Quant Engineer – Electronic Trading & Risk – New YorkWe are partnering with a leading trading and financial technology firm looking to hire experienced Quant Engineers to join high-performing teams in New York. The role will focus across quantitative engineering, electronic trading, execution systems development, working closely with traders, quants, and technology teams.
Responsibilities:- Design, build, and enhance scalable trading and quantitative platforms
- Develop high-performance Java-based systems for analytics, execution, and risk processing
- Work closely with trading desks and quantitative teams to implement business and trading requirements
- Build and optimize real-time data pipelines and analytics infrastructure
- Improve system performance, reliability, and scalability
- Support and enhance live trading and risk environments
Requirements:- Strong Java development experience within trading or financial markets environmentsExperience working on trading systems, execution platforms, or quantitative/risk infrastructure
- Understanding of market data, real-time systems, and distributed architectures
- Experience with low latency or high-performance systems is beneficial
- Strong communication and problem-solving skills
- PreferredExposure to execution trading, electronic trading, or market making environmentsExperience within risk engineering, pricing, or quantitative analytics platforms
- Knowledge of asset classes such as equities, derivatives, FX, or digital assets
- Familiarity with cloud infrastructure or DevOps tooling is a plus
Location: New York Compensation: Competitive base + bonus
