Senior Python Data Engineer — Quant Platform

Jump Trading; Sydney; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Jump Trading Group is seeking a Software Engineer to help build a world-class Data Platform for vendor and proprietary data. You will work on deriving analytics, including bars, residuals, curves, and greeks, to empower traders and researchers across the organization.

The role requires deep Python expertise, strong data handling experience, and comfortable collaboration with Shanghai-based teams. A Linux environment, unit testing discipline, and Mandarin proficiency are highly valued.

Qualifications

• 5+ years software engineering with Python in data systems.
• Experience calculating bars and residuals from market data.
• Strong unit testing and Linux environment experience.

Responsibilities

• Build scalable data platform components for bars and residuals.
• Collaborate with Trading/Research to fit workflows and analytics.
• Maintain documentation of technical solutions and calculations for stakeholders.
• Support APAC production and time-zone handover.

Skills

Python

C++

Rust

Data processing

Linux

Unit testing

Documentation

Mandarin

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Git

Kafka

Linux tooling

Parquet

Job description

Jump Trading Group is seeking a Software Engineer to help build a world-class Data Platform for vendor and proprietary data. You will work on deriving analytics, including bars, residuals, curves, and greeks, to empower traders and researchers across the organization.

The role requires deep Python expertise, strong data handling experience, and comfortable collaboration with Shanghai-based teams. A Linux environment, unit testing discipline, and Mandarin proficiency are highly valued.