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Software Engineer - Data

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London, Greater London, England
Mid level
In-Office
London, Greater London, England
Mid level
Develop and maintain data platforms for quantitative finance, focusing on performance, reliability, and scalability while collaborating with researchers and engineering teams.
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We tackle the most complex problems in quantitative finance, by bringing scientific clarity to financial complexity.

From our London HQ, we unite world-class researchers and engineers in an environment that values deep exploration and methodical execution - because the best ideas take time to evolve.  Together we’re building a world-class platform to amplify our teams’ most powerful ideas.

As part of our engineering team, you’ll shape the platforms and tools that drive high-impact research - designing systems that scale, accelerate discovery and support innovation across the firm.

Take the next step in your career.

The role

We are hiring Software Engineers to join our Core Data Technology function, which sits at the heart of G-Research’s research ecosystem.

Our teams design, build and operate the platforms that ingest, curate, snapshot and serve mission-critical market and reference data at scale. This includes raw and aggregated time-series data, instrument and corporate action data, pricing, calendars and other datasets that underpin real-time client trading and research.

Key responsibilities of the role include:

  • Designing, building and evolving production-grade data platforms and services
  • Developing scalable systems for data ingestion, processing, snapshotting and serving
  • Optimising software performance, throughput and efficiency at scale
  • Contributing to the reliability and operational excellence of critical systems, including participation in production support rotations
  • Applying strong software engineering best practices, covering testing, code quality, automation and observability

Working closely with researchers and other engineering teams to deliver high-value solutions

Who are we looking for?

The ideal candidate will have the following skills and experience:

  • Strong experience in at least one typed language, such as Java, Kotlin, C#, C++ orRust
  • Experience building and operating production systems where correctness, performance and reliability matter
  • Experience with containerisation and orchestration

Experience in some of the following is beneficial:

  • Distributed systems and large-scale data platforms
  • Data processing or data serving systems
  • Python in production environments
  • Columnar or analytical data formats and tooling, such as Parquet, Arrow or Delta Lake

Above all, we value clean, maintainable code, sound engineering judgement and a business-value mindset over specific toolkits.

Why join us?
  • Highly competitive compensation plus annual discretionary bonus
  • Lunch provided (via Just Eat for Business) and dedicated barista bar
  • 35 days’ annual leave
  • 9% company pension contributions
  • Informal dress code and excellent work/life balance
  • Comprehensive healthcare and life assurance
  • Cycle-to-work scheme
  • Monthly company events

G-Research is committed to cultivating and preserving an inclusive work environment. We are an ideas-driven business and we place great value on diversity of experience and opinions.

We want to ensure that applicants receive a recruitment experience that enables them to perform at their best. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation please let us know in the relevant section

Top Skills

Arrow
C#
C++
Delta Lake
Java
Kotlin
Parquet
Python
Rust

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