A global quantitative investment manager is hiring a software engineer to build the applications and shared platforms its trading operation runs on. The role is broad: application development, distributed systems, cloud and deployment automation. You'll work closely with traders and researchers.

What you'll do

1. Build and maintain production applications, services and APIs for a global trading platform
2. Create reusable platforms and tools used across multiple trading teams
3. Design scalable distributed and event-driven systems that integrate with market data and internal infrastructure
4. Develop deployment tooling, release automation and workflow automation (e.g. Airflow)
5. Build observable, resilient systems with solid monitoring and failure recovery
6. Own software end to end, from design through to production support

What you'll bring

1. 5+ years building and supporting production software
2. Strong skills in one or more of Python, Java, Go, Node.js or C++
3. Experience with REST APIs and distributed or event-driven architectures
4. Linux, relational databases (PostgreSQL/MySQL), Docker/Kubernetes and CI/CD
5. Public cloud (ideally AWS) and messaging such as Kafka or RabbitMQ
6. Bonus: Airflow, a modern front-end framework, or exposure to market data or trading systems

Interested? Apply now to hear more about this Sydney-based opportunity.