Quant Developer

Industry: Crypto Derivatives Trading Infrastructure

About our client
Our client is a technology company building institutional-grade infrastructure for crypto options and derivatives trading — not an exchange, but the technology layer behind leading exchanges and top-tier institutional trading desks, providing trading systems, risk engines, and market-making tools.

Core Trading Pipeline
Market Data Ingestion → Strategy Execution → Risk Checks → Order Management (OMS) → Order Routing → Trading Gateway → Exchange Connectivity → Monitoring & Alerting

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture design, core module development, and continuous optimization of low-latency quantitative trading systems, spanning the full pipeline: market data, execution, risk checks, OMS, routing, gateways, and monitoring
• Design and develop risk systems: real-time risk, pre-trade risk, trading limits, anomaly detection, circuit breakers
• Deep performance optimization to push latency to the limit: networking, memory management, concurrency models, GC/lock contention
• Work closely with quant researchers and traders to efficiently translate strategy requirements into production
• Contribute to system reliability: high-availability architecture, disaster recovery, stress testing, replay, and troubleshooting

Requirements

• 5-8 years of backend systems development experience; background in trading systems, quant trading, matching engines, market data systems, or risk systems preferred
• Proficient in at least one of: Java / Kotlin / Scala / Rust / C++
• Familiar with high-performance, low-latency systems development: concurrency, network programming, memory models, performance tuning
• Familiar with common trading system pipelines: market data processing, order management, trade execution, risk checks, trade confirmations

Nice to Have

• Experience with digital assets, equities, futures, FX, market making, or high-frequency trading systems
• Low-latency networking experience: kernel bypass, DPDK, RDMA, FIX protocol
• JVM/C++/Rust performance tuning, lock-free programming, CPU cache, NUMA optimization
• Experience building large-scale distributed systems, high-availability architecture, or real-time data processing systems

Team Culture
Flat structure, reporting directly to the CTO, with no rigid hierarchy, with strong emphasis on ownership and fast delivery. Full team uses AI tools extensively; founders are hands-on and deeply technical.

If it sounds like your next move, please don’t hesitate to apply. Kindly note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Appreciate your understanding. Data provided is for recruitment purposes only.

About Us

Dada Consultants was established in 2017, with the commitment of providing the best recruitment services in Singapore. We are comprised of a dynamic head-hunting team dedicated to sourcing for highly competent professionals in IT industry. We provide enterprises with customized talent solutions, and bring talents to career advancement.

EA Registration Number: R2197058
Business Registration Number: 201735941W. Licence Number: 18S9037
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