HFT Quant Developer — Build Greenfield Low-Latency Infra

Mondrian Alpha; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Mondrian Alpha is hiring a quant developer to join its global systematic trading effort. You will own the full stack from data capture and backtesting to live execution and risk controls, with early architecture decisions and a direct line to traders and researchers.

We seek seasoned software engineers who can build fast, correct systems, reason about probability, and ship production code. Experience with low-latency environments (C++, Rust) and a willingness to work from a blank page are highly

Qualifications

• Strong software engineering fundamentals with production-grade code.
• Experience building low-latency or high-throughput systems (C++, Rust, or similar).
• Comfort with probability, statistics, and calibration thinking.
• Track record building systems from blank-page or early-stage design.
• Able to move fast without compromising correctness and collaborate with non-engineers.

Responsibilities

• Design and build core trading infrastructure: data capture, backtesting, execution, real-time risk.
• Develop and productionize short-horizon, high-frequency strategies with researchers and PMs.
• Build pricing and signal models for probabilistic outcomes.
• Optimize for latency, throughput, and correctness under live-market conditions.
• Own systems end to end from prototype to production to monitoring.

Skills

C++

Rust

Python

Probability & Stats

Low-latency

End-to-end ownership

Tools

Backtesting frameworks

Market data pipelines

Job description

Mondrian Alpha is hiring a quant developer to join its global systematic trading effort. You will own the full stack from data capture and backtesting to live execution and risk controls, with early architecture decisions and a direct line to traders and researchers.

We seek seasoned software engineers who can build fast, correct systems, reason about probability, and ship production code. Experience with low-latency environments (C++, Rust) and a willingness to work from a blank page are highly