C++ Quant Developer – Equities Pod (London)

About the role

This position focuses on building and maintaining technology that supports large‑scale quantitative research and systematic equities trading. You will collaborate with senior technologists and the quantitative research team to deliver robust data pipelines, high‑performance computation frameworks, and trading tools.

Key responsibilities

• Partner with the Senior Portfolio Manager to develop data engineering and prediction tools for systematic equities trading.
• Design, code, and maintain software solutions that enable quantitative research and intraday trading.
• Build and sustain data pipelines and databases that ingest, transform, and validate large volumes of financial data.
• Implement and operate large‑scale computation and serialization frameworks.
• Support DevOps functions using tools such as Google Cloud, Airflow, InfluxDB, and Grafana.

Required profile

• Master’s or PhD in Computer Science, Physics, Engineering, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, or a related technical field.
• At least 3 years of experience as a quantitative developer supporting intraday or faster trading systems.
• Experience working in large‑tech or finance environments with modern development practices.

Required skills

• C++ (expert level)
• Python (advanced programming)
• Linux‑based development
• Machine learning and statistical libraries
• Google Cloud Platform
• Airflow
• InfluxDB
• Grafana