Software Engineer - Data Platforms

Qube Research & Technologies
Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China
On-site

Who this role is best for

Aimed at mid-to-senior level software engineers with distributed systems experience who can operate across cloud and on-premises environments and build platforms for data-intensive research.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 5+ years of experience in building distributed systems and working across cloud and on-premises environments
    — “Experience working across cloud and on-premises environments”
  • Individuals who have developed services or platforms used by other engineers and can manage full system lifecycles
    — “Experience building services or platforms used by other engineers”
  • Software engineers with a strong grasp of data movement, performance, and storage in large-scale systems
    — “Knowledge of large-scale storage, data movement, or data-intensive computing workloads”

Things to consider

  • The role requires a high level of autonomy in system ownership and operation
    — “Own systems from design and implementation through production operation”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience in building data platforms that improve performance and reliability
    — “Improve the security, observability and resilience of data systems”
  • Demonstrate ability to translate research needs into engineering solutions
    — “Work with researchers and engineers to understand requirements and deliver practical solutions”
  • Emphasize experience with distributed systems and performance optimization in large-scale environments
    — “Experience designing distributed systems at scale, with an understanding of performance, concurrency, fault tolerance and reliability”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • design and build distributed software
  • enable reliable data access
  • improve security and observability
Typical background
software engineeringdistributed systems

Skills & requirements

Required

Distributed SystemsPerformance TuningFault ToleranceCloud ComputingData-intensive Computing

Preferred

GoRustC++Java

Stack & domain

GoPythonC++RustJavaDistributed SystemsCloudOn-premisesStorageNetworkingProblem-solvingTeamworkCommunicationDecision-makingLeadershipData EngineeringQuantitative ResearchInvestment Management

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 our 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 the Data Engineering team, which builds software that enables Quantitative Researchers to access and use data across cloud and on-premises computing environments. The team works with other engineering groups to support data-intensive research workloads. 

Your Future Role within QRT 

You will: 

Design, build and operate distributed software that manages data across research environments. 

Enable reliable and efficient data access for large-scale compute workloads. 

Address challenges involving data movement, locality, performance and scale. 

Develop services and tooling used by Quantitative Researchers and engineering teams. 

Improve the security, observability and resilience of data systems. 

Work with researchers and engineers to understand requirements and deliver practical solutions. 

Own systems from design and implementation through production operation. 

Your Present Skillset 

At least five years of experience building and operating production software systems. 

Strong software engineering skills in Go, Python, C++, Rust, Java or a similar language. 

Experience designing distributed systems at scale, with an understanding of performance, concurrency, fault tolerance and reliability. 

Experience building services or platforms used by other engineers. 

Knowledge of large-scale storage, data movement, or data-intensive computing workloads. 

Understanding of how storage and networking affect distributed system performance. 

Experience working across cloud and on-premises environments. 

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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