Options Quantitative Developer

Role overview

We are seeking an Options Quant Developer to join the Asia team, with a clear preference for candidates located in Singapore or Hong Kong. The role suits someone who pairs strong engineering ability with curiosity about financial markets and a practical, problem-solving mindset. You should be comfortable starting work on a project from the ground up and laying the initial technical foundation.

This position offers the chance to contribute in a fast-moving environment that supports trading activity and helps build advanced tools and workflows.

What you will do

• Support the core operating window from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm HKT.
• Investigate and fix daily tasks that sometimes break when upstream data arrives late, using Airflow or comparable scheduled job orchestration tools.
• Work through issues in processes running on Unix systems, including both physical and virtual machines, to keep intraday trading operations running smoothly.
• Develop, maintain, and troubleshoot a codebase that is predominantly Python-based.

Experience and technical background

• Bring at least 2 years of experience in finance or quantitative development.
• Experience in options trading is strongly preferred.
• Python proficiency is essential for this role.
• Hands-on exposure to Airflow or similar scheduling/workflow tools is expected.
• You should be comfortable operating in a Unix environment.

Preferred technical exposure

• Backend/front-end development using Python Flask, HTML, and JavaScript.
• Experience with front-end libraries such as Highcharts and AG Grid for trading interfaces.
• C++ knowledge for streaming market data work.
• Rust experience is a plus.

Additional notes

The role is focused on building and supporting production tools for trading operations. Candidates who enjoy ownership, rapid debugging, and close interaction with market systems will likely do well here.