Quantitative Developer – Core Trading Engine

About the role

We are seeking a motivated Quantitative Developer to join our leading index rebalancing team in Dubai. The role focuses on building and enhancing our core trading engine and developing trade automation solutions that drive business efficiency.

Key responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and improve the core trading engine.
• Design and implement systematic trade automation systems.
• Collaborate with traders, researchers, and developers to gather requirements and deliver solutions.
• Participate in code reviews to ensure high‑quality code and best practices.
• Provide ongoing support and troubleshooting for existing trading systems and models.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, or a related field.
• Strong programming proficiency in Python and experience with data‑handling libraries such as pandas, polars, numpy, and duckdb.
• Solid understanding of quantitative finance, statistical methods, and the trading process.
• Experience designing high‑performance, scalable systems.
• Excellent analytical, problem‑solving, and communication skills.
• Detail‑oriented, hard‑working, and able to manage multiple tasks in a collaborative environment.

Required skills

• Python
• pandas
• polars
• numpy
• duckdb