Quantitative Developer
WorldQuant4 months ago
Budapest, HungaryMid Level / Senior
Responsibilities
- Design and build data pipelines and the data layer.
- Develop and maintain computational frameworks and infrastructure for quantitative strategies at scale.
- Implement and enhance software systems for data, research, portfolio construction, and trading.
- Partner hands-on with researchers and quants to turn ideas into robust production solutions.
- Work across the systematic and quantitative business lifecycle from data ingestion through implementation.
- Build and integrate LLM agents, copilots, and automation into engineering and research workflows.
- Use AI coding assistants and agentic developer tools to improve software delivery.
Requirements
- A degree in a technical or quantitative discipline from a top-tier institution.
- 3 to 8 years of software engineering experience.
- Programming ability in Python or C++ on Linux/Unix platforms and familiarity with scripting languages.
- Experience with code version control and continuous integration and deployment.
- Strong verbal and written communication, problem-solving, judgment, attention to detail, and collaboration skills.
- Experience with AI technologies such as LLMs and agentic AI is beneficial.
- Finance experience is a plus but is not required.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation package.
- Premium private health insurance and life insurance with savings plan.
- Employee Assistance Program and fully covered sick leave.
- Training courses, library access, guest speakers, learning events, and global conference opportunities.
- Regular offsite team-building events, annual conferences, occasional global summits, and opportunities to travel and connect with global teams.
About WorldQuant
WorldQuant is a privately held quantitative asset management firm founded in 2007 and headquartered in Old Greenwich, Connecticut. It builds proprietary research platforms and trading infrastructure to generate predictive signals and deploy systematic investment strategies across global markets and asset classes for institutional investors. The firm manages over $7 billion in assets under management and operates a network of offices worldwide.