Asia-based Options Quant Developer — Python Trading Tools

Millennium; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

Millennium in Hong Kong is seeking an experienced Options Quant Developer to support trading operations and develop cutting-edge tools. The successful candidate should have strong technical skills, especially in Python, and a background in finance or quantitative development.

This role requires debugging and managing tasks, navigating Unix environments, and covering primary working hours of 9 am to 3 pm HKT. Familiarity with options trading and tools like Airflow is preferred.

Qualifications

• At least 2 years of experience in a finance or quantitative development role.
• Strong preference for candidates with experience in options trading.
• Proficiency in Python is essential.
• Comfortable working in a Unix environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide coverage during the primary working hours of 9 am – 3 pm HKT.
• Debug and manage daily tasks that periodically fail due to delays in incoming data sources.
• Debug processes running on Unix servers to support intraday trading operations.
• Work with a codebase that is 95% Python.

Skills

Experience in finance or quantitative development

Options trading experience

Proficiency in Python

Experience with Airflow

Unix environment experience

Front-End Development: Python Flask, HTML, JavaScript

C++ experience for streaming market data

Rust experience

Job description

Millennium in Hong Kong is seeking an experienced Options Quant Developer to support trading operations and develop cutting-edge tools. The successful candidate should have strong technical skills, especially in Python, and a background in finance or quantitative development.

This role requires debugging and managing tasks, navigating Unix environments, and covering primary working hours of 9 am to 3 pm HKT. Familiarity with options trading and tools like Airflow is preferred.