Quant jobs / CITIC Securities International Company Limited

Associate, Quant Developer, Equity Derivatives

CITIC Securities International’s equity-derivatives desk hires a front-office developer. The role builds applications connecting trading, pricing, execution and risk systems.

What you’d work on

Our reading of the posting: what a new hire in this role would most likely spend their first months on.

Develop desk applications and APIs.
Integrate market data and messaging.
Improve pricing-service reliability and monitoring.

What they ask for

Required

Python
TypeScript
Distributed systems
Software testing
Messaging technologies
Linux

Preferred

Java, C++ or C#

Education: Quantitative or technical master’s degree or higher required.
Experience: At least four years developing trading, execution or risk systems.
Languages and tools: Python
TypeScript
Java
C++
C#
FIX
Redis
WebSocket
Git
Linux
Markets: equities, options

How to prepare

Build an API for a pricing calculation.
Test messaging under reconnects.
Reconcile trading and risk outputs.

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SelfMadeQuant wrote this summary from the employer’s public posting, last checked 6 November 2026. SelfMadeQuant isn’t affiliated with CITIC Securities International Company Limited and doesn’t handle applications.