Lead Quant Engineer at Swissblock

At Swissblock, we specialize in developing sophisticated algorithmic trading strategies for both cryptocurrency and traditional financial markets. We are a self-funded, profitable international firm that prides itself on a flat hierarchy and a collaborative culture. Our team is currently scaling our production-grade trading platform, which handles everything from data ingestion to order execution. We are looking for a Lead Quant Engineer to join us in our Zug, Switzerland office to guide our engineering efforts as we expand into new instruments and higher-frequency execution.

Key outcomes

• Lead, mentor, and manage a team of Senior Quant Engineers to ensure the timely delivery of projects aligned with our company roadmap.
• Translate research prototypes into robust, production-grade trading services using Python.
• Own the engineering team backlog and drive technical initiatives from initial concept through to production deployment.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements, assess project complexity, and plan development workloads.
• Monitor, maintain, and optimize existing trading strategies while influencing the technical direction of new system services.
• Deepen your expertise in financial instruments to better support our quantitative research goals.

Requirements

• An M.Sc. in Computer Science or a related quantitative field.
• Proven experience in the design and development of algorithmic or quantitative trading strategies.
• A strong background in traditional finance or digital assets.
• Advanced proficiency in Python programming.
• Solid understanding of algorithms, data structures, complexity analysis, and software design principles.
• Practical experience working with relational, NoSQL, and time-series databases.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
• A proactive, analytical mindset with a passion for solving complex problems and maintaining high standards for code quality.

Preferred qualifications

• Prior experience acting as a development team lead.
• Familiarity with cloud-native architectures, specifically within GCP.
• Proficiency in Unix-based systems, containerization, and Kubernetes.
• Experience with event-driven, asynchronous distributed systems.
• Knowledge of message brokers such as Kafka, NATS, or MQ, as well as REST APIs and WebSockets.

Compensation

We offer a competitive compensation package that includes an annual bonus. Our benefits include a hybrid work environment, 25 days of annual leave, comprehensive pension and insurance plans, and regular company events.

How to apply

If you are interested in helping us advance our profitable trading platform and working with cutting-edge financial technology, please submit your application to join our team.