Senior Quantitative Developer - Remote Low-Latency HFT

Placements24; Polokwane; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Bonuses based on performance

Health insurance

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Quantitative Developer to join a remote-first team focused on designing and implementing low-latency trading systems and algorithms. Based in Limpopo, ZA, you will work with top traders and researchers to push the boundaries of algorithmic trading technology.

The candidate will lead development of high-performance strategies, collaborate across disciplines, and ensure systems run with speed and reliability in a fully remote setup.

Qualifications

• Master's or Ph.D. in a quantitative field.
• Minimum 5 years of quantitative development experience.
• Expertise in C++ with performance optimization and low-level design.
• Proficiency in Python for scripting and research.
• Strong knowledge of financial markets and order execution.
• Experience with real-time systems, multi-threading, and concurrency.
• Familiarity with Linux/Unix environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and deploy high-performance, low-latency algorithmic trading strategies.
• Build and maintain robust trading systems and infrastructure.
• Collaborate with researchers and traders to translate ideas into production-ready code.
• Optimize algorithms for speed and efficiency.
• Develop real-time risk management and monitoring tools.
• Analyze trade data to identify performance improvements.
• Write clean, maintainable code and participate in code reviews.
• Stay updated with market trends and trading tech.
• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues.

Skills

C++ programming

Python

Real-time systems

Low-latency optimization

Team collaboration

Education

Master's or Ph.D. in CS/EE/Math/Physics

Tools

Linux/Unix

Multi-threading

Networking protocols

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Quantitative Developer to join a remote-first team focused on designing and implementing low-latency trading systems and algorithms. Based in Limpopo, ZA, you will work with top traders and researchers to push the boundaries of algorithmic trading technology.

The candidate will lead development of high-performance strategies, collaborate across disciplines, and ensure systems run with speed and reliability in a fully remote setup.