Quant Systems: Systems Developer (London)

D. E. SHAW & CO., L.P.; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a technology enthusiast to join its Quant Systems team. In this hands-on role, you will be part of an engineering team responsible for designing and maintaining high-performance trading and research infrastructure. You'll have the chance to work on diverse technology initiatives in a distributed computing environment, including workload scheduling, software design, and performance tuning. If you have a passion for technology and a desire to learn, this is an exciting opportunity to contribute to innovative projects in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science or related field or 5 years of experience.
• Proficiency in Python, Golang, or Rust is required.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain high-performance trading and research infrastructure.
• Work on workload scheduling, fleet management, and performance tuning.

Skills

Python

Golang

Rust

Linux-based systems

Networking

SDLC

Time management

Communication skills

Education

Degree in Computer Science

Comparable experience in a technical discipline

Job description

The D.E.Shaw group seeks an inquisitive technology enthusiast to join its Quant Systems team. This is a hands-on technical role within an engineering team responsible for high performance trading and research infrastructure.

What you’ll do day-to-day

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.

Who we’re 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 five 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.