Senior Quantitative Engineer

Lumida Wealth is a digitally native, independent investment advisor specialising in alternative investments. We're on a mission to redefine wealth management—bringing together investment excellence, innovative thinking, and the best of trust and estate planning in a seamless digital experience. Recognized by industry media and trusted for our differentiated, non-consensus insights, Lumida is reshaping how modern investors build and preserve wealth.

Who You Are

• A quantitatively-driven engineer with deep curiosity about financial markets and macro dynamics.
• You thrive at the intersection of engineering and quantitative research, capable of turning market data into trading signals.
• You have experience working with large, complex financial datasets and building reliable infrastructure around them.
• You are comfortable designing and deploying data pipelines, backtesting frameworks, and real-time analytics systems.
• You're passionate about capital markets and are eager to work closely with investment professionals.
• You have a strong bias for execution, attention to detail, and a love for clean, scalable code.
• You're a strong communicator, self-directed, and able to operate in a fast-moving startup environment.

What You'll Be Doing

• Build and maintain scalable infrastructure for ingesting, cleaning, and storing financial markets data (equities, crypto, macro, rates, etc.).
• Design and optimize quantitative research pipelines that enable robust signal testing, factor analysis, and model validation.
• Work closely with the investment team to build tools that support portfolio construction, stress testing, and asset allocation decisions.
• Develop backtesting engines for long/short equity, macro, and digital asset strategies.
• Collaborate with AI/ML engineers and data scientists to integrate models and insights into trading and research workflows.
• Automate and monitor data pipelines for real-time market data feeds from APIs, exchanges, and alternative data providers.
• Build internal dashboards and analytics tools for visualizing strategy performance, exposures, and risk.
• Ensure data accuracy and reliability by building robust logging, alerting, and reconciliation systems.

What We're Looking For

• Strong understanding of financial data structures, time series analysis, and asset pricing concepts.
• Experience handling market data such as equities (OHLCV, fundamentals), crypto, FX, rates, and macro indicators.
• Background in systematic investing, quant research, or quant trading infrastructure.
• Proficiency in Python and common libraries used in quantitative finance (e.g., Pandas, NumPy, PyFolio, Zipline, Backtrader).
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (GCP preferred), containerization, and CI/CD.
• Knowledge of performance attribution, factor models, and portfolio optimization is a strong plus.
• Prior experience with backtesting engines, alpha research tools, or strategy simulators.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Quantitative Finance, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, or a related field.
• 4+ years of experience in a quant-focused or engineering role at an investment firm, hedge fund, prop trading shop, or fintech.
• Demonstrated ability to handle large-scale market data systems with high reliability and low latency.
• Experience working on or supporting systematic investment strategies or quantitative research workflows.
• Strong problem-solving, documentation, and communication skills in a remote team environment.

Why Join Lumida?

Work directly with a seasoned founder – Gain firsthand insights and mentorship from leadership with deep industry experience.

Be at the frontier – Join a dynamic, innovative firm at the cutting edge of crypto, wealth tech, and alternative investments.

Collaborate with talent – Team up with passionate professionals on a mission to transform the future of finance.

Grow with us – Enjoy real opportunities for learning, development, and upward mobility in a fast-scaling company.

Get rewarded – Competitive salary, equity upside, and a comprehensive benefits package.

At Lumida, you will join a team that values the holistic growth of both clients and employees. We offer an environment conducive to continuous learning, intellectual development, and impactful community engagement, all built on a foundation of exceptional investment expertise.

Can't wait to have you onboard

• Seniority levelMid-Senior level

• Employment typeFull-time

• Job functionEngineering and Information Technology

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