--- title: 'Software Engineer – Site Reliability Engineering at Qube Research & Technologies' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/software-engineer-site-reliability-engineering-qube-research-technologies-new-kys9ere3tcjb' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-24' --- # Software Engineer – Site Reliability Engineering at Qube Research & Technologies - **Company:** Qube Research & Technologies - **Location:** New York, NY - **Posted:** 2026-10-22 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-24 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/quberesearchandtechnologies/jobs/8642412002 ## 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. QRT is seeking a Software Engineer with a deep understanding of systems design and reliability principles. You will join a small, experienced team in the greenfield implementation of a bare-metal trading platform. ## Your future role within QRT - While participating in the team on-call rota, you will have broad and deep responsibility for the system design, deployment, configuration and daily operation of: - The physical infrastructure, consisting of servers, switches, storage and other specialized hardware platforms - the trading application environment, built from the artifacts continuously deployed by developers and researchers - The observability stack for the entire platform - The intent-driven system through which all elements are managed as a single coherent system - You will be responsible for interfacing with traders, researchers, application developers and other internal teams, as well as external service providers - You will be comfortable solving complex issues in a critical production environment, applying pragmatic fixes in the moment, which then become engineered solutions ## Your Present Skill Set - Bachelors/Masters/PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering - Strong problem-solving skills and deep understanding of computer-science fundamentals - Hands-on experience at with Linux systems - Proven track record designing and delivering scalable systems in production environments Nice-to-have: - ## Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools - ## Experience with monitoring and observability tools - Deep understanding of servers, switches and operating systems - Expertise in the synchronization and propagation of ultra-precise timing signals - Knowledge of low-latency systems, trading environments, market data, or exchange protocols Base salary range for this position is $175,000 to $300,000 per year. QRT Total Compensation includes discretionary performance-based bonuses and a competitive benefits package. ## About Qube Research & Technologies ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Qube Research & Technologies (QRT) is a global quantitative and systematic investment manager that deploys data, research, and technology to execute multi-strategy trading across all asset classes. - **Entity Type**: Private (Privately Held) - **Headquarters**: London, United Kingdom - **Founded**: 2018 (spun off from a systematic trading team at Credit Suisse, with roots tracing to 2016) - **Founders**: Not publicly disclosed (spun out of Credit Suisse's systematic trading team) ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Financial Services / Quantitative Hedge Fund / Systematic Investment Management - **Target customers**: Institutional investors (pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, endowments, and other large allocators) - **Mission/purpose**: To combine data, research, technology, and trading expertise to solve complex challenges and deliver high-quality returns for investors. ## Products & Services - **Multi-Strategy Investment Management**: QRT deploys a diverse range of investment strategies across geographies, asset classes (equities, fixed income, FX, commodities, crypto), and time frames (high-frequency to long-term). They operate as a systematic, data-driven hedge fund. - **Quantitative Research & Technology Platform**: The firm's core offering is its proprietary technology and research platform, which enables quantitative researchers, data scientists, and software engineers to develop and execute trading models at scale. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (privately held) - **Key Metric**: Total Funding: Not applicable (privately held, profitable firm). **Assets Under Management (AUM)**: Added $4bn in AUM between the start of 2024 and May 2024, returning 22% from January to April 2024 according to reports. - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Institutional investors (pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, endowments). Spun off from Credit Suisse's systematic trading team. - **Growth Signals**: Headcount grew **+56.4% YoY** to 1,787 employees. Expanded to 16 offices across 24 countries (including new offices in Dubai, Chicago, and New York). Over 100 active job openings. AUM grew significantly in 2024. ## Competitive Advantages - **Data & Technology Moat**: Combines proprietary research, massive datasets, and advanced technology (including machine learning, low-latency C++/FPGA systems, and cloud infrastructure) to generate alpha across all asset classes and timeframes. - **Multi-Strategy, Multi-Asset Diversification**: Operates across geographies, asset classes, and time horizons, reducing single-strategy risk and allowing capital to flow to the best opportunities. - **Talent Density & Culture**: Rapidly hires top talent from competitors (Goldman Sachs, Citadel, Millennium, Credit Suisse) and top universities. A young, high-performance culture with 74% of staff aged 40 or under. - **Compensation Model**: Over 40% of staff are part of a deferred compensation plan with exposure to fund performance, aligning employee incentives directly with investor returns. ## Strategic Focus - **Aggressive Global Expansion**: Rapidly scaling headcount (+56% YoY) and opening new offices in key financial hubs (Dubai, Chicago, New York, Singapore, Hong Kong). - **Technology & Infrastructure Investment**: Heavy investment in low-latency trading systems, FPGA engineering, cloud infrastructure, and data platforms (Snowflake, Python, C++, C#). - **Talent Acquisition**: Prioritizing hiring top quantitative researchers, software engineers, data scientists, and traders from competitors and top universities. Over 100 open roles globally. - **Crypto & New Asset Classes**: Actively building a crypto trading team and expanding into new asset classes and geographies. ## Why Work Here - **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. ## Sources 1. [qube-rt.com](https://www.qube-rt.com/) 2. [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/qube-rt) 3. [efinancialcareers-canada.com](https://www.efinancialcareers-canada.com/news/qube-research-and-technologies-hiring-and-culture) 4. [Greenhouse Job Board](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/quberesearchandtechnologies?page=2) 5. 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