C++ Developer - High-Performance Quant Research Infra

Point One - Hedge Fund Talent; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 600,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Point One - Hedge Fund Talent in Hong Kong is seeking a C++ Developer to help build high-performance market data infrastructure for quantitative research and live trading. You will work closely with researchers and engineers on scalable systems and ensure data quality.

The role emphasizes efficiency, accuracy, and ownership of core research infrastructure, with opportunities to shape production systems and contribute to testing, deployment and monitoring across Linux environments.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience in quantitative development or high-performance software engineering.
• Strong expertise in modern C++, performance optimization, memory management and concurrency.
• Experience with streaming and time-series processing.
• Familiarity with Linux profiling tools, testing and CI/CD practices.
• Degree in CS, engineering, math, physics, or related quantitative field.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain high-performance C++ pipelines for market data.
• Develop Python tooling to support research workflows.
• Ensure data integrity and numerical accuracy across backtests and live trading.
• Collaborate with researchers and engineers to implement scalable infrastructure.
• Profile, test, deploy, and monitor systems for reliability.

Skills

Modern C++

Python

Data pipelines

Streaming data

Concurrency

Linux profiling

Education

Advanced degree in Computer Science / Mathematics / Physics

Tools

CI/CD

Python tooling

Linux

Job description

Point One - Hedge Fund Talent in Hong Kong is seeking a C++ Developer to help build high-performance market data infrastructure for quantitative research and live trading. You will work closely with researchers and engineers on scalable systems and ensure data quality.

The role emphasizes efficiency, accuracy, and ownership of core research infrastructure, with opportunities to shape production systems and contribute to testing, deployment and monitoring across Linux environments.