Quantitative Developer (Research Engineering)

Back to jobs Quantitative Developer (Research Engineering) Hong Kong Apply Who We Are: Y-Intercept (Hong Kong) Limited is a quantitative investment management firm dedicated to delivering high-quality returns, supported by tested and proven investment strategies across various asset classes and global financial markets. We pride ourselves on and value intellectual curiosity and hard work, investing in people who are driven to learn and achieve. We are a merit-focused and talent-driven organization, characterized by compassion, respect, and modesty among our team members. We believe in maintaining a healthy and happy lifestyle in an intellectually stimulating environment. Responsibilities: Architect, build, and maintain the central research platform, including event-driven simulation engines, and high-performance Python libraries for quantitative researchers Develop infrastructure that allows strategies to publish their signals efficiently, enabling aggregation and portfolio-level optimization Optimize system performance, reliability, and reproducibility, including parallelization, compute resource management, and tooling to ensure consistent research and production results Develop analytical frameworks that allow researchers to evaluate signal performance, visualize backtest results, and analyse risk metrics Manage and optimize containerized environments (Docker/Kubernetes) to ensure scalable and reproducible deployment of research models Monitor the status of production tasks and research jobs; actively perform troubleshooting and issue resolution to ensure platform stability and availability Required Technical Qualification, Skills, and Experience: A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or STEM field Advanced proficiency in Python. Ability to write clean, production-ready code with a focus on performance and maintainability Proficiency building and maintaining docker containers and managing deployments on Kubernetes (K8s) Proficiency in utilizing AWS services (e.g., EKS, S3, RDS) Familiarity with financial asset classes such as Equities, Derivatives, Fixed Income, FX, etc Self-motivated and disciplined with strong organizational skills. Excellent written and verbal communication skills to collaborate effectively with research teams Location: Central, Hong Kong Y-Intercept (Hong Kong) Limited is an equal opportunity employer. Apply for this job * indicates a required field First Name* Last Name* Preferred First Name Email* Phone Country* Phone* Resume/CV* Attach Attach Enter manually Enter manually Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf Cover Letter Attach Attach Enter manually Enter manually Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf Education School* Select... Degree* Select... Discipline* Select... Start date month* Select... Start date year* End date month* Select... End date year* Add another Please provide your most recent cumulative GPA or equivalent academic performance measure.* How many years of full‑time professional work experience do you have (excluding internships)?* Please provide the name of your current or most recent employer.* Current or latest annual base salary (in USD)* Latest bonus (in USD)* Any deferred compensation or potential clawback bonus* Other salary components (e.g., allowances, benefits)* Notice period* Non-compete period* Have you applied for any other position within the last 12 months?* Select... Submit application