Senior Quantitative Developer

Edison Smart is supporting a leading digital asset firm to hire a senior quantitative developer for its trading technology team.

This is a senior, hands-on engineering role focused on building and evolving production systems used across trading, execution, market data, pricing, risk, and backtesting. You’ll work closely with traders, quantitative researchers, and portfolio managers, helping shape technical solutions and improve the reliability and performance of the trading platform.

Responsibilities

Lead the design, development, and maintenance of trading systems and supporting infrastructure across execution, order management, exchange connectivity, market data, pricing, risk, and backtesting.

Partner with traders, quants, and portfolio managers to translate trading and research requirements into robust engineering solutions.

Make sound technical decisions around system design, performance, reliability, and maintainability.

Write high-quality, efficient code and contribute to code reviews and engineering standards.

Develop and debug software in a Linux environment, and help investigate complex production issues.

Identify opportunities to improve system performance, automation, deployment practices and operational resilience.

Support frequent, reliable software deployments in a fast-moving environment.

Share technical knowledge and support the development of other engineers.

Use modern development tools and practices, including AI coding tools where they add value.

Requirements

A bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, mathematics, engineering, financial engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Strong programming skills in Java, Python, C#, or Rust, with the ability to work across languages where needed.

A strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, concurrency, and performance optimization.

Experience designing and maintaining reliable software in a Linux environment.

A track record of taking technical projects from requirements through to production and ongoing support.

Clear communication skills and the ability to work effectively with engineering and trading teams.

A genuine interest in trading and financial markets. Experience in digital assets or trading technology would be beneficial.

Opportunity

Join a close-knit team where engineers have autonomy, technical ownership, and direct input into the development of trading systems.

Work on production technology across digital asset markets, with flexible working arrangements where appropriate.