Senior Software Engineer, Quant trading – Python, RUST, C++
Quant Capital · London, United Kingdom ·
- Seniority
- Senior
- Category
- Software engineering
Overview
As a Senior Software Engineer in a cryptoassets trading context, you will build and support robust software across trading, connectivity, and monitoring systems. You’ll work with traders and researchers to translate high-level requirements into reliable, scalable solutions that power 24/7 global trading. The role blends legacy and new development, with opportunities to influence the tech stack and collaboration culture. You’ll contribute to market-making initiatives in the digital assets space, shaping how the platform trades across exchanges and regions.
Responsibilities- Collaborate with the cryptoassets team to sustain high-quality software supporting 24/7 global trading
- Architect and build systems for trading, exchange connectivity, and monitoring
- Develop across multiple languages (Python or Java) to deliver tasks
- Perform unit, functional, and integration testing to ensure reliability and performance
- Maintain legacy code while delivering new development projects
- Foster collaboration between traders, researchers, and software engineers
- Design, develop, and support mission-critical, high-performance applications
- Strong experience in C++, Rust, Java and Python
- Knowledge of network communication (multicast, WebSockets)
- Experience with inter-process messaging, microservices, and API design
- Familiarity with Functional Programming and Immutable Design
- Trading systems experience is desirable
- Excellent oral and written communication
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent
- Excellent communication
- Collaborative mindset
- Cross-functional teamwork
- C++
- Rust
- Java