Quantitative Developer - Execution

Qube Research & Technologies
London, United Kingdom
On-site

Who this role is best for

Strong fit for candidates with front-office experience who build and maintain production tools in voice and electronic trading environments, working in a collaborative, delivery-focused setting in London.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with front-office or execution-adjacent experience who excel at building tools for trading workflows
    — “Experience working in a front-office or execution-adjacent context”
  • Individuals with 5+ years of experience in Python, C++, Java, or C# and a track record of delivering production-quality applications
    — “Strong experience delivering and supporting production-quality Python/C/C++/Java/C# applications”

Things to consider

  • Candidates must be prepared to take full ownership of production systems, which implies high responsibility
    — “Take ownership of production systems, ensuring stability, reliability, and alignment with business objectives”

How to stand out

  • Highlight your experience in building tools that improve trading transparency and decision-making
    — “Build dashboards and visualisation tools to improve transparency and decision-making for trading activity”
  • Emphasize your ability to work closely with business users in a collaborative setting
    — “Close interaction with business users and rapid feedback cycles”
  • Showcase your adaptability in evolving and extending technology stacks in response to market needs
    — “Evolve and extend the technology stack in response to changing execution and market requirements”
  • Demonstrate your familiarity with cloud platforms like AWS in your technical background
    — “Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • successful delivery of features
  • improved trading workflows
Typical background
software engineeringfinancial services

Skills & requirements

Required

PythonC/c++JavaC#Software DevelopmentProduction SupportCloud Platforms

Preferred

Additional Programming LanguagesFront-end Development

Stack & domain

PythonCC++JavaC#AWSCommunicationInterpersonal SkillsFinanceQuantitativeSystematic Investment

About the role

Original posting from Qube Research & Technologies via Greenhouse

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.

You will join a front-office aligned development environment supporting execution activity across multiple asset classes. The role focuses on building and maintaining tools that support both voice and electronic trading, with close interaction with business users and rapid feedback cycles. The environment is delivery-focused, with a strong emphasis on ownership, reliability, and responsiveness to changing business needs.

Your future role within QRT

Develop and maintain tools that support execution workflows across voice and electronic trading

Build dashboards and visualisation tools to improve transparency and decision-making for trading activity

Deliver features in a highly collaborative environment with fast iteration and immediate user feedback

Take ownership of production systems, ensuring stability, reliability, and alignment with business objectives

Evolve and extend the technology stack in response to changing execution and market requirements

Your present skillset

5+ years of professional experience as a software engineer

Strong experience delivering and supporting production-quality Python/C/C++/Java/C# applications

Ability to manage competing priorities and work effectively in a collaborative environment

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Experience working in a front-office or execution-adjacent context

Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS

Exposure to additional production programming languages

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.

Source: Qube Research & Technologies careers (Greenhouse)

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