Quantitative Developer: Build a High-Speed Trading Engine

Emerald Zebra | FinTech, Tech, Finance & Gaming Sector Recruitment Specialists | Jobs in Cyprus; Dubai; On-site; AED 661,000 - 881,000; Full time

Job summary

Emerald Zebra is seeking a Quantitative Developer to architect a proprietary trading bridge and risk engine connecting a high-volume demo platform to real-world liquidity providers. You will shape execution, analytics, and risk controls with a trader's mindset and an engineer's discipline.

The role blends quantitative finance, low-latency systems, and brokerage technology, requiring strong expertise in FIX, Python performance, and C++ for critical paths.

Qualifications

• FIX Protocol expertise (4.2/4.4) and real FIX engine experience.
• Strong Python performance tuning using numpy/pandas/asyncio/cython.
• C++ for hot-paths in execution engine.
• Experience with OMS/EMS trading architectures.
• Solid background in mathematics, statistics, or quantitative finance.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and optimize a low-latency trading bridge between a proprietary platform and external liquidity providers.
• Develop a real-time risk engine to monitor and hedge alpha and toxic flow.
• Implement FIX protocol sessions, message parsing, and order routing across multiple venues.
• Create pricing and execution models (TWAP, VWAP) and validate via large-scale simulations.

Skills

FIX Protocol

Python performance

C++

Trading architecture

Math & Stats

MetaTrader/MT4/MT5

CC/RT system knowledge

Job description

Emerald Zebra is seeking a Quantitative Developer to architect a proprietary trading bridge and risk engine connecting a high-volume demo platform to real-world liquidity providers. You will shape execution, analytics, and risk controls with a trader's mindset and an engineer's discipline.

The role blends quantitative finance, low-latency systems, and brokerage technology, requiring strong expertise in FIX, Python performance, and C++ for critical paths.