Remote Senior Quant Developer: Low-Latency Trading Tools

Placements24; Centurion; Hybrid; ZAR 2,538,000 - 4,569,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote work

Competitive compensation package

Professional development resources

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Remote Senior Quantitative Developer to join a leading quantitative research team. You will translate complex models into production-ready code, build ultra-fast trading systems, and contribute to analytical tooling in a distributed environment.

The role emphasizes collaboration with researchers and portfolio managers, designing scalable data pipelines, and maintaining robust, low-latency software infrastructure in a fully remote setting.

Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or related quantitative field.
• Minimum 6 years of professional software development experience with a focus on quantitative finance.
• Expertise in C++ and Python programming languages.
• Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented design.
• Experience with high-performance computing, low-latency systems and real-time data processing.
• Familiarity with financial markets, trading strategies and derivatives pricing.
• Proficient with version control systems (e.g., Git) and build tools.
• Excellent analytical and debugging skills; strong communication in a remote setting.

Responsibilities

• Develop high-frequency trading systems, back-testing frameworks and risk tools.
• Optimize algorithms for performance and scalability.
• Collaborate with researchers and portfolio managers on model requirements.
• Write clean, maintainable, well-documented C++ and Python code.
• Participate in code reviews and improve development practices.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues in production trading systems.
• Design data pipelines for market data and trade execution.
• Contribute to architectural decisions for the quantitative tech platform.
• Ensure reliability and stability of trading infrastructure.
• Stay updated with new technologies in software development and quantitative finance.

Skills

C++

Python

Algorithms

Data structures

Object-oriented design

Debugging

Remote collaboration

Education

Masters or PhD in CS/Engineering/Math or related field

Tools

Git

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Remote Senior Quantitative Developer to join a leading quantitative research team. You will translate complex models into production-ready code, build ultra-fast trading systems, and contribute to analytical tooling in a distributed environment.

The role emphasizes collaboration with researchers and portfolio managers, designing scalable data pipelines, and maintaining robust, low-latency software infrastructure in a fully remote setting.