Equity Intraday Developer : Quant Trading Fund : $300k+

Hunter Bond; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

Hunter Bond is seeking an experienced Equity Intraday Developer to join our technology team, working alongside traders and quantitative groups in a high-performance environment. You will design and deliver low-latency systems that support intraday equity trading, order flows and real-time market data.

You'll take ownership from design through production, collaborating with front-office colleagues to translate trading needs into robust technical solutions while improving scalability and

Qualifications

• Strong commercial development experience in Python, C++, Java or C#.
• Experience working within equities, electronic trading or a similar financial markets environment.
• Strong knowledge of software engineering principles, algorithms and data structures.
• Experience building real-time or high-throughput systems.
• An understanding of market data, order execution and trading workflows.
• Experience working closely with traders, quants or other front-office teams.

Responsibilities

• Developing and enhancing low-latency, high-performance trading systems.
• Building technology supporting intraday equity trading and execution.
• Working with real-time market data and order flows.
• Developing and maintaining exchange and broker connectivity.
• Improving the performance, scalability and reliability of existing systems.
• Working closely with traders to understand trading requirements and translate these into robust technical solutions.
• Developing tools and infrastructure around order management, execution and risk.
• Investigating and resolving production issues in a time-critical trading environment.
• Contributing to the wider architecture and technology strategy of the trading platform.

Skills

Python

C++

Java

C#

Financial markets knowledge

Real-time / high-throughput systems

Trading workflows understanding

Team collaboration with traders/quants

Job description

Our client is a leading proprietary trading firm with a strong track record across global financial markets. They are looking to hire an experienced Equity Intraday Developer to join their technology team.

This is an opportunity to work directly with traders and quantitative teams in a highly technical, performance-driven environment, developing the systems that support the firm's intraday equity trading activity. As an Equity Intraday Developer, you will be responsible for designing and developing high-performance technology across the firm's equity trading environment.

You will work closely with traders, quants and other developers, taking ownership of projects from initial design through to implementation and production.

The role will involve:

• Developing and enhancing low-latency, high-performance trading systems.
• Building technology supporting intraday equity trading and execution.
• Working with real-time market data and order flows.
• Developing and maintaining exchange and broker connectivity.
• Improving the performance, scalability and reliability of existing systems.
• Working closely with traders to understand trading requirements and translate these into robust technical solutions.
• Developing tools and infrastructure around order management, execution and risk.
• Investigating and resolving production issues in a time-critical trading environment.
• Contributing to the wider architecture and technology strategy of the trading platform.

We're interested in speaking with developers who have a strong technical background and experience within financial markets, electronic trading or other high-performance environments.

Ideally, you will have:

• Strong commercial development experience in Python, C++, Java or C#
• Experience working within equities, electronic trading or a similar financial markets environment.
• Strong knowledge of software engineering principles, algorithms and data structures.
• Experience building real-time or high-throughput systems.
• An understanding of market data, order execution and trading workflows.
• Experience working closely with traders, quants or other front-office teams.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a genuine interest in technology and financial markets.

Experience with any of the following would be advantageous: