Software Engineer

You will join our Research Platform team as an integral member, contributing to the development and evolution of our next-generation research platform which enables researchers to design, test, and deploy highly complex quantitative strategies. Our team collaborates closely with business stakeholders to solve challenging problems that directly impact quantitative research at scale. This team is central to our business success, supporting distributed computation, large-scale backtesting, and rapid experimentation. Our primary language is Python and we operate in an ecosystem that increasingly utilizes Rust.

Your future role at QRT:

• Developing user-friendly APIs for Research use
• Designing and developing a scalable, robust platform for quantitative research
• Writing automated tests and maintaining high code quality
• Integrating Research Workflows with Strategy Deployment and Production
• Developing reusable libraries and APIs
• Collaborating with researchers and engineering teams to propose and implement new framework features

Your present skillset:

• Experience and knowledge in distributed systems and large-scale data processing
• Proficiency in Python and research-oriented APIs
• Familiarity with Rust is helpful, but not required
• Understanding of parallel computation
• Knowledge of testing within continuous delivery and integration pipelines
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively in a small, close-knit team
• Familiarity with cloud technologies (AWS preferred)
• Experience in financial data or quantitative development is advantageous but not essential.
• Fluency in English