Quantitative Developer – Digital Assets (C++)
A C++ developer role on the high-frequency crypto desk, working directly with traders and quant researchers. You implement algorithms and market rules for the main crypto venues.
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.
- Implement alpha and trading algorithms in C++
- Encode venue-specific rules for major crypto markets
- Improve the research platform used by quants
- Keep low-latency crypto trading code robust
What they ask for
Required
- Modern C++ (20/23) on Linux
- Robust and flexible software design
- Python
- Cloud high-performance computing familiarity
- Communication in international teams
- Education
- Computer science degree or equivalent.
- Experience
- 3+ years in a quant trading environment
- Languages and tools
- Markets
- crypto
How to prepare
- Write an order-book and matching simulator using C++20
- Study major crypto exchange protocols and rules
- Practise profiling and low-latency C++ design
- Implement a simple market-making strategy in a backtester
What to study
- Modern C++ for Quantitative Finance
- Trading Systems and Low-Latency Infrastructure
- Market Microstructure and Execution
- Python for Quantitative Finance
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SelfMadeQuant wrote this summary from the employer’s public posting, last checked 6 November 2026. SelfMadeQuant isn’t affiliated with Qube Research & Technologies and doesn’t handle applications.