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Engineers Gate

Quantitative Developer

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London, Greater London, England, GBR
Entry level
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Build, maintain, and monitor live trading infrastructure; develop research platforms and analytics tools; and collaborate with quantitative researchers to productionize trading strategies. The role involves greenfield development, system enhancement, refactoring, and exposure to trading and research platforms. Candidates should have strong software engineering, numerical reasoning, and problem-solving skills, with proficiency in a modern programming language and interest in quantitative research, machine learning, cloud platforms, and emerging development technologies.
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Engineers Gate is a leading quantitative investment firm focused on systematic trading in global financial markets. Our team of researchers, developers, and financial industry professionals apply sophisticated statistical and machine learning models to uncover predictive signals in data and turn them into superior investment returns. We believe that career fulfilment and enterprise success converge when smart, hard-working, and intellectually curious people come together in pursuit of innovation and excellence.

The Quantitative Developer will join our London Portfolio Management group and play a key role in building and scaling its central infrastructure. The work spans greenfield projects as well as enhancing and refactoring existing systems, offering immediate group-wide impact and exposure to every area of the trading system and research platform. We place a high value on continuous learning, and this role is a rare opportunity to work alongside and learn from highly experienced quantitative developers and researchers in a collaborative and innovative group. A successful candidate will combine strong numerical and engineering skills with a genuine appetite for learning new technologies. They will be comfortable working independently from high-level guidance. If you thrive in a collaborative environment, follow best practice across the full software development life cycle, and want to make a meaningful impact, we encourage you to apply.

Key Responsibilities

  • Build, maintain, and monitor the existing live trading infrastructure.
  • Develop and enhance the research platform and analytics tooling.
  • Collaborate with researchers to bring new trading strategies into production.

Required Skills, Qualifications and Experience

  • Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or a related STEM discipline.
  • Production-level software engineering experience in a high-quality, technology-driven environment.
  • Solid understanding of algorithms, software architecture, design patterns, and software engineering best practices.
  • Proficiency in at least one modern programming language (e.g. Python, C++, Java).
  • Strong numerical reasoning and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work comfortably with quantitative and scientific problems.

Desirable Skills and Experience (beneficial but not required)

  • Experience with Python and/or MATLAB for numerical and scientific computing.
  • Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools.
  • Experience working with machine learning and quantitative research workflows.
  • Exposure to cloud platforms, especially AWS

Engineers Gate London, England Office

14 Floral Street Covent Garden, London, United Kingdom, WC2E 9DH

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