Quantitative Developer – Hedge Fund

Alexander Ash Consulting; Dubai; On-site; AED 800,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Hedge Fund in Dubai is seeking an experienced Quantitative Developer to build risk and middle office systems. The role requires strong knowledge of risk management, portfolio management, and market data systems, with significant production work in Python and SQL.

Initially you will build out the data platform and then support trading and risk workflows, with progression toward leadership as the business grows. A permanent role with bonus potential awaits the right candidate.

Qualifications

• 10+ years software engineering or quantitative development experience.
• Significant hedge fund, asset management, and/or sales/trading environment experience.
• Proven experience building production systems from scratch in Python and SQL.
• Significant experience implementing CI/CD, orchestration, and observability solutions.
• Understanding of traded financial products (equities, fixed income, FX).

Responsibilities

• Lead development of risk and middle office systems.
• Build out data platform and support trading and risk workflows.
• Provide leadership from a sole contributor perspective with potential for future leadership.

Skills

10+ years experience

Python

SQL

CI/CD

Orchestration

Observability

Risk management

Portfolio management

Market data

Hedge fund exposure

Education

Degree from leading academic institution

Tools

CI/CD tooling

Orchestration tools

Observability tools

Job description

A small but rapidly growing hedge fund are expanding their quantitative development team and are looking for an experienced Quantitative Developer to play a key role in building out risk and middle office systems.

You will have a strong understanding of risk management, portfolio management, and market data systems, as well as traded financial products, and initially help build out the fund's data platform, then supporting trading and risk workflows.

Significant progression for the successful candidate is expected. This is a highly business-visible role within a smaller company with significant investment and aspiration, and as such this person is expected to provide leadership from a sole contributor perspective, but later progress to a broader leadership position.

• 10+ years software engineering and/or quantitative development experience
• Significant hedge fund, asset management, and/or sales/trading environment experience
• Proven experience building production systems form scratch in Python and SQL
• Significant experience implementing CI/CD, orchestration, and observability solutions
• Understanding of traded financial products (equities, fixed income, FX)
• Degree educated or higher form a leading academic institution

This is a permanent role with a base salary + bonus compensation structure. Package dependent on experience.