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Engineers tackle complex technical and quantitative challenges that advance our research methodology and investment approach. \nWe hire exceptionally talented engineers and give them room to grow in a dynamic, supportive environment. The people who thrive here value breadth, continuous learning, and long-term investment in their craft. They find energy in growth that comes from rotating through different teams across the organization. This kind of mobility is central to how we work, allowing engineers to build deep, varied skills and make meaningful impact over time. \nOur hiring reflects this collaborative culture. We assess every candidate against one talent bar firmwide, then match engineers to the teams that best set them up for success. \nAs a Software Engineer at PDT, you'll build and maintain the technology that powers our quantitative trading business from the data that drives our models to the systems that execute every trade, and everything in between. \nThis is a hybrid position and will require the person to work from our London office at minimum 3 days a week\nTo learn more about the teams hiring, please see a brief description below. We encourage you to apply to learn more about the different opportunities at PDT. \nApplication Platform \nBuilds and maintains the common infrastructure, including distributed locking, centralized logging, metrics, and container orchestration, to drive automation, reliability, and performance at scale. \nCloud Infrastructure \nEngineers, architects, and operates PDT’s cloud and research environments, ensuring reliable and scalable infrastructure across the firm. \n Data \nOnboards and manages all external datasets consumed across PDT, building and maintaining the infrastructure to reliably download, parse, and validate data at scale. \nDevelops firm-wide frameworks and serve as a technical resource for researchers. \nPost Trade \nEngineers and maintains the systems that track trades, positions, and PnL, and reconcile the firm's view against brokers and fund administrators at scale. \nBuilds and evolves the reporting infrastructure and internal tooling that accounting, compliance and operational teams depend on. \n Software Infrastructure \nOwns and evolves PDT's core software stack, including packaging, builds, versioning, and CI/CD, while continuously identifying and closing gaps across the developer ecosystem. \n Trading Control \nEngineers the real-time and historical systems that monitor trading activity, including PnL, alerting, and risk, and builds the tools that enable teams to diagnose issues fast and intervene with confidence. \n Trading Infrastructure \nDevelops and operates the real-time market data and trading platforms that connect PDT to brokers and venues globally, including order management, exchange connectivity, and execution infrastructure. \nWhy join us? \nPDT Partners has a stellar 30+ year track record and a reputation for excellence. 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