Lead Software Engineer, HFT Platform & Team Builder

QuantTrax; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 450,000 - 850,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Relocation support

Lunch delivery

Sport and leisure membership

Job summary

QuantTrax in the United Arab Emirates seeks a Lead Software Engineer to build and lead our growing engineering team as we expand into new markets. You will shape architecture, hire and mentor engineers, and own critical ultra-low-latency infrastructure.

You’ll work on FPGA, latest C++ standards, and high-performance Linux systems while driving performance and reliability. We value ownership, transparency, and ambitious delivery in a startup-enterprise hybrid environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in HFT.
• Experience with markets: India, China, South Korea, Taiwan, Brazil.
• Deep understanding of CPU platforms and memory hierarchies.
• Broad networking expertise from hardware and software perspectives.
• Experience in developing and optimizing ultra low-latency systems in Linux.
• Fluency with GNU toolchain, git, vim.

Responsibilities

• Developing a team from scratch and expanding our operations to one of these markets: India, China, South Korea, Taiwan.
• Handle high volume data traffic with infrastructure that has minimal latency requirements.
• Ensure system fault tolerance and scalability.
• Establish connections to new markets.
• Design and implement new distributed solutions.
• Participate in the development of various parts of our ultra-low-latency trading platform.

Skills

HFT experience

C++

Linux performance

Low-latency systems

Networking expertise

Team leadership

Tools

GNU toolchain

Git

Vim

Job description

QuantTrax in the United Arab Emirates seeks a Lead Software Engineer to build and lead our growing engineering team as we expand into new markets. You will shape architecture, hire and mentor engineers, and own critical ultra-low-latency infrastructure.

You’ll work on FPGA, latest C++ standards, and high-performance Linux systems while driving performance and reliability. We value ownership, transparency, and ambitious delivery in a startup-enterprise hybrid environment.