@joaquinbejar
Senior Quant & Backend Engineer | Rust, C++, Go, Python | Trading, execution and risk systems | Fully remote
20+ years building production software, with deep expertise in low-latency trading, options and distributed systems.
Led exchange engineering across matching and limit order books, option chains, real-time risk, liquidation and institutional RFQ services. Delivered latency-sensitive SBE streams alongside REST and WebSocket APIs.
Built multi-venue execution and smart order routing across crypto and traditional markets, including FIX connectivity, adaptive rate limits, transaction cost analysis, Greeks-based limits and production kill switches.
Created open-source Rust projects: OrderBook-rs for limit order books and advanced order types; OptionStratLib for options pricing, Greeks, simulation and strategy analysis; market-maker-rs for market making, risk controls and backtesting.
Own delivery from architecture and implementation to deployment and observability, using Rust, C++, Go, Python, PostgreSQL, Redis, NATS/Kafka, Kubernetes and AWS.
Based in Madrid, Spain. Available immediately for fully remote senior quant or backend roles with very small teams, ideally 1 to 10 people. Open to companies worldwide. Target compensation: approximately USD 150,000 annually; contract rate: USD 100/hour.
Portfolio: https://joaquinbejar.capitaldelta.co Telegram: https://telegram.me/joaquin_bejar
| Period | Title | Company |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 2026 to Present | Head of Quant Engineering | Hidden |
| Apr 2025 to Present | Senior Quant Developer, Systematic Options Trading | Hidden |
| Aug 2024 to Apr 2025 | Senior Quantitative Software Engineer | Hidden |
| Nov 2022 to Aug 2024 | Senior Quantitative Developer | Hidden |
| Mar 2022 to Nov 2022 | Senior Software Developer | Hidden |
| Feb 2019 to Mar 2022 | Quant Developer | Hidden |
| Sep 2018 to Mar 2022 | Senior Security Software Developer | Hidden |
| Jul 2017 to Sep 2018 | Senior Software Developer | Hidden |
| Nov 2016 to Jul 2017 | Software Developer, Taxation and Customs | Hidden |
| May 2015 to Nov 2016 | Senior Software Developer | Hidden |