Quantitative Developer

Role: Senior Quand DeveloperReporting line: Head of TechnologySector: Sovereign Wealth Fund / Investment ManagementLocation: Abu Dhabi, UAEA leading Abu Dhabi-based investment institution is expanding its world-class quantitative capabilities to support systematic investment strategies, portfolio analytics, and data-driven decision-making at scale.The Quantitative Developer will design, build and maintain the technology backbone of the quantitative investment platform, from research infrastructure and data pipelines to production trading and portfolio analytics systems. Working side by side with quantitative researchers, portfolio managers and data engineers, this role transforms models and research into robust, scalable, production-grade systems.Key Responsibilities.Design and maintain the core quant platform: backtesting frameworks, signal generation pipelines and portfolio construction and optimisation toolsDevelop internal APIs, libraries and tooling used across the research and investment teamsBuild and operate large-scale data infrastructure covering market, fundamental and alternative data setsEnsure data quality, lineage and integrity across the research and production stackTransform research code into reliable, well-tested, scalable production systemsImplement rigorous controls around model deployment, versioning and change managementOptimise computationally intensive workloads (vectorisation, parallelisation, GPU where relevant)Accelerate research workflows by improving iteration speed, reproducibility and toolingImplement CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and monitoring across quantitative systemsContribute to coding standards, documentation and the continuous improvement of the platform.Prepare and present project status reports, steering committee updates and executive dashboardsManage vendor relationships, contracts and delivery commitments with cloud providers and consulting partnersFacilitate workshops and requirements sessions with business and technical teams.Experience & Qualification:10+ years as a quant developer/engineer within investment management, a hedge fund, prop trading firm, SWF or investment bankExpert-level Python with strong software engineering fundamentalsProficiency with SQL and time-series databases (kdb+, ClickHouse, or similar)Experience with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), Docker/Kubernetes, and CI/CDC++, Rust, or distributed computing (Spark, Dask, Ray) an advantageStrong understanding of financial markets; exposure to systematic investing preferredMaster's Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, or related quantitative fieldIf you are interested to explore more, please apply.