Quant Platform Engineer - Production Linux & Data Pipelines

Selby Jennings; Dubai; On-site; AED 441,000 - 734,000; Full time

Job summary

Selby Jennings in Dubai represents a leading systematic hedge fund seeking a Quantitative Platform Engineer to own, improve, and maintain the infrastructure behind cutting-edge research and production platforms.

You will collaborate with quantitative researchers and developers to build robust, scalable, and high-performance systems that directly support trading and research capabilities in a fast-paced, technology-driven environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in Linux systems engineering, preferably Red Hat.
• Advanced Python development for production backends.
• Strong SQL and relational database skills.
• Experience in financial services is preferred.
• Experience with Airflow, CI/CD, containerisation or quantitative research platforms is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Own and enhance Linux (Red Hat) infrastructure for reliability and security.
• Troubleshoot production issues and manage provisioning, migrations, backups, and DR.
• Administer MariaDB, MS SQL, MongoDB, and Redis databases.
• Maintain Airflow workflows and Python-based data pipelines.
• Build and improve research platforms, tooling, and CI/CD processes.
• Support containerisation, distributed computing, and AI-driven monitoring.

Skills

Linux systems engineering

Python development

Relational databases

SQL

Production backend

Tools

Airflow

CI/CD

Containerisation

Distributed computing

Quantitative research platforms

Job description

Selby Jennings in Dubai represents a leading systematic hedge fund seeking a Quantitative Platform Engineer to own, improve, and maintain the infrastructure behind cutting-edge research and production platforms.

You will collaborate with quantitative researchers and developers to build robust, scalable, and high-performance systems that directly support trading and research capabilities in a fast-paced, technology-driven environment.