Quantitative Trading Systems Engineer

Point One - Hedge Fund Talent; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Point One - Hedge Fund Talent is recruiting a Quantitative Developer / Software Engineer in New York. The role sits with a top portfolio manager in a collaborative trading pod and spans research infrastructure, data systems, and production signal monitoring.

You will own the research platform, build tooling for researchers, and integrate AI workflows to improve productivity and robustness in a fast-paced, front-office environment.

Qualifications

• 2–3+ years in a quantitative development or software engineering role in a hedge fund or similar setting.
• Strong background in quantitative research workflows and monetization.
• Experience with market data, trading systems, and distributed infra.
• Excellent analytical and software development skills.

Responsibilities

• Own and improve research platform, backtesting, simulation, and compute layers.
• Build tooling for researchers to develop, test, and deploy signals.
• Integrate AI workflows to boost productivity and robustness.
• Design large-scale data sets and data pipelines for research and production.
• Improve interfaces with execution, risk, and compute systems.
• Monitor and productionize trading signals with observability.

Skills

Quantitative dev

Software engineering

Distributed computing

Data pipelines

Problem solving

Communication

Education

Advanced STEM degree

Job description

Point One - Hedge Fund Talent is recruiting a Quantitative Developer / Software Engineer in New York. The role sits with a top portfolio manager in a collaborative trading pod and spans research infrastructure, data systems, and production signal monitoring.

You will own the research platform, build tooling for researchers, and integrate AI workflows to improve productivity and robustness in a fast-paced, front-office environment.