Quantitative Developer - Execution at Qube Research & Technologies (London, United Kingdom)
Qube Research & Technologies· London, United Kingdom·
Job description
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.
You will join a front-office aligned development environment supporting execution activity across multiple asset classes. The role focuses on building and maintaining tools that support both voice and electronic trading, with close interaction with business users and rapid feedback cycles. The environment is delivery-focused, with a strong emphasis on ownership, reliability, and responsiveness to changing business needs.
Your future role within QRT
- Develop and maintain tools that support execution workflows across voice and electronic trading
- Build dashboards and visualisation tools to improve transparency and decision-making for trading activity
- Deliver features in a highly collaborative environment with fast iteration and immediate user feedback
- Take ownership of production systems, ensuring stability, reliability, and alignment with business objectives
- Evolve and extend the technology stack in response to changing execution and market requirements
Your present skillset
- 5+ years of professional experience as a software engineer
- Strong experience delivering and supporting production-quality Python/C/C++/Java/C# applications
- Ability to manage competing priorities and work effectively in a collaborative environment
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Experience working in a front-office or execution-adjacent context
- Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS
- Exposure to additional production programming languages
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.
Why work at Qube Research & Technologies
- Compensation & Career Growth: Highly competitive pay. Interns can earn around $12k per month. Over 40% of staff are in a deferred compensation plan with exposure to fund performance. Glassdoor rating of 4.1/5.0, with compensation (4.0) and career opportunities (4.1) as top highlights.
- Culture & Demographics: Young, high-performance culture (74% of staff aged 40 or under, 38% aged 30 or under). 90% of staff reported good team morale in an internal survey. Described as a "fertile ground for experimental research."
- Work Environment: Hybrid/office-based depending on role and location. Offices in London (HQ), Paris, Hong Kong, Singapore, New York, Chicago, Dubai, Mumbai, Geneva, and more. New London office in Victoria.
- Notable Perks: Deferred compensation plan with fund performance exposure. Interns can earn around $12k per month. Strong focus on work-life balance initiatives.
- Engineering Culture: Heavy emphasis on technology (Python, C++, C#, Snowflake, FPGA, low-latency systems, MLflow, Kubernetes). 22% of staff are in Research roles, 6% in Technical roles. Strong support for coding initiatives and academic projects in maths and science.