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31 open roles
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New York Currently hiring
Software Engineer, Core Trading Systems
Global quantitative trading firm and liquidity provider
Functional programming background (OCaml or similar) valued over specific language experience.
What does a functional programming software engineer at a quantitative trading firm actually do?
Building and maintaining the core systems that run the firm's trading, research, and internal tooling. Heavy emphasis on functional programming, most engineers arrive without prior OCaml experience and are trained up, strong CS fundamentals matter more than any specific language on a CV.
Do I need a finance background to work as an engineer at a quant trading firm?
No. The firm has historically hired engineers from a very wide range of backgrounds, academia, hardware, network engineering, compiler design, systems administration, with no prior finance or OCaml experience required.
What's the interview process like for a functional programming engineering role at a trading firm?
Technically rigorous, weighted toward functional programming ability, problem solving, and how a candidate thinks under pressure rather than memorised algorithm trivia.
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New York Currently hiring
Software Engineer, Trading Systems & Post-Trade Technology
Established quantitative investment manager
Hybrid role, in-office 3+ days a week. Focus on trading systems, risk controls, and post-trade technology across the full trade lifecycle.
What does a trading systems and post-trade technology software engineer actually build?
Building and maintaining the technology behind the full trading lifecycle, trading systems, risk controls, and post-trade processes, working closely with a relatively small, collaborative engineering organisation.
Do I need a finance background for a trading systems engineering role at a quant investment manager?
Not a strict requirement, the firm hires for strong engineering fundamentals and interviews less around filling one specific role, more around finding people who can build a long-term, varied career across different technical areas.
What's the culture like at a quantitative investment manager's engineering team?
Collaborative and deliberate, described internally as focused but nimble, with meaningful autonomy given to solve problems independently.
Is this a remote, hybrid, or in-office trading technology role?
Hybrid, with a minimum of three days a week in the New York office.
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New York Currently hiring
Software Engineer, C++
Technology-driven global market maker
C++ focus, base salary $150,000 to $300,000, plus bonus and other benefits.
What does a C++ software engineer at a global market maker actually do?
Working in small, focused engineering teams building high-performing, resilient trading technology, with short development cycles meaning code goes into production quickly and engineers see the real-world impact of their work fast.
Do I need a finance background for a C++ engineering role at a market maker?
Not specified as a requirement, the role is assessed primarily on technical strength and problem-solving ability.
What's the compensation like for a C++ software engineer at a market maker?
Base salary of $150,000 to $300,000 depending on experience, plus bonus and other benefits.
What's the interview process like for a C++ engineering role at a trading firm?
Includes a technical and behavioural round covering coding, data structures, algorithms, and problem-solving, alongside discussion of past experience and motivation for the move.
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New York Currently hiring
Software Engineer, Trading & Research Tools
Diversified global trading firm
Newly created team building infrastructure and tooling directly for traders and quantitative researchers.
What does a trading and research tools software engineer actually build at a proprietary trading firm?
Joining a newly formed team responsible for designing and building the internal tools and infrastructure that traders and quant researchers rely on day to day, meaning strong visibility into how the tools you build get used immediately.
Do I need a finance background to build internal tools for traders and quant researchers?
Not a strict requirement, engineering fundamentals and the ability to work closely with non-engineering stakeholders (traders and researchers) matter more.
What's the compensation like for an internal tools engineering role at a proprietary trading firm?
Base salary plus bonus and other benefits, in line with market rate for this firm and role type.
What's the culture like at a firm that trades its own capital?
Built around autonomy and ownership, the firm trades its own capital and places emphasis on being able to pivot quickly, engineers are expected to challenge consensus rather than defer to hierarchy.
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New York Currently hiring
Software Engineer, Live Market Pricing
Global market maker with a growing New York presence
Focus on US cash equities, ETFs, and credit. Reported median total pay around $258,000 to $263,000, base plus bonus and other benefits.
What does a software engineer working on live market pricing systems actually do?
Building and operating systems that continuously price markets, manage positions, and respond to live trading conditions in real time, working closely alongside traders to iterate on how these systems behave in live production.
Do I need a finance background for a market-making software engineering role?
Not specified as a hard requirement, strong systems engineering ability and comfort working under real market pressure matter most.
What's the compensation like for a software engineer at a global market maker in New York?
Reported median total pay for this role is in the region of $258,000 to $263,000, base salary plus bonus and other benefits.
Why is New York a growing hub for this firm's engineering team?
New York is one of the firm's key growth locations in the US, with engineers focused on scaling and improving systems that operate globally, not just locally.
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Chicago Currently hiring
Software Engineer, Distributed Systems
Leading proprietary trading and quantitative research firm
5+ years Python experience, large-scale distributed systems. Reported total compensation range $150,000 to $350,000+.
What does a distributed systems software engineer at a proprietary trading firm actually work on?
Working within a team of technologists building and improving the core platforms and infrastructure that support the whole business, partnering with cross-functional stakeholders on tools, systems, and production reliability at scale.
Do I need a finance background for a distributed systems engineering role at a trading firm?
No, the firm explicitly seeks talent from mathematics, physics, and computer science backgrounds, prior finance knowledge is not required.
What's the compensation like for a distributed systems software engineer at a proprietary trading firm?
Reported total compensation for this role ranges from $150,000 to $350,000+, base salary plus bonus and other benefits.
What's the culture like at a proprietary trading firm's engineering team?
Described as intensely competitive and innovation-driven, with an emphasis on collaboration alongside a strong individual performance culture.
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Chicago Currently hiring
Software Engineer, Commodities Engineering
Diversified global trading firm
Full-stack, C++ core with TypeScript/React experience valued. Base salary $150,000 to $250,000 plus bonus.
What does a commodities engineering software role at a diversified trading firm actually involve?
Designing and building proprietary software covering data visualisation and analytics, scenario modelling, and pricing and risk analytics for options, futures, and derivatives, across the full technology stack rather than one narrow specialism.
Do I need trading industry experience for a commodities engineering software role?
Trading industry experience is preferred but explicitly not required, a strong quantitative or research background and solid engineering fundamentals matter more.
What's the compensation like for a commodities engineering software role at a trading firm?
Base salary $150,000 to $250,000 depending on experience, plus bonus and other benefits.
What's the working environment like for a full-stack engineer at a diversified trading firm?
Fast-paced and collaborative, with an emphasis on adaptability and being entrusted with meaningful responsibility early on.
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Chicago Currently hiring
AI/ML Research Engineer
Leading proprietary trading firm, dedicated AI research team
Central R&D team combining quant researchers, engineers, and ML specialists. Base salary $200,000 to $300,000.
What does an AI/ML research engineer at a proprietary trading firm actually work on?
Working within a dedicated AI research team that sits alongside traditional trading and engineering functions, applying machine learning and advanced pattern recognition to problems across the firm, not limited to one specific trading desk.
Do I need a finance background for an AI/ML research role at a trading firm?
Not required, this team explicitly draws from mathematics, physics, and computer science talent, with no finance background assumed.
What's the compensation like for an AI/ML research engineer at a proprietary trading firm?
Base salary $200,000 to $300,000, plus bonus and other benefits, consistent with the firm's broader engineering compensation structure.
How does AI research at a trading firm compare to a Big Tech AI research role?
Faster deployment cycles, research and models built here tend to reach production and show measurable impact in a much shorter timeframe than typical Big Tech research timelines.
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Miami Currently hiring
Quantitative Developer / Research Engineer
Global electronic market maker
Partners directly with quantitative researchers to build automated trading system software. Base salary $250,000 to $350,000, plus bonus and other benefits.
What's the difference between a quantitative developer and a quantitative researcher at a market maker?
A quant developer builds and implements the software that runs a researcher's models and strategies in production, while the researcher focuses on identifying and testing the underlying statistical edge. The two roles work in close partnership, but the developer owns the engineering and deployment side.
What technical background is expected for this quant developer role?
A degree in computer science, mathematics, or statistics, with practical exposure to distributed computing, machine learning, or system design valued over one specific language or framework.
What's the compensation like for a quantitative developer role at a market maker in Miami?
Base salary $250,000 to $350,000, plus bonus and other benefits.
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Miami Currently hiring
Research Engineer, Electronic Trading Platform
Global electronic market maker
Designs, builds, and optimises the firm's core electronic trading platform, working closely with live traders and simulation teams.
What does a research engineer on an electronic trading platform actually own?
Full project ownership from inception through deployment, covering core trading infrastructure and high-throughput systems, with a strong focus on identifying and removing bottlenecks in both research and live production trading.
What skills matter most for a research engineer role at a market maker?
Strong low-level optimisation ability, an interest in algorithmic trading, and comfort working across data analysis, risk management, and application development, rather than one narrow specialism.
Why is Miami becoming a genuine hub for electronic trading and quant firms?
Several major market makers and hedge funds, including some of the largest in the industry, have relocated or expanded headquarters to Miami in recent years, making it an increasingly serious alternative to Chicago and New York for this kind of engineering work.
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Miami Currently hiring
Software Engineer, Trading & Risk Systems
Multi-strategy hedge fund
Builds the technology underpinning trading execution, risk systems, and data infrastructure for a multi-strategy investment platform.
How is a software engineering role at a multi-strategy hedge fund different from one at a market maker?
A hedge fund's engineering roles typically support a broader range of strategies, equities, fixed income, macro, and credit, rather than one core market-making business, meaning engineers are more likely to work across multiple asset classes over the course of their career.
What does an engineer building risk systems at a hedge fund actually work on?
Systems that let portfolio managers and risk teams monitor and manage exposure across the firm's strategies in real time, alongside the core trading execution and data infrastructure that supports the wider investment platform.
What's the realistic compensation trajectory for engineers at a top-tier multi-strategy hedge fund?
Total compensation is heavily performance-linked, with base salary supplemented by a substantial discretionary bonus that scales meaningfully with experience and firm performance, plus bonus and other benefits.
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Austin Currently hiring
Software Engineer, Trading Hardware & Embedded Systems
Global high-frequency trading firm
Designs and maintains the operating system and software running on the firm's trading hardware, working across embedded systems rather than standard application development.
What does a trading hardware software engineer actually build, and how is it different from typical software engineering?
Rather than building user-facing applications, this role focuses on the operating system and low-level software that runs directly on specialised trading hardware, closer to embedded systems engineering than conventional backend or full-stack work.
Does this role require prior experience with trading hardware specifically?
Deep hardware experience isn't always assumed on entry, strong systems-level programming and an interest in performance-critical, low-level engineering matter more than prior exposure to trading-specific hardware.
What kind of team structure supports a hardware-focused engineering role at a trading firm?
Close collaboration with quantitative hardware researchers and performance engineers, testing and validating changes in a lab environment before they reach production trading systems.
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Austin Currently hiring
Software Engineer, Research Platform
Global high-frequency trading firm
Builds and extends the firm's internal research platform using Python and Rust, managing compute infrastructure that supports global research teams.
What does building a research platform for a trading firm actually involve day to day?
Developing features in Python and Rust that expand what the firm's researchers can do, alongside managing the underlying compute infrastructure, working closely with research teams spread across multiple global offices.
Is Rust experience required, or can it be learned on the job?
Prior Rust experience is valued but engineers with strong Python and general systems programming backgrounds are typically expected to pick it up, the platform's specific tooling matters more than having used Rust in a previous role.
Why is Austin becoming a genuine hub for high-frequency trading and machine learning talent?
Several major HFT firms have built out significant Austin offices in recent years specifically to tap machine learning and research infrastructure talent, positioning the city as a real alternative to Chicago or the Bay Area for this kind of work, rather than a satellite office.
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Austin Currently hiring
Machine Learning Research Engineer
Global high-frequency trading firm
Applies machine learning techniques to systematic trading strategies across futures, equities, and fixed income markets, translating research into live production systems.
What does a machine learning research engineer at a trading firm actually work on, versus a typical ML role?
Unlike many ML roles focused on long-term model development, this work follows a fast research-to-production cycle, ideas are tested through large-scale backtesting and deployed into live trading relatively quickly, with continuous iteration based on real market feedback.
Do I need quantitative finance experience for an ML research engineering role at a trading firm?
A strong machine learning and data background matters more than prior finance exposure, engineers are expected to take real ownership of the systems they build across the full stack, from research pipelines through to production.
How does this role differ from a pure quantitative researcher role?
The research engineer sits closer to the applied and production side of machine learning, focused on scaling and deploying systems, while a quant researcher typically spends more time on the underlying statistical modelling and strategy design itself.
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London Currently hiring
Software Engineer, Functional Programming
Global quantitative trading firm and liquidity provider
Functional programming background valued, London office of a firm with a strong collaborative, puzzle-solving engineering culture.
What does a software engineer at this kind of quantitative trading firm actually work on in London?
The same broad scope as the firm's other global offices, core trading, research, and internal tooling systems, built primarily in a functional programming language, with London engineers working closely alongside the firm's other international teams rather than in a siloed local function.
Is London hiring for this firm genuinely competitive with New York, or a smaller satellite office?
London is a substantial, established office for this kind of firm, not a token overseas presence, with its own dedicated engineering and trading functions rather than existing purely to support the US business.
What's the interview process like for this kind of role in London?
Consistent with the firm's global process, weighted toward functional programming ability and problem solving under pressure rather than memorised technical trivia, regardless of which office you're applying to.
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London Currently hiring
Senior Options Software Engineer
Global electronic market maker
Focused on options trading technology. Base salary $175,000 to $325,000, plus bonus and other benefits.
What does an options-focused software engineering role at a market maker actually involve?
Building and maintaining the specific systems and pricing infrastructure that support options trading, a genuinely specialised track within engineering at a market maker, distinct from cash equities or FX-focused teams.
Is prior options or derivatives experience required for this role?
Not stated as a strict requirement, strong engineering fundamentals and the ability to work closely with options traders and quants matter most, with product-specific knowledge often built on the job.
What's the compensation like for a senior options engineering role at a market maker in London?
Base salary $175,000 to $325,000, plus bonus and other benefits.
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London Currently hiring
Software Engineer, Multi-Strategy Investment Platform
Multi-strategy hedge fund
Builds systems powering the investment process end to end, from research through to trading, risk, and settlement.
How does a software engineering role at a multi-strategy hedge fund in London differ from a US-based equivalent?
The core engineering scope is largely consistent globally, covering the full investment process, though London engineers often work more directly with European and UK-regulated strategies and teams compared to a purely US-focused office.
What does career progression actually look like for engineers at a multi-strategy hedge fund?
Structured mentorship and accelerated development programmes exist for early career engineers, pairing high-performing technical talent with senior investment and quantitative teams as they progress.
What's the compensation like for a software engineer at a multi-strategy hedge fund in London?
Base salary $150,000 to $300,000, plus bonus and other benefits, with total compensation scaling significantly with performance and seniority.
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Amsterdam Currently hiring
Infrastructure Software Engineer
Global market maker, headquartered in Amsterdam
Builds and manages the firm's global compute infrastructure, connecting thousands of servers across 18+ locations back to the Amsterdam datacentre.
What does an infrastructure software engineer at a global market maker actually build?
Ownership of every layer of the firm's compute infrastructure, from Linux systems through to infrastructure-as-code tooling, managing a network of thousands of servers across offices worldwide, all connected back to a central Amsterdam datacentre.
Do I need trading or finance experience for an infrastructure-focused engineering role?
No, this track sits closer to platform and systems engineering, a strong Linux, networking, or infrastructure-as-code background matters more than any prior trading exposure.
Why is Amsterdam the natural base for this kind of infrastructure role?
As the firm's headquarters and central datacentre location, Amsterdam-based infrastructure engineers sit at the literal centre of the firm's global technical operations, rather than a regional outpost reporting into a separate hub.
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Amsterdam Currently hiring
Software Engineer, Python
Global market maker, headquartered in Amsterdam
Python-focused engineering role contributing directly to trading systems used globally across the firm's offices.
What does a Python-focused software engineering role at a market maker actually involve?
Building and improving systems that directly support live trading, with code, models, and decisions made by engineers in this role having a direct, measurable influence on trading outcomes rather than sitting several steps removed from the actual business.
Is Python enough, or do I need C++ or another systems language too?
Python is the primary requirement for this specific track, though comfort with underlying computer architecture and systems concepts is expected, given how closely the role sits to live trading infrastructure.
How does working from the Amsterdam headquarters differ from a regional office for this kind of role?
Engineers based at headquarters work in closer proximity to the firm's central trading, research, and infrastructure functions, with more direct visibility into how decisions made globally get implemented.
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Amsterdam Currently hiring
Graduate Software Engineer, Global Academy
Global market maker, headquartered in Amsterdam
Entry point for graduate engineers worldwide, beginning with a 12-week structured training program based in Amsterdam before moving into a permanent technology role.
What makes the graduate software engineering path at this firm different from a typical grad scheme?
Every graduate globally, regardless of which office they'll eventually work in, starts with a 12-week program at the firm's Amsterdam academy, led by former traders and engineers, learning how the firm's trading, research, and technology systems actually work together before starting their permanent role.
Do graduates work on real systems immediately, or is it mostly training?
Both, the structured academy period is designed to build context quickly, but graduates begin contributing to live systems early, with code and decisions directly influencing trading outcomes rather than working on sandboxed practice projects.
Why does this firm centralise graduate training in Amsterdam rather than training locally in each office?
Centralising in Amsterdam, the firm's headquarters, means every graduate globally learns the same foundational systems and culture directly from the source, rather than a diluted version passed through regional offices.
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Singapore Currently hiring
Quantitative Developer / Research Engineer
Global electronic market maker
Partners with quantitative researchers to build automated trading system software, part of a role available across the firm's Miami, Chicago, London, New York, Hong Kong, Sydney, and Singapore offices.
Why do global market makers run the same engineering roles across so many different cities, including Singapore?
Automated trading systems need to operate close to the specific exchanges and market hours they trade on, so firms build out genuine engineering capability in each major financial hub rather than running everything remotely from one location.
Does a Singapore-based engineering role require Mandarin or regional market experience?
Not specified as a requirement, the core technical bar, computer science or statistics background with distributed computing or machine learning exposure, is consistent globally regardless of office location.
What's the relocation process like for engineers moving to Singapore for this kind of role?
Firms operating across multiple global hubs typically support international relocation for engineering hires, though specifics vary by role and level, worth confirming directly during the interview process rather than assuming a standard package.
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Singapore Currently hiring
Software Engineer, APAC Investment Platform
Multi-strategy hedge fund
One of several global locations for this role, alongside New York, Greenwich, Houston, and London, building systems across the full investment process.
How does the trading day differ for engineers supporting APAC markets from a Singapore office?
Engineers supporting Asia-Pacific markets typically work hours aligned to regional exchange sessions, meaning the working day and key periods of system criticality differ from a New York or London-based counterpart on the same broader team.
Is the Singapore office treated as a smaller regional outpost compared to the firm's US and UK offices?
The role is listed as one of several core global locations rather than a satellite function, indicating genuine engineering headcount and responsibility based in Singapore rather than a token presence.
What does career mobility look like between a firm's Singapore office and its other global locations?
Multi-strategy hedge funds operating across several major hubs often support internal transfers between offices over an engineer's career, though this typically depends on business need and individual performance rather than being guaranteed upfront.
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Singapore Currently hiring
Software Engineer, APAC Market Making
Global market maker with a major Asia-Pacific presence
Singapore is one of the firm's established offices across a global network spanning the Americas, Europe, and Asia-Pacific.
Why do global market makers treat Singapore as a genuine engineering hub rather than just a sales or trading office?
Market-making strategies depend on infrastructure physically close to the exchanges they trade on, so firms build real engineering teams in Singapore to support low-latency execution across Asia-Pacific markets, not just relationship or sales functions.
What kind of technical stack is typically used for market-making engineering roles in the Asia-Pacific region?
Broadly consistent with the firm's global technology stack, C++ and Python are common across most market-making engineering roles, region-specific market infrastructure and exchange connectivity code being the main local variation.
Is a Singapore-based engineering role a good long-term base, or mainly an early-career stepping stone?
Firms with established, long-standing Singapore offices typically support genuine long-term careers there, rather than treating the office as a rotational posting before a move to a "core" location like New York or London.
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Hong Kong Currently hiring
Quantitative Developer / Research Engineer
Global electronic market maker
Partners with quantitative researchers to build automated trading system software, one of the firm's core global engineering locations. Base salary $250,000 to $350,000, plus bonus and other benefits.
Why does Hong Kong specifically matter as an engineering location for a global market maker, versus Singapore?
Hong Kong gives direct proximity to Mainland China and North Asian exchanges, complementing rather than duplicating a Singapore office's coverage of Southeast Asian and broader APAC markets, most global market makers run genuine engineering teams in both rather than picking one.
What technical areas does this quant developer role typically cover in a Hong Kong-based team?
Distributed computing, machine learning, platform development, and networking are commonly listed focus areas, with the specific mix depending on which trading desk or asset class the team supports.
What's the compensation like for a quantitative developer role in Hong Kong?
Base salary $250,000 to $350,000, plus bonus and other benefits.
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Hong Kong Currently hiring
C++ Software Engineer
Global electronic market maker
Small, focused engineering teams building high-performing trading technology with short development cycles. Base salary $150,000 to $300,000, plus bonus and other benefits.
How does a C++ engineering role in Hong Kong differ from the same title in a US or European office?
The core technical bar and day-to-day work is largely consistent globally, the main practical difference tends to be which specific markets and trading hours the team supports, rather than the engineering itself.
What's the realistic career path for a C++ engineer starting out in a Hong Kong office?
Firms operating across multiple global engineering hubs generally support internal mobility over time, engineers building a track record in Hong Kong are often well placed to move to other major offices later in their career if that's a goal.
What's the compensation like for a C++ software engineer in Hong Kong?
Base salary $150,000 to $300,000, plus bonus and other benefits.
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Hong Kong Currently hiring
Software Engineer Intern, Asia
Global electronic market maker
An 11-week internship program based in Hong Kong, working in small teams on live trading technology and research platforms.
What does this internship actually involve, versus a typical tech internship?
Interns work in small teams building real technological tools that support live trading strategies and high-performance research platforms, rather than isolated practice projects, with direct exposure to senior engineers throughout the 11-week program.
Is this internship a realistic pathway to a full-time engineering role in Hong Kong?
Internship programs at firms like this are typically a primary graduate hiring channel, strong performance during the internship is usually the clearest route into a full-time offer, more so than applying cold as a graduate.
What academic background is expected for this Hong Kong-based internship?
A bachelor's, master's, or PhD in computer science, computer engineering, or a related field, alongside strong analytical skills and familiarity with probability and statistics.
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Sydney Currently hiring
Graduate Software Developer
Global market maker with a major Sydney engineering presence
Starts with training at the firm's global tech academy in Amsterdam, before returning to Sydney with real autonomy from day one.
Why does a Sydney-based graduate role start with training in Amsterdam rather than locally?
The firm centralises graduate training globally so every new engineer, regardless of eventual office, learns the same core trading systems and principles directly from the source, then brings that shared foundation back to build cross-regional knowledge into their local team.
What does day-to-day autonomy actually look like for a graduate engineer straight out of training?
Graduates are given real decision-making responsibility from their first day back, working on genuine components like exchange protocol encoders or automated trading strategy tuning, rather than shadowing senior engineers for an extended ramp-up period.
Is a Sydney-based graduate program genuinely comparable to one in Amsterdam or Chicago, or a smaller regional version?
Sydney is treated as one of the firm's core engineering locations globally, not a scaled-down regional program, largely because so much of the firm's actual proprietary trading system has been built there.
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Sydney Currently hiring
Software Engineer, Proprietary Trading Systems
Global market maker with a major Sydney engineering presence
Builds and adapts core trading systems to handle the specific market structure, liquidity, and regulatory differences across APAC markets.
What makes engineering for APAC markets specifically different from building trading systems for the US or Europe?
APAC markets vary significantly in structure, liquidity, and regulation compared to Western markets, meaning systems built or adapted in Sydney have to handle genuine structural differences rather than simply being a localised copy of a US or European system.
How much of this firm's actual trading technology has been built in Sydney, versus just adapted there?
A substantial share of the firm's proprietary trading system has been engineered directly in Sydney, not merely customised from a template built elsewhere, giving engineers there real ownership over core, not just regional, technology.
What's the realistic technical bar for a proprietary trading systems role at this level?
Strong systems programming and an understanding of low-latency, performance-critical engineering, the specific market or asset class knowledge is generally built on the job rather than expected upfront.
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Sydney Currently hiring
Site Reliability Engineer
Global electronic market maker
Applies site reliability engineering practices to finance, focused on production readiness, chaos engineering, and large-scale systems design.
How is a site reliability engineering role different from a standard software engineering role at a trading firm?
SRE roles focus specifically on the reliability, availability, and performance of live applications, identifying and fixing root causes of production issues, rather than primarily building new features, though the role sits within the broader software engineering discipline.
What technical background suits a site reliability engineering role in finance specifically?
Strong computer science fundamentals, data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems knowledge, along with genuine interest in areas like chaos engineering, UNIX internals, or large-scale systems design, matter more than prior finance exposure.
Why would an SRE choose a trading firm over a typical tech company for this kind of role?
Production issues at a trading firm carry immediate, measurable financial consequences, giving SRE work a level of direct business impact and urgency that's less visible in many standard tech company environments.
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Zurich Reflects active regional hiring
Quantitative Software Engineer, Systematic Trading
Systematic hedge fund / quantitative trading firm operating in the Zurich–Zug corridor
Builds and maintains the trading and research infrastructure supporting a systematic equities or multi-asset strategy team.
Why does Zurich have a real, if less visible, quant trading and hedge fund presence?
Switzerland's established private banking and asset management ecosystem, alongside favourable regulatory and tax conditions, has attracted a genuine cluster of systematic hedge funds and quant trading operations to the Zurich and nearby Zug area, distinct from the more visible market-making hubs like Chicago or Amsterdam.
What does a software engineer at a systematic trading fund in this region typically work on?
Building and maintaining the infrastructure and tooling that supports research and execution for systematic strategies, commonly requiring strong Python and C++ skills, with quantitative finance knowledge often built on the job rather than required upfront.
How does this market compare to the larger hubs on this list in terms of scale and opportunity?
Smaller and less publicised than Chicago, New York, or London, but genuine, with real systematic funds and quant teams actively hiring, worth serious consideration for engineers who want the work without the scale or visibility of a major hub.
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Dubai Currently hiring
Quantitative Developer, Systematic Equities
Global multi-strategy hedge fund
Designs and deploys systems supporting systematic equities strategies operating across global markets and time zones.
Why has Dubai become a genuine hub for multi-strategy hedge funds, rather than just private banking?
Favourable tax treatment, time zone positioning between major Asian and European markets, and a deliberate push by several major hedge funds to build out regional hubs have made Dubai a real base for systematic trading technology, not simply a booking or client-relationship office.
What does a quantitative developer on a systematic equities team actually build in this kind of role?
Systems that support strategies operating across multiple global markets and time zones simultaneously, meaning the infrastructure has to handle overlapping trading sessions and varied market conventions rather than a single domestic market's structure.
Is Dubai treated as a smaller regional office compared to a firm's New York or London base?
Firms building genuine systematic trading capability in Dubai are typically making a deliberate long-term regional bet rather than running a token presence, reflected in real engineering and quant development hiring rather than purely client-facing roles.
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