Quant Data Engineer - Systematic Hedge Fund - Dubai
Our client, a leading multi‑strategy hedge fund, is looking for a Quant Data Engineer in Dubai to join their systematic and quantitative strategies team. The role sits at the core of the firm's data platform, working within a small, high‑performance group that owns the full lifecycle of market data, from raw tick ingestion to validated, research‑ready datasets powering quantitative research and trading. The team operates in a low‑bureaucracy, high‑ownership environment, partnering directly with quant researchers and technologists to deliver robust, scalable, and business‑critical data systems across global markets.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain time‑critical, high‑throughput equity data pipelines.
- Own tick‑level market data ingestion, storage, and distribution across research and trading systems.
- Design and maintain core APIs and data services supporting quantitative research workflows.
- Operate and maintain Linux‑based production and research servers, ensuring system reliability.
- Implement rigorous data validation, reconciliation, and quality control processes in time‑sensitive trading environments.
Requirements
- 3+ years' experience working in data‑intensive environments, ideally within equities or systematic trading.
- Strong expertise with equity market data, including tick‑level datasets.
- Production‑level Python experience.
- Strong SQL skills covering schema design and performance optimisation.
- Experience designing APIs, microservices, or distributed data systems in a highly available environment.
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