Senior DevOps Developer - Quant Technology

Alpha Alternatives (AA) is a multi-asset class investing and asset management platform founded in 2013.

With $2.5 billion (INR 22,000 crore) in AUM, we operate across 9 offices and manages 12 diverse investment products.

The firm differentiates itself as a performance-led, not AUM-driven platform, focusing on alpha generation across liquid alternatives, illiquid alternatives, and beta long only strategies.

Alpha Alternatives brings together top-tier professionals and entrepreneurs under a partnership model, supported by a robust governance structure and a strong backend.

Our alignment with investors is clearly demonstrated through our unique 5/50/500 model of investing our prop capital and establishing proof of concept before any solution is taken to our investors, and a strong performance and alpha generation focus through zero fixed fee and performance-based fee structures in all of our products.

Role Overview:

The Quantitative trading team within Liquid Alternatives at AA is looking for a hands-on Senior DevOps Developer - Quant Technology to lead the design, deployment, and evolution of our research and production infrastructure supporting quantitative strategies.

This role sits at the intersection of DevOps, quant research, and platform engineering, and is central to our data-driven investment process

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Architecture & Infra Design:
• Build and manage environments for Dev / QA / Production segregation.
• Enable secure IP-controlled workflows (e.g., air-gapped GitLab VMs, secure Prod machines).
• Evaluate and implement cloud solutions (Azure, AWS, GCP) considering regulatory and cost constraints.
• DevOps & Automation:
• Implement containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, Jenkins).
• Set up unit testing, deployment pipelines, and QA workflows to validate alpha signals before production.
• Database & Data Engineering:
• Take our database architecture to the next level for scalable research setup - SQL/MongoDB/Redis to Snowflake/Elasticsearch etc
• Support versioned, query-efficient storage for alpha signals and fundamental datasets.
• IP Security:
• Ensure infrastructure complies with internal IP requirements.

Qualifications & Background:

• Entrepreneurial ambition to build and help scale a high-quality business
• 4-10 years of experience in Quant Tech / Fintech / Platform Engineering roles
• Hands-on with Docker, Kubernetes, GitLab/GitHub, Jenkins
• Experience in managing hybrid infrastructure (on-prem + cloud)
• Familiarity with financial datasets, signal research lifecycle, and DevSecOps
• Knowledge of PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis; bonus for Elasticsearch, Snowflake
• Bonus: experience working in regulated environments (air-gapped systems, compliance infra)
• Exposure to quant strategies and signal research lifecycle is useful
• Continuously seeks to improve existing software and hardware solutions with latest industry innovations and has a growth/learning mindset
• Keen interest in bridging research and production tech needs in a trading environment
• Up-to-date with latest AI tools and capabilities; help improve productivity for team members
• Strong scripting skills (Python, Bash); working knowledge of APIs & data pipelines
• IITs or top-tier institutes graduates strongly preferred

What you can expect:

• Significant value creation over the long term with performance-linked bonuses.
• A young, fast-paced, and entrepreneurial environment

Why Join Us?

• Work at the intersection of finance and cutting-edge tech.
• High ownership, impact-driven role.
• Young and dynamic team solving unique India-centric quant trading problems.

Location:

Mumbai.

Candidates outside Mumbai must have a clear conviction to relocate to Mumbai.