Software Engineer Realtime Quant Frameworks

London - UK

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 18 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

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 were building a world-class platform to amplify our teams most powerful ideas.

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

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The role

We operate an advanced systematic client trading platform. Its systems are fully automated globally distributed and operate at extreme scale executing millions of trades per day. Ensuring platform resilience uptime and operational efficiency is mission-critical.

As a Software Engineer in Realtime Quant Frameworks youll play a key role in helping our quant researchers move faster across our large scale compute estate building systems that reduce the complexity of running workloads across massive compute farms and providing real-time support to keep research running smoothly and efficiently.

A key part of the role focuses on our core scheduling platform written in F# which distributes huge workloads across the compute farm and is accessed via Python SDKs the main interface our quants use day-to-day.

Youll contribute to a TypeScript/React UI backed by an F# service with a Postgres database on Kubernetes giving real-time visibility into workload progress.

Beyond that youll help extend our tooling and frameworks that enable quants to build and deploy research platforms and express computations over streaming data creating flexible high-performance systems that go well beyond the quant finance domain.

Who are we looking for

The ideal candidate will have the following skills and experience:

An extensive background in software engineering ideally in distributed or high-performance systems
Experience with F# C# Python or similar languages in production environments
Experience working with Python in research or data-driven workflows
Familiarity with modern backend and cloud-native technologies including Kubernetes and relational databases
Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work closely with quantitative researchers

Why should you apply

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

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