Quantitative Developer - Trading Systems

Qube Research & Technologies
UK
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
6 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Algorithmic Trading Business Logic Unit Testing Relational Databases Software Debugging Distributed Systems Object-Oriented Software Development Standard Sql Software Engineering TCP/IP Multithreading
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Real Time Systems Concurrency Integration Tests Asynchronous Programming

Job description

You will work on the development, maintenance and evolution of trading systems that support production activity across multiple asset classes. The role combines responsibility for an established platform with the development of a new system that will progressively replace it. You will work closely with traders, developers and other stakeholders to preserve production stability while improving architecture and delivering new functionality.

Your future role within QRT

  • Develop, maintain and enhance applications supporting trading workflows
  • Investigate production issues and deliver fixes and improvements while maintaining system stability
  • Contribute to the architecture and development of a new trading platform
  • Understand existing workflows and business logic and ensure critical functionality is carried forward into new systems
  • Collaborate with traders, developers and other stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver practical solutions
  • Improve system performance, reliability and maintainability across both existing and new applications

Requirements

  • 6+ years of professional software development experience, preferably working with complex production systems
  • Strong C# and .NET development experience
  • Strong software engineering fundamentals and object oriented design experience
  • Good understanding of multithreading, concurrency, asynchronous programming and thread safety
  • Experience developing high performance or real time applications
  • Knowledge of TCP/IP, messaging, APIs and distributed systems
  • Strong SQL and relational database knowledge
  • Strong debugging, troubleshooting and performance analysis skills
  • Experience with unit testing, integration testing and modern development practices
  • Experience developing or supporting trading systems is beneficial
  • Knowledge of trade and order execution across asset classes such as FX, Equities, ETFs or Options is advantageous
  • Familiarity with market data, order management, execution workflows, FIX or similar trading protocols is beneficial
  • Strong ownership and a pragmatic approach to working with both established and new systems
  • Ability to understand complex systems and business logic before implementing changes
  • Strong problem solving, communication and collaboration skills
  • Willingness to share knowledge and develop a broader understanding of trading systems and workflows

Benefits & conditions

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.

About the company

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.

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