Hands-On Tech Lead, Scalable Research Platform

Acquire Me; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Acquire Me in New York, NY is seeking a hands-on Tech Lead to architect and build a next-generation quantitative research platform. You will lead design and implementation across distributed compute, data, and infrastructure to accelerate experimentation and backtesting.

You will own the technical direction, ensure speed, accuracy, and reproducibility of research, and mentor engineers while staying hands-on. The role emphasizes practical problem solving without predefined solutions.

Qualifications

• Strong software engineering with leadership experience.
• Deep experience in distributed systems or large-scale data infrastructure.
• Proficiency in Python, C++, or Rust.
• Willingness to stay hands-on and lead architecture.

Responsibilities

• Architect and build the next-generation research platform.
• Lead technical direction while hands-on with design and implementation.
• Build distributed systems to enable larger scale experiments and backtests.
• Improve speed, accuracy, and reproducibility of research.

Skills

Distributed systems

Python

C++

Rust

Technical leadership

Job description

Acquire Me in New York, NY is seeking a hands-on Tech Lead to architect and build a next-generation quantitative research platform. You will lead design and implementation across distributed compute, data, and infrastructure to accelerate experimentation and backtesting.

You will own the technical direction, ensure speed, accuracy, and reproducibility of research, and mentor engineers while staying hands-on. The role emphasizes practical problem solving without predefined solutions.