Quant FinTech Prototyping Engineer

Bitex Limited; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Bitex Limited seeks talents for advanced quantitative modeling, data engineering and AI-assisted development. You will co-design prototyped models, backtest strategies, and build robust data pipelines with rigorous testing across financial systems.

The role emphasizes governance, documentation, and audit trails to support compliant deployment and continuous improvement in a fast-paced investment environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a STEM field (CS/Math/Stats/Engineering).
• Experience in R&D, ML, data engineering or automated system testing.
• Understanding of market mechanics, regulatory frameworks and trading conventions across HK and US markets.
• Strong problem-solving with commercial awareness across targeted financial sectors.
• Autonomy to drive long-term R&D in a high-intensity tech-driven environment.

Responsibilities

• Model, prototype and backtest quantitative models, MVPs and automated trading tools.
• Build and optimize data pipelines; conduct rigorous white-box and unit testing for critical systems.
• Review and audit AI-generated code for correctness, safety, and resilience.
• Maintain architecture docs, model validation reports and audit trails for compliance and deployment.

Skills

Statistical analysis

Data mining

Financial/econometric modeling

Python

R

SQL

GAS (Google Apps Script)

AI agent development

Prompt engineering

Continuous learning

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM

QS Top 100 institution preferred

Tools

Google Apps Script (GAS)

LLM-assisted prototyping tools

Job description

Bitex Limited seeks talents for advanced quantitative modeling, data engineering and AI-assisted development. You will co-design prototyped models, backtest strategies, and build robust data pipelines with rigorous testing across financial systems.

The role emphasizes governance, documentation, and audit trails to support compliant deployment and continuous improvement in a fast-paced investment environment.