Quantitative Developer (C++/Python) for HFT Trading

MA CAPITAL U.S. LLC; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Job summary

MA Capital US LLC is seeking a Quantitative Developer to join our trading technology team. You will contribute to the research stack for quantitative systematic strategies and production level development of strategies across futures and derivatives.

The role requires strong C++ and/or Python skills, deep knowledge of market microstructure, and a passion for building high-performance trading infrastructure in a fast-moving startup environment in Chicago.

Qualifications

• Strategy Experience: Proven track record working on fully systematic HFT or MFT strategies, including backtesting, execution.
• Programming: Proficient in C++, and Python, with an emphasis on building systematic research tooling, production level coding and performance optimization.
• Industry Exposure: 3+ years of solid understanding of systematic strategies, market microstructure, order types, and execution venues for futures markets, CME.
• Academic & Analytical Experience: Mathematics, statistics, or computer science, with strong numerical programming abilities (e.g., NumPy, SciPy).
• Quantitative Techniques: Expertise in statistical modeling, signal processing, or machine learning for trading systems is a plus.
• Startup Environment: Hands-on in a startup setting with agile and entrepreneurial decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Research Infrastructure and Tooling: Build and support research pipeline and tools for data sampling, quantitative analysis, simulation, backtesting, and post trade analysis for live performance monetization.
• Platform Integration: Build and integrate quantitative systematic strategies. Migrating strategies from the research stack to production trading platform.
• Execution Systems: Develop and maintain low-latency trading execution systems for equities, derivatives, and digital assets.

Skills

C++

Python

Market microstructure

Quantitative research

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Math/Statistics or related

Tools

NumPy/SciPy

Backtesting

Low-latency tooling

Job description

MA Capital US LLC is seeking a Quantitative Developer to join our trading technology team. You will contribute to the research stack for quantitative systematic strategies and production level development of strategies across futures and derivatives.

The role requires strong C++ and/or Python skills, deep knowledge of market microstructure, and a passion for building high-performance trading infrastructure in a fast-moving startup environment in Chicago.