Quantitative Developer - Front End, React/C#

Qube Research & Technologies
London, United Kingdom
On-site

Who this role is best for

Quantitative professionals with C# expertise and UI development skills will find this front-end role at Qube Research & Technologies in London.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with C# experience and a background in real-time data systems
    — “experience designing, developing and supporting real time applications and data intensive production systems”
  • Candidates familiar with financial markets and risk management systems
    — “exposure to financial markets, trading systems or risk management applications is beneficial”

Things to consider

  • The role requires ownership of technical decisions and system improvements
    — “take ownership of technical decisions and continuously improve existing systems”
  • Candidates must be able to collaborate with both technical and business stakeholders
    — “strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with technical and business stakeholders”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with optimizing system performance and memory management
    — “optimise application architecture, memory management and resource utilisation”
  • Showcase projects involving real-time data delivery and trade workflows
    — “building scalable systems that provide accurate and timely data for trading and operational workflows”
  • Demonstrate ability to work autonomously and make architectural decisions
    — “ability to work autonomously, make informed architectural decisions”
  • Emphasize experience with React and TypeScript for UI development
    — “develop and enhance user interfaces using React and TypeScript”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • Developed and maintained C# applications
  • Optimized application architecture
Typical background
Software engineeringFinancial technology

Skills & requirements

Required

C# DevelopmentReal-time Data DeliveryScalable SystemsMemory ManagementPerformance Optimization

Preferred

ReactTypeScriptAWSWPFWinforms

Stack & domain

C#.NETReactTypeScriptWPFWinformsAWSC++WebsocketsSignalrFinancial MarketsTrading SystemsRisk ManagementCommunicationCollaborationTeamworkProblem SolvingTechnical Decision MakingQuantitative InvestmentSystematic InvestmentTradingRiskComplianceRegulatory ReportingOperationsSupport

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 work on internal applications and infrastructure that deliver data from core services and APIs to a multitude of users across Trading, Risk, Compliance, Regulatory Reporting, Operations and Support. The role focuses primarily on C# development, building scalable systems that provide accurate and timely data for trading and operational workflows, alongside contributing to user interfaces developed using React and TypeScript.

Your future role within QRT

Design, develop and maintain C# applications and infrastructure supporting real time data delivery across the business

Build scalable services and data flows for trade entry, positions, order monitoring, execution, risk and PnL workflows

Optimise application architecture, memory management and resource utilisation to improve scalability and reliability

Investigate and resolve production issues involving data quality, latency, throughput and system performance

Take ownership of technical decisions and continuously improve existing systems in response to evolving business needs

Develop and enhance user interfaces using React and TypeScript in collaboration with other engineers

Collaborate with Trading, Risk and operational stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver practical technical solutions

Your Present Skillset

Minimum three years of professional software engineering experience, with strong C# and .NET development skills

Experience designing, developing and supporting real time applications and data intensive production systems

Strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals, including data structures, memory allocation, garbage collection and concurrency

Experience investigating performance bottlenecks and implementing improvements to application reliability and efficiency

Ability to work autonomously, make informed architectural decisions and take ownership of complex technical problems

Experience with React, TypeScript, JavaScript, WPF, WinForms or similar user interface technologies is beneficial

Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with technical and business stakeholders

Familiarity with AWS, C++, real time messaging technologies, WebSockets or SignalR is advantageous

Exposure to financial markets, trading systems or risk management applications is beneficial

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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