Design, deploy, configure, operate, and improve a bare-metal quantitative trading platform. Responsibilities include managing physical infrastructure, trading application environments, observability systems, and intent-driven platform management. Participate in on-call rotations, resolve critical production issues, collaborate with traders, researchers, developers, and service providers, and convert operational fixes into engineered solutions.
Qube Research & Technologies (QRT) is a global quantitative and systematic investment manager, operating in all liquid asset classes across the world. We are a technology and data driven group implementing a scientific approach to investing. Combining data, research, technology and trading expertise has shaped QRT’s collaborative mindset which enables us to solve the most complex challenges. QRT’s culture of innovation continuously drives our ambition to deliver high quality returns for our investors.
QRT is seeking a Software Engineer with a deep understanding of systems design and reliability principles. You will join a small, experienced team in the greenfield implementation of a bare-metal trading platform.
Your future role within QRT:
- While participating in the team on-call rota, you will have broad and deep responsibility for the system design, deployment, configuration and daily operation of:
- The physical infrastructure, consisting of servers, switches, storage and other specialized hardware platforms
- the trading application environment, built from the artifacts continuously deployed by developers and researchers
- The observability stack for the entire platform
- The intent-driven system through which all elements are managed as a single coherent system
- You will be responsible for interfacing with traders, researchers, application developers and other internal teams, as well as external service providers
- You will be comfortable solving complex issues in a critical production environment, applying pragmatic fixes in the moment, which then become engineered solutions
Your Present Skillset:
- Bachelors/Masters/PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering
- Strong problem-solving skills and deep understanding of computer-science fundamentals
- Hands-on experience at with Linux systems
- Proven track record designing and delivering scalable systems in production environments
Nice to have:
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools
- Experience with monitoring and observability tools
- Deep understanding of servers, switches and operating systems
- Expertise in the synchronization and propagation of ultra-precise timing signals
- Knowledge of low-latency systems, trading environments, market data, or exchange protocols
QRT is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome diversity as essential to our success. QRT empowers employees to work openly and respectfully to achieve collective success. In addition to professional achievement, we are offering initiatives and programs to enable employees achieve a healthy work-life balance.
Qube Research & Technologies London, England Office
London, Hong Kong
Qube Research & Technologies London, England Office
160 Victoria Street, London, United Kingdom, SW1E 5LB
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