Junior Trading Software Engineer – AI & Alpha Systems

Harrington Starr

Dubai

On-site

AED 350,000 - 550,000

Full time

42 hours ago

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Job summary

Harrington Starr in Dubai is seeking a Financial Engineer / Software Engineer – Trading to join its trading and research technology team. You will sit close to the trading function, building alpha and signal research systems and applying AI tooling to accelerate engineering and research.

The role focuses on production-ready software for trading workflows, market data handling, and understanding trade execution.

Qualifications

0–4 years' commercial software engineering or quantitative development experience
Strong fundamental software engineering ability
A genuine understanding of financial markets, trading and investment concepts
Strong interest in quantitative/systematic trading
Comfortable operating in fast-moving and high-pressure markets
Strong problem-solving and analytical ability
Language agnostic — engineering ability over a specific language
Comfortable using modern AI development tools as part of daily workflow

Responsibilities

Building and improving alpha and signal research systems
Developing software and tooling used directly within the investment and trading process
Collaborating with traders and researchers to understand the strategies supported
Using AI tooling extensively to accelerate engineering and research
Working with financial and market data to build production‑quality systems
Developing an understanding of trade execution and market structure
Solving problems where correctness, robustness and efficiency are critical
Taking significant ownership in a fast-moving environment