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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.\nYou will join QRT’s Data team as a Software Engineer, working at the intersection of engineering, trading, and research. Your focus will be on delivering scalable systems for reference data management, regulatory and external reporting, and front-office analytics. This role offers direct visibility across the business and the opportunity to collaborate with stakeholders across Execution, Engineering, and Research teams. Every project you work on will contribute to operational efficiency and trading decision-making.\nYour future role within QRT \nThis is primarily a hands-on engineering role (approximately 80% development), with a smaller component (approximately 20% support and system ownership) focused on maintaining robustness, reliability, and data quality in production.\nYou’ll work closely with trading, research, risk, and operations teams, gaining strong exposure to the business while building scalable, high-performance systems.\nDesigning and building scalable, high-performance systems for trade and position lifecycle management\nDeveloping solutions to automate lifecycle events such as corporate actions, expiries, and cash flows across asset classes\nBuilding and maintaining high-quality reference data platforms used across trading and research\nDelivering real-time and end-of-day reporting pipelines for internal and external stakeholders\nEnsuring data accuracy, integrity, and consistency across systems and workflows\nContributing to system validation, controls, and operational robustness, including alignment with brokers and fund administrators\nCollaborating closely with stakeholders to translate business needs into reliable technical solutions\nWriting well-tested, maintainable code and contributing to CI/CD and deployment pipelines\nSupporting production systems and continuously improving reliability, monitoring, and performance\nYour present skillset:\n5-10 years of software engineering experience, ideally in a high-performance or data-intensive environment\nStrong programming skills in Python (experience with C# is a plus)\nSolid understanding of software design, architecture, and scalable systems\nExperience working with SQL and relational databases\nFamiliarity with testing frameworks and CI/CD practices\nDomain experience (one or more is valuable, not required). 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