Software Engineer - Trading Platform and Automation

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.

Your Future Role at QRT
Join Qube Research & Technologies (QRT) as a Software Engineer where you’ll play a key role in evolving and scaling our high-performance trading platform. You’ll be building robust tools and automation that support the speed, reliability, and efficiency of our infrastructure.
In this role, you’ll:

• Develop tooling and automation for deployment, monitoring, and incident response

• Design and document resilient, high-performance systems

• Own and improve the observability stack (metrics, logs, tracing, alerting)

• Evaluate and implement the most suitable tools for each use case

• Work closely with developers, quants, and infrastructure teams to drive system evolution

Your Current Skillset
You’re a pragmatic and thoughtful engineer with a passion for building systems that last. You bring:

• Strong Python development skills, particularly for infrastructure and automation

• A track record of designing and operating scalable systems in production environments

• A clear coding style and focus on code quality and technical debt reduction

• Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work across technical teams

• A Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

Bonus points if you also bring:

• Experience with low-latency trading systems, market data feeds, or exchange protocols

• Familiarity with Linux/Unix systems, network programming, and systems-level tuning

• Hands-on knowledge of Kubernetes, Docker, or other container orchestration platforms

• A solid understanding of monitoring, observability, and incident response best practices

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.