Front-Office C++ Quant Developer — High-Performance Trading

Point One - Hedge Fund Talent; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Point One - Hedge Fund Talent seeks a C++ Quantitative Developer in New York to design and build high-performance trading infrastructure. You will support real-time signal generation and productionising systematic equity strategies, collaborating with PMs and researchers from day one.

The role focuses on translating research into robust C++ production code, improving latency, and building core signal infrastructure in a fast-paced environment valued for technical rigor.

Qualifications

• Hands-on C++ server-side development in Linux with 3+ years of production experience.
• Strong real-time, event-driven architecture and latency awareness.
• Proficient in Python for research workflow integration and data tooling.
• Familiar with cross-language data formats and high-performance IO.
• Experience with Git, CI/CD, testing and robust software practices.

Responsibilities

• Design and build a core C++ signal engine for real-time feature computation and risk checks.
• Connect production C++ systems to Python-based research workflows.
• Publish real-time alpha signals into shared execution infrastructure.
• Integrate trading systems with market data feeds and execution platforms.
• Develop real-time risk checks, logging and alerting infrastructure.
• Improve latency and throughput via profiling, memory management, and concurrency.
• Collaborate with researchers to productionize Python prototypes.
• Build backtesting and exchange simulation for strategy validation.
• Leverage AI-assisted tools to boost development efficiency.
• Contribute to architecture, reliability and trading tech enhancements.

Skills

C++ Core

Linux

Low-latency

Python integration

Data structures

Multithreading

Networking

Git CI/CD

AI-assisted coding

Financial knowledge

Education

Bachelor's/Master's in CS/Math/Physics

Tools

Polars

Pandas

NumPy

Apache Arrow

Rust

kdb+/q

Cloud infra

Job description

Point One - Hedge Fund Talent seeks a C++ Quantitative Developer in New York to design and build high-performance trading infrastructure. You will support real-time signal generation and productionising systematic equity strategies, collaborating with PMs and researchers from day one.

The role focuses on translating research into robust C++ production code, improving latency, and building core signal infrastructure in a fast-paced environment valued for technical rigor.