APAC Real-Time Trading Quant Engineer

Gravitas Recruitment Group Hong Kong; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Gravitas Recruitment Group Hong Kong is seeking a Quantitative Developer (APAC) in Hong Kong. You will design, build, and scale engineering frameworks that power research and trading operations, partnering with multi-asset teams across APAC.

This role directly influences live trading systems and business growth. You will work in a fast-moving, entrepreneurial environment, focusing on delivering high-performance software for quantitative trading desks and researchers, with emphasis on

Qualifications

• Core Engineering Fundamentals: OOP, system architecture, algorithms, data structures.
• Industry Experience: 3+ years building systems for quantitative trading desks or financial environments.
• Education: Bachelor's degree in CS/CE or a highly quantitative field.
• Modern Tech Stack: Cloud ecosystems, distributed systems, data analytics pipelines, or ML applications.
• Work Environment: Fast-moving, delivery-focused, entrepreneurial setting.
• Problem-Solving Skills: Strong analytical mindset and willingness to learn.
• Communication & Delivery: Strong English communication with collaborative execution.

Responsibilities

• Translate trading/research requirements into scalable, high-performance engines.
• Collaborate with quant researchers and portfolio managers to engineer bespoke software solutions.
• Provide real-time operational troubleshooting in time-sensitive trading environments.
• Work with infrastructure, DevOps, data and core tech teams to deploy, monitor, test and validate releases.

Skills

OOP fundamentals

System architecture

Algorithms

Data structures

Cloud ecosystems

Distributed systems

Data analytics pipelines

Machine learning applications

English communication

Python

Containerization

Low-latency optimization

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or quantitative field

Job description

Gravitas Recruitment Group Hong Kong is seeking a Quantitative Developer (APAC) in Hong Kong. You will design, build, and scale engineering frameworks that power research and trading operations, partnering with multi-asset teams across APAC.

This role directly influences live trading systems and business growth. You will work in a fast-moving, entrepreneurial environment, focusing on delivering high-performance software for quantitative trading desks and researchers, with emphasis on