Software Engineer - Researcher Experience at Qube Research & Technologies (Hong Kong, China)
Qube Research & Technologies· Hong Kong, China·
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.
Your future role within QRT:
You will contribute to the efficiency of the technical environment of research. You will build and operate internal tools and services used by researchers across the firm. You will work directly with researchers to understand their workflows, identify recurring pain points, and turn them into better tooling, automation, documentation, or platform improvements.
- Build backend services, APIs, automation scripts, dashboards, and lightweight web applications
- Deploy and operate internal applications using cloud, containers, and CI/CD
- Improve onboarding, documentation, self-service workflows, and internal knowledge sharing
- Troubleshoot issues across applications, infrastructure, user environments, and integrations
- Work with engineering teams to improve adoption, usability, ownership, and supportability of internal platforms
- Contribute to secure, maintainable, observable, and scalable internal systems
Your current skillset:
- Strong software engineering skills, preferably in Python
- Experience building internal tools, APIs, automation, or web applications
- Experience with AI-assisted and agentic software development tools
- Familiarity with cloud environments, containers, deployment workflows, and CI/CD
- Ability to debug technical issues across several layers of a system
- Clear written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Pragmatic approach to problem solving, with a focus on useful outcomes
- Strong user-centric mindset, with the ability to understand user workflows, constraints, and pain points in depth
- Curiosity and willingness to learn unfamiliar tools, systems, and domains
- Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to build trust, credibility, and strong working relationships with researchers
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.