Quantitative Developer

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

1-3 years' experience Competitive Compensation Relocation Support Available

Join a leading systematic trading firm with a strong presence in equities and futures. We're 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 who's moved from development into quant dev work - combining strong coding skills with curiosity about systematic strategies.

The Role

You'll build and optimise back-testing tooling, research infrastructure, and algorithmic trading systems that support the firm's systematic traders. While your focus will be on engineering - including APIs, automation, and data pipelines - you'll 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

• 1-3 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