Quantitative: Systems Engineer Permanent

Robert Walters has partnered with a global investment and technology development firm. This multinational investment management firm is known for developing complicated mathematical models and sophisticated computer programs to exploit anomalies in the financial market.

They are seeking an experienced Quantitative Systems Engineer to join their Quant Systems team.

Quantitative Systems Engineer

Remote Working Policy

3 days a week in the London office (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday)

Day-to-day responsibilities

Quant Systems is a global team that designs and maintains the firm's largest compute infrastructure, which includes operating system platforms, software development tooling, high-performance computing, networking, and storage for research and trading. This engineer will have the opportunity to work on a wide variety of technology initiatives in a distributed computing environment, such as workload scheduling design and implementation, fleet management, clustered file system design and operation, software design and life cycle (SDLC), kernel and network performance tuning for low-latency and high-throughput applications, and metrics collection and data mining analysis.

What we are looking for

The ideal candidate will have a demonstrated interest in how technology works and should have a degree in computer science (or another related technical discipline) or comparable experience of up to seven years. Proficiency in Python, Golang, Rust, or another similar language is required.

Knowledge of Linux-based systems and networking is a plus.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills are a must, as are superb organizational and time management abilities.
In keeping with our firm's culture and the ever-changing nature of our work, we're more interested in talent, curiosity, and motivation than we are in any particular skill or experience