Cryptocurrency Trading System Developer - Dubai

Our client is looking for quantitative developers with experience developing and implementing fully-automated market making strategies using HFT methods to join their newly launched digital assets group. This group will be using high-frequency trading approaches to make markets in cryptocurrencies. The group is part of a major new strategic expansion for our client, and they are building a top-notch team to address the opportunities in the digital assets space. This group will have strong backing and ample resources to achieve success in the space.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, test and deploy core system components and strategy algorithms using HFT / ULL methods, tools and techniques
  

• Optimise the trading system for optimal performance
  

• Working within a collaborative development team, performing peer code reviews before deployment, utilising CI/CD tools
  

• Keep up-to-date on communication protocol changes at various cryptocurrency exchanges
  

• Work closely with trading and quant teams on the development and implementation of new strategies and signals, as well as optimizations to both
  

Requirements

Required:

• 5+ years experience developing high-performance low-latency fully automated trading systems and strategies at a market maker, proprietary trading firm, hedge fund, or similar
  

• Strong coding skills in C++ and Python
  

• Ability to work both as part of a team and independently
  

• A bachelors degree or higher in an analytical or quantitative discipline (Computer Science, Engineering, Maths, Statistics, Computational Finance, or similar)
  

• Excellent English communication skills, both written and verbal
  

• Experience with CI/CD tools
  

Optional:

• Experience with, or interest in, cryptocurrencies, cryptocurrency derivatives, and/or NFTs