Quant Developer (EXPERIENCE AS QUANT DEVELOPER/RESEARCHER)

NOTE
: this is a non-salaried position. Equity offering only.

Who We Are

VisualHFT is an advanced analytics platform purpose-built for high-frequency trading environments. Designed for traders, quants, and financial engineers, we provide deep insights into execution quality, market microstructure, and real-time system performance — down to the microsecond.

As a pre-MVP, pre-revenue startup, we are crafting a precision toolset for modern electronic trading. We're building a platform that bridges HPC engineering with quantitative finance research, and this hire will be key to that effort.

Tasks

What We’re Looking For

• Deep understanding of market microstructure and electronic trading mechanics

• Strong experience in real-time or low-latency systems (C#, C++, or Rust preferred)

• Proven work in HPC optimization: parallelization, memory layout tuning, zero-GC systems

• Hands-on experience with financial research implementation (execution cost models, order flow analytics)

• Comfortable with modular, plugin-based system architectures and high-throughput data pipelines

Requirements

• Deep understanding of market microstructure and electronic trading mechanics

• Strong experience in real-time or low-latency systems (C#, C++, or Rust preferred)

• Proven work in HPC optimization: parallelization, memory layout tuning, zero-GC systems

• Hands-on experience with financial research implementation (execution cost models, order flow analytics)

• Comfortable with modular, plugin-based system architectures and high-throughput data pipelines

🌟 Bonus Points

• Experience in an HFT, market-making, or algo execution environment

• Familiarity with ITCH/FIX/OUCH protocols and exchange-specific microstructure behaviors

• Understanding of infrastructure monitoring in trading systems (latency breakdowns, tick-to-trade analysis)

• Exposure to quantitative strategy simulation and live production systems

Benefits

What We Offer

• Equity
  : 1.5%–2.0% equity with a 4-year vesting schedule (1-year cliff)

• Non salary until we get funded or revenue achieved

• Technical Leadership
  : Core contributor to the logic powering VisualHFT’s analytics engine

• Impact
  : Your work will be the foundation of VisualHFT’s edge in execution analytics and trading diagnostics

• Flexibility
  : Fully remote, async-friendly team distributed across time zones

• Vision
  : Build a toolset that becomes mission-critical to professional traders and quant funds

Apply now and help define the analytics backbone of the most powerful HFT diagnostics platform in the market.