engineering team and building research platforms, market-data systems, and trading technology.

What you will do

• Build software for quantitative research, market data, simulation, and trading workflows.
• Design and maintain high-throughput data pipelines, APIs, and services for time-sensitive financial systems.
• Improve reliability, performance, testing, monitoring, and operational visibility.
• Profile latency, memory use, concurrency, and performance across research and trading applications.
• Collaborate with traders and quantitative researchers to turn ideas into dependable tools.
• Troubleshoot production issues, participate in code reviews, and improve engineering standards.

Requirements

• Must be based in the United States for this remote role.
• Early-career software engineering experience from professional work, internships, coursework, open-source projects, research, or personal projects.
• Strong computer science fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, testing, and systems design.
• Proficiency in Python, C++, Java, Rust, Go, or another production programming language.
• Ability to reason about performance, reliability, concurrency, and operational trade-offs.
• Strong attention to detail, analytical judgment, communication, teamwork, and willingness to learn; prior quantitative finance experience is not required.

Culture & Benefits

• Hands-on development across quantitative systems, market data, research platforms, performance engineering, and production reliability.
• Mentorship from experienced quantitative traders, researchers, engineers, and technologists.
• Exposure to live markets, real financial datasets, and the path from idea to implementation.
• Small, technical, collaborative environment focused on curiosity, discipline, and continuous learning.
• Growth opportunities based on performance, ownership, and measurable impact.
• Competitive compensation and a benefits package aligned with the employer and location.