Quantitative Developer, Low-Latency Trading Tech

Venture Search; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Venture Search is seeking a Quantitative Developer to join its trading technology team. You will focus on developing and enhancing the research infrastructure supporting quantitative systematic strategies, alongside production-level development and optimisation of strategies across futures and other derivatives.

The ideal candidate will have a strong foundation in C++ and/or Python, a sound understanding of market microstructure and a passion for building high-performance trading infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Experience with fully systematic high-frequency trading (HFT) or medium-frequency trading (MFT) strategies, including backtesting and execution.
• Proficiency in C++ and Python for production environments.
• 3+ years of relevant industry experience in futures markets, CME.
• Strong numerical programming skills with NumPy and SciPy.
• Experience with statistical modelling, signal processing or machine learning.

Responsibilities

• Research infrastructure and tooling for data sampling, quantitative analysis, simulation, backtesting and post-trade analysis.
• Develop and integrate quantitative systematic strategies, migrating them from the research environment to the production trading platform.
• Develop and maintain low-latency trading execution systems across equities, derivatives and digital assets.

Skills

C++/Python proficiency

HFT/MFT trading experience

Math/Statistics/CS background

Market microstructure knowledge

Quantitative modelling / ML beneficial

Tools

NumPy

SciPy

Job description

Venture Search is seeking a Quantitative Developer to join its trading technology team. You will focus on developing and enhancing the research infrastructure supporting quantitative systematic strategies, alongside production-level development and optimisation of strategies across futures and other derivatives.

The ideal candidate will have a strong foundation in C++ and/or Python, a sound understanding of market microstructure and a passion for building high-performance trading infrastructure.