Quantitative Developer

Junior Quantitative Developer Prague, Czech Republic - 1 year working with team in Prague, then option to work remotely afterwards.

13 years experience | Competitive Compensation | Relocation Support Available

Join a leading systematic trading firm with a strong presence in equities and futures. Were looking for a Junior Quantitative Developer with a solid software engineering foundation and a growing interest in quantitative trading. This role is ideal for someone whos moved from development into quant dev work combining strong coding skills with curiosity about systematic strategies.

The Role

Youll build and optimise back-testing tooling, research infrastructure, and algorithmic trading systems that support the firms systematic traders. While your focus will be on engineering including APIs, automation, and data pipelines youll also gain occasional exposure to strategy development and signal testing.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain back-testing frameworks and research tools
• Develop APIs and automation systems to streamline research and execution
• Collaborate with quants and traders to test and deploy new ideas
• Build and maintain robust, scalable codebases for live and simulated trading
• Contribute to continuous improvement across data quality, performance, and reliability

Requirements

• 13 years professional software development experience (Python preferred)
• Experience building or maintaining back-testing systems , APIs, or data tools
• Strong understanding of algorithms, data structures, and performance optimisation
• Analytical mindset with interest in systematic trading and quantitative research

Nice to Have

• Exposure to trading systems, market data, or algo/bot development
• Familiarity with numerical libraries (NumPy, Pandas, Numba, etc.)
• Understanding of version control, CI/CD, or distributed computing