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We are a technology- and data-driven organisation applying a scientific approach to investing. By combining data, research, technology and trading expertise, we foster a collaborative environment that enables us to solve complex challenges. Our culture of innovation drives our ambition to deliver high-quality returns for our investors.\nYour future role at QRT\nWe are looking for an experienced Trading SystemsSoftware Engineer to help build the applications, platforms and engineering capabilities that support QRT’s global trading environment.\nThis is a broad software engineering role spanning application development, distributed systems, cloud technology, deployment automation and production engineering. You will design and build software used by traders, quantitative researchers, operations teams and other engineers across the firm.\nThe focus extends beyond delivering individual features. You will identify opportunities to create scalable, reusable capabilities that improve how trading systems are developed, deployed, monitored and operated across multiple teams and trading desks.\nWorking closely with both technical and business stakeholders, you will gain a detailed understanding of trading workflows and translate complex requirements into reliable, maintainable and well-designed software.\nWhat you’ll do\nDesign, develop and maintain production-grade applications, services and APIs supporting QRT’s trading platform.\nBuild shared platforms and reusable capabilities that can be adopted across multiple trading desks and engineering teams.\nDevelop modern web applications and operational tools that improve visibility, control and efficiency across trading workflows.\nDesign scalable distributed and event-driven systems that integrate with trading platforms, market data services and internal infrastructure.\nBuild deployment tooling, release automation and self-service capabilities that make software easier and safer to deploy and operate.\nDevelop automated workflows for data processing, operational tasks and engineering processes using technologies such as Apache Airflow.\nPartner with traders, quantitative researchers and operations teams to understand their needs and solve practical business problems.\nDesign software for latency-sensitive environments, balancing performance with reliability, scalability and operational simplicity.\nBuild observable and resilient systems with appropriate monitoring, alerting, recovery and failure-handling capabilities.\nWork alongside infrastructure, cloud and DevOps engineers to deploy and support software across global production environments.\nContribute to technical design and architectural decisions, evaluating new technologies where they can deliver meaningful value.\nTake ownership of software throughout its lifecycle, from initial design and implementation through to production support and continuous improvement.\nYour present skillset\nYou will likely have:\nAt least five years of experience developing and supporting production-grade software.\nStrong programming and software engineering skills in one or more languages such as Python, Java, Go, Node.js or C++.\nExperience designing maintainable, testable and scalable applications and services.\nA strong understanding of software design principles, data structures, algorithms and engineering fundamentals.\nExperience building RESTful APIs, distributed systems or event-driven architectures.\nA good working knowledge of Linux environments.\nExperience working with relational databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL.\nExposure to containerisation, orchestration and delivery technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes and CI/CD pipelines.\nExperience with public cloud technologies, preferably AWS.\nAn understanding of messaging technologies such as Kafka or RabbitMQ.\nExperience considering reliability, observability, performance and failure recovery when designing production systems.\nStrong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make sound engineering decisions and explain the associated trade-offs.\nThe ability to work effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.\nExperience in one or more of the following areas would be advantageous:\nApache Airflow or a comparable workflow-orchestration platform.\nReact, Vue, Angular or another modern front-end framework.\nDeployment automation, developer platforms or operational tooling.\nMarket data, order management systems, execution management systems or electronic trading platforms.\nFinancial markets or another complex, time-sensitive production environment.\nYou do not need to have worked in financial services. We are interested in engineers who are curious, technically strong and motivated to understand how technology supports a global trading business.\nYour way of working\nYou will thrive in this role if you:\nEnjoy designing systems as well as implementing them.\nThink about scalability, reliability and maintainability from the outset.\nLook for opportunities to automate repetitive work and improve engineering processes.\nTake ownership and remain accountable for the quality of your software in production.\nWork collaboratively and seek to understand the needs of the people using the systems you build.\nApproach technical decisions pragmatically and can balance competing business and engineering priorities.\nAre intellectually curious and enjoy learning about unfamiliar technologies and business domains.\nMaintain high standards while remaining open to feedback and different perspectives.\nWhy join QRT?\nTechnology sits at the heart of QRT. You will work alongside talented traders, quantitative researchers and engineers, building software that directly supports our global trading activities.\nThe role offers exposure to a broad range of engineering challenges, from cloud-native services and distributed systems to trading applications, deployment platforms and operational tooling. 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