Quant Team Lead

Quant Team Lead – New York

Compensation: Uncapped, market-leading total package

Industry: Leading Global Hedge Fund

Concise Takeaway

A front-office Quant Team Lead role owning engineering, analytics, and risk infrastructure for a top-tier hedge fund. High technical bar, direct trader alignment, and genuinely uncapped earning potential.

Role Overview

This hedge fund is hiring a high-impact Quant Team Lead to drive the build-out of next-generation Fixed Income & Macro risk and analytics systems. Sitting directly on the trading floor, you'll lead a technical team responsible for delivering high-performance tooling, pricing infrastructure, and production-grade systems that materially enhance trading and risk-taking.

This role blends engineering quant research , and front-office strategy . You'll work shoulder-to-shoulder with traders, shaping architecture, driving delivery, and setting the technical direction for a mission-critical platform.

Key Responsibilities

• Team leadership — Lead, mentor, and develop a team of quant engineers, instilling a culture of excellence, ownership, and high-velocity delivery.
• Trader partnership — Work directly with trading desks to convert pricing, risk, and workflow needs into scalable, production-ready systems.
• System architecture — Own architectural decisions across risk engines, analytics platforms, and trading support tooling.
• High-performance engineering — Build and optimise Python/C++ components for speed, stability, and robustness in live trading environments.
• Production delivery — Manage timelines, ensure reliable releases, and maintain system stability across global desks.
• Cross-team collaboration — Act as the technical bridge between trading, quant research, and central engineering.
• Continuous optimisation — Enhance performance, tooling, and infrastructure to support evolving macro strategies.

Required Qualifications

• 6–8 years in quant development quant engineering , or desk-aligned front-office engineering
• 2+ years leading technical teams in trading environments.
• Expert Python for analytics, tooling, and production systems.
• Strong C++ for performance-critical components.
• Hands-on experience with risk systems pricing libraries , or front-office trading infrastructure
• Proven track record working directly with traders and deep familiarity with front-office workflows
• Solid understanding of market structure FI/Macro instruments , and risk concepts

Why This Role Stands Out

• Uncapped compensation with genuine potential to exceed typical hedge-fund quant engineering packages.
• Direct front-office impact — everything you build directly affects PnL, risk, and strategy execution.
• Technical ownership — architecture, delivery, and team leadership are all in your remit.
• High-performance environment — work with elite traders, quants, and engineers.