Quantitative Developer

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 to join a core trading technology team. You will build scalable systems, enhance research tools, and support production trading environments in a fast-paced financial setting.

Reporting into senior technologists, you will manage the full development cycle from research through deployment, troubleshooting, and upgrades, delivering high-performance software and reliable infrastructure for trading activities.

Qualifications

• Proficient in Python and C++ with production experience.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Detail-oriented with experience handling large data sets.
• Self-directed with ownership of projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead full cycle development, including research, coding, testing, debugging, and deployment into production environments.
• Build and maintain software for production applications using Python and C++.
• Manage troubleshooting, break/fix, and support of the production trading system.
• Develop automation scripts for deployment, configuration, and validation processes.

Skills

Lead full cycle development

Python

C++

Troubleshooting

Automation scripts

Analytical thinking

Large data sets

Ownership of projects

Tools

Python

C++

Job description

Quantitative Developer

The Quantitative Developer joins a core team of technologists responsible for building and enhancing the platforms that support the trading team. This role offers the opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment, focusing on developing scalable systems and maintaining the production trading environment.

The company operates within the finance sector, specialising in quantitative trading and technology-driven investment strategies. The team collaborates closely with quantitative researchers and end users to optimise research and trading infrastructure.

Role Overview

The Quantitative Developer will be part of a team dedicated to improving research tools, trading systems, and automation processes. Reporting into senior technologists, they will handle the full development cycle from research through deployment, troubleshooting, and system upgrades. Success requires delivering reliable, high-performance software and supporting the infrastructure that underpins trading activity.

Key Skills & Experience

• Lead full cycle development, including research, coding, testing, debugging, and deployment into production environments
• Build and maintain software for production applications using Python and C++
• Manage troubleshooting, break/fix, and support of the production trading system
• Develop automation scripts for deployment, configuration, and validation processes
• Demonstrate strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Show proficiency in working with large data sets
• Be detail-oriented and self-motivated, taking ownership of projects
• Maintain reliable and predictable availability

Requirements

• Be efficient in Python and C++
• Possess strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Be extremely detail-oriented
• Have proven success working with large data sets
• Be self-directed and comfortable taking ownership of projects
• Have reliable and predictable availabilityOn-site with the organisation in Asia
• Available to start on 02/09/2026 for a 2-week period