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Quantitative Software Developer

Job Title: Quantitative Software Developer

Company Information

Company: Daksh Limited

Company Address: Room-9, Smart Space Fintech 1, Level-6, Core-E, Cyberport-3, 100 Cyberport Road, Hong Kong

Company Website: http://www.dakshtrading.com/

Company Background:

Daksh Trading is a fast growing high frequency trading firm specializing in automated
market making strategies. We strive to be at the forefront of low latency execution,
financial modelling and risk management.

Type of Industry: Financial Technology

Position Offered

Job Title: Quantitative Software Developer

Job Type: Graduate Job

No. of Vacancy: 1

Target Students: Year 3-4

Job Description:

Primary Responsibilities:
1. You will be responsible for delivering and controlling end-to-end product development.
a. Work directly with traders who have a deep respect for technology.
b. Collect and analyze data.
c. Prototype solutions and models in order to confirm validity and effectiveness of
the proposals.
d. Develop, test and back-test production ready solutions
2. You will write code for
a. New features
b. Latency and stability improvements
c. Analyzing huge volume of data
d. Implementing and testing new design ideas
3. You will be responsible for managing your time and tasks on development, analysis and
experimentation.
4. You will be required to keep a variety of systems and technologies up-to-date and
improve them for business operations.

Job Requirements:

Academic requirement:
1. Bachelors, Masters, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer
Science or related technical field
2. Understanding of Computer Architecture
3. Knowledge of Algorithms and Data structures
4. Strong Quantitative skills

Coding/IT Skills:
1. Ability to work in a Linux environment
2. Ability to write clean, reliable and highly scalable code
3. Experience of development in C++
4. Experience with high-transaction, low-latency optimisation
5. Some networking experience
6. Understanding of CPU architecture
7. Understanding of test-driven and data-driven design
8. We extensively use Python as a tool for data mining, analysis and scripting. Knowledge of Python is a plus.
9. We use Javascript as a tool for front-end display for traders. Knowledge of JavaScript is a plus.

Must be Interested in:
1. Achieving maximum performance from available hardware and software
2. Attracted to the dynamics and fundamentals of the financial markets
3. Eagerness to learn and broaden one's skill set is a must, also outside your department

Communication Skills:
1. Ability to communicate with technical and business colleagues
2. Fluent in English is a must
Personality Traits:
1. Ability to work independently and also in a team
2. Can take initiative
3. Highly analytical and good problem solving qualities
4. Detail oriented and precise

Expected Commencement Date/Period: Flexible

Terms

Monthly Salary: 90K USD base, 20K USD in sign-on bonus and minimum first year bonus of 30% of base.

Working Days: 5 days per week

Working Hours: 9am-7pm

Annual Leave: 15 days (not applicable for summer intern)

Benefits:

Snacks, drinks and gym membership

Application Method

Application Details:

Please apply by sending your resume to recruitment@dakshtrading.com with the subject
“Quantitative Software Developer job opening”.

Application Deadline: 29 June 2025 (Sunday)


Date Exhibited: 5 September 2024

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