Quantitative Developer

Job Description

About Company and Job Description

About VisualHFT:

VisualHFT is an advanced analytics platform designed specifically for high-frequency trading (HFT) environments. It provides traders, quants, and financial engineers with deep insights into execution quality, market microstructure, and real-time system performance, down to the microsecond. The company is in a pre-MVP, pre-revenue stage and aims to build a precision toolset for modern electronic trading, bridging HPC engineering with quantitative finance research.

Job Title: Quantitative Developer

Job Overview:

VisualHFT is seeking a Quantitative Developer with expertise in market microstructure and a strong background in real-time, low-latency system design. This is a hands-on, equity-only role focused on translating quantitative models and financial research into performant and actionable tools for traders.

Responsibilities:

• Own the architecture and implementation of real-time metrics, indicators, and diagnostics at the heart of VisualHFT.
• Develop and maintain the core analytics engine for a high-frequency trading diagnostics platform.
• Translate quantitative models and financial research into low-latency tools for traders.
• Design and implement modular, plugin-based system architectures and high-throughput data pipelines.
• Optimize performance through parallelization, memory layout tuning, and zero-GC systems.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Deep understanding of market microstructure and electronic trading mechanics.
• Strong experience in real-time or low-latency systems (C#, C++, or Rust preferred).
• Proven experience in HPC optimization.
• Hands-on experience with financial research implementation (execution cost models, order flow analytics).
• Comfortable with modular, plugin-based system architectures and high-throughput data pipelines.

Bonus Points:

• Experience in an HFT, market-making, or algo execution environment.
• Familiarity with ITCH/FIX/OUCH protocols and exchange-specific microstructure behaviors.
• Understanding of infrastructure monitoring in trading systems (latency breakdowns, tick-to-trade analysis).
• Exposure to quantitative strategy simulation and live production systems.

What VisualHFT Offers:

• Equity: 1.5%–2.0% equity with a 4-year vesting schedule (1-year cliff).
• Technical Leadership: Core contributor to the logic powering VisualHFT’s analytics engine.
• Impact: The developer’s work will be the foundation of VisualHFT’s edge in execution analytics and trading diagnostics.
• Flexibility: Fully remote, async-friendly team distributed across time zones.
• Vision: Build a toolset that becomes mission-critical to professional traders and quant funds.