Senior Quant Developer (Python)
McGregor Boyall · Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Apply & track with Apply EdgeRole: Senior Quantitative Developer (Python)Location: DubaiIndustry: Hedge FundsPython. Agentic coding tools. Large scale data workflows. Cross asset research platform.Overview: 3 years in this seat should leave you with a very different CV from the one you walk in with.A global investment manager is hiring a Senior Quantitative Developer in Dubai, where senior quant talent is still thin on the ground. You will join a close knit global team of cross asset Quant Developers and Researchers, shaping the research platform in a fast evolving environment.Here is how career trajectory could play out:Year 1 - You learn the platform, earn the researchers' trust and fix the things that have annoyed them for ages. You become the person they call first when data looks wrong.Year 2 - You lead. Engineering standards, review culture, testing practices and how the team uses agentic coding tools all pass through you.Year 3 - You have taken strategies from research into production repeatedly, across several asset classes, and you speak both languages, the researcher's and the engineer's. That opens further doors to running a research platform team or moving closer to the research itself.
Responsibilities
- Help Quant Researchers bring trading strategies into production.- Provide technical leadership and help raise engineering standards across the team.- Improve software engineering practices across research workflows, including adopting agentic coding tools effectively.- Automate and streamline large scale data preparation and cleansing.- Build, enhance and support quantitative research tools.- Keep evolving the platform as the business changes.Relocation and visas covered.