Algorithmic Trader

An international HFT company is looking for an Algorithmic Trader to join its team in Dubai.

We are looking for strong early-career professionals with a technical or mathematical background, solid programming skills, and a genuine interest in algorithmic, high-frequency, and quantitative trading.

Responsibilities

- Trade a wide range of financial instruments.

- Develop, maintain, and improve trading strategies and algorithms.

- Participate in running trading desks.

- Manage trade execution and risk across trading portfolios.

- Analyze market data and identify opportunities to improve trading strategies.

- Work closely with developers on trading-related systems and projects.

- Participate in testing, optimization, and deployment of trading algorithms.

- Continuously develop expertise in algorithmic trading, quantitative trading, and HFT.

Requirements

- University graduation in 2023–2025, preferably in a STEM field such as Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics, Engineering, Data Science, or a related discipline.

- Strong analytical and mental arithmetic skills.

- 1–3 years of programming experience in any programming language.

- At least 1 year of professional/commercial software development experience.

- Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, and design patterns.

- Fluent English for communication with English-speaking colleagues.

- Willingness to relocate to Dubai, UAE.

Nice to Have

- Participation in national or international competitions and olympiads, such as ICPC, IMO, IOI, national olympiads, Codeforces, or similar competitions.

- Strong academic performance.

- Experience with Python, C++, Java, Go, or another programming language.

- Interest in financial markets, algorithmic trading, quantitative trading, or HFT.

- Experience with backtesting, market data, trading bots, research projects, or mathematical modeling.

- Knowledge of statistics, probability, optimization, or machine learning.

What We Offer

- Relocation to Dubai, UAE.

- Relocation package.

- An opportunity to enter the algorithmic / quantitative trading field without prior professional trading experience.

- Hands-on work with trading strategies, algorithms, execution, and risk management.

- Performance-based bonus.

- International English-speaking environment.

- Workations twice a year.

- Opportunity to work alongside experienced traders, quants, and developers.