Altitude Trading - Senior Quant Developer - Proprietary Trading

Altitude Trading DMCC is a proprietary trading firm based out of Dubai. The firm develops and trades on advanced in-house strategies based on quantitative, fundamental and technical research.

The firm's founders are IIT-IIM alumni, with a decade of experience in commodities trading on Wall Street and London with leading investment banks. The firm is an extremely close-knit team with a very open culture, which offers the ideal opportunity for a young professional to learn the craft in an accelerated manner.

Role :

Great learning opportunity to work directly with the tech head of a proprietary quant trading firm. Opportunity to be actively involved in building automated trading systems for global exchanges.

The role will require one to draw upon his/her computer science and analytical abilities to develop automated trading systems. Developing automated trading systems requires extremely efficient coding skills coupled with exceptional data crunching and analytical abilities.

Skills Required:

- Exceptional coding skills (C#, JAVA and R) is a must

- Experience with C/C++ is a plus

- Experience building HFT/MFT execution systems is a plus

- Ability to think and analyze situations logically and learn new concepts quickly

- Excellent analytical and problem solving skills, Numerate

- Keen interest in financial markets/trading

- Doesn't give up, has patience to get it right

- A team player. Ability to brainstorm and enhance the learning experience

- 2-6 years work experience

Location: Dubai only