Quantitative Platform / Infrastructure Engineer – Dubai

A leading systematic equity hedge fund is hiring a Quantitative Platform / Infrastructure Engineer to join its growing Dubai team.You will take responsibility for the infrastructure underpinning the research and trading environment, working directly with quantitative researchers to improve platform scalability, reliability and efficiency.The goal is to modernize and strengthen the firm’s quantitative research infrastructure so researchers can work faster, test ideas more efficiently and operate on a more scalable production platform.What we’re looking forStrong Linux and production infrastructure experienceStrong Python and automation skillsExperience with data pipelines, databases and large research datasetsCI/CD, deployment and environment management experienceExperience supporting research, trading or data-intensive platformsStrong troubleshooting and systems-thinking capabilityComfortable working directly with quantitative researchers and investment professionalsExperience within systematic trading, hedge funds, electronic trading or quantitative research environments is highly desirableWhy this role stands outHigh ownership – end-to-end responsibility for business-critical infrastructureDirect quant exposure – work closely with researchers and investment teamsBroad technical scope – Linux, data, backtesting, research systems and production infrastructureBuild and modernize – scope to improve and redesign, not simply maintainVisible impact – directly improve research productivity and trading capabilityGrowing Dubai platform – established local presence with continued investment in technology and investment talentThis role would suit an engineer who enjoys operating at the intersection of quantitative research, infrastructure and platform engineering and wants genuine ownership in a sophisticated hedge fund environment.If you are interested in a confidential chat, please email me at katie.huang@bahpartners.com