Develop backtesting, simulation, and live trading systems in partnership with quantitative researchers and traders. Build scalable, fault-tolerant infrastructure for multi-asset, multi-geography strategy deployment, maintain data validation and hygiene pipelines, optimize performance, and manage cloud-based research infrastructure. The role requires production-quality C++ and Python development, numerical computing, large-scale simulations, tick-level market data processing, and fast I/O pipelines.
About Edelweiss Global Markets
Edelweiss Global Markets is one of India’s most established and innovative proprietary trading businesses. We trade across equities, derivatives, fixed income, and currencies using a wide spectrum of strategies - from arbitrage and options to systematic and high‑frequency trading.
Our success is built on quantitative research, disciplined risk management, and deep collaboration between traders, quants, and engineers. We believe the best ideas emerge when smart people are given ownership, mentorship, and the freedom to experiment.
About the RoleWe are looking for a Quant Developer to join our Core Engineering team. This role is pivotal in extending our strategy footprint across geographies and accelerating the research‑to‑deploy cycle through robust engineering and smart infrastructure design.
You will work closely with quant researchers, traders, and infrastructure teams to design backtests, simulations, and live trading systems. Your work will directly impact trading performance, scalability, and speed of experimentation.
What You Will Do- Partner with quant researchers to design and implement backtests, simulations, and live trading systems
- Build scalable, fault‑tolerant infrastructure for multi‑asset, multi‑geo strategy deployment
- Enforce strong data validation pipelines and maintain high data hygiene across the stack
- Collaborate with trading, ops, and infra teams to keep systems performant, lean, and auditable
- Own and evolve our cloud‑based research stack to dramatically speed up backtesting and experimentation
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field
- 2+ years of industry‑level development experience in C++, with focus on performance optimization
- Strong programming background in C++ and Python with production‑level coding habits
- Solid grasp of data structures, numerical computing, and performance optimization
- Experience with cloud‑based compute environments (AWS, Kubernetes, distributed job runners)
- Ability to work with tick‑level market data, large‑scale simulations, and fast I/O pipelines
- Excellent communication and cross‑functional coordination skills
- Direct impact: Your systems will power live strategies across geographies and asset classes
- Ownership: Engineers own infrastructure end‑to‑end, from design to deployment
- Fast growth: Early responsibility and accelerated career progression in a culture that values initiative
- Collaboration: Work alongside researchers, traders, and infra teams in a highly stimulating environment
- Innovation: Be part of a forward‑thinking organization that continuously invests in technology and talent
Edelweiss Global Markets Mumbai, Maharashtra, IND Office
Mumbai, India
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