Senior Python & C++ Engineer for Quant Platform

United States Digital Space LLC; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking a senior software engineer to help build the firm's large-scale quantitative research platform. You will write production-quality Python on Linux, contribute to C++ projects, and collaborate with researchers and portfolio managers to turn insights into scalable systems.

The role emphasizes distributed system design, high-performance algorithms, and data-structures expertise.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of production Python on Linux
• Willing to learn C++, strong plus if experienced
• Interest in ML, DL and backtesting platform design
• Strong Linux system programming fundamentals
• Ability to develop large-scale distributed systems
• Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, high-performance design, and concurrency
• Self-motivated and able to work independently with minimal direction
• Proficiency in English

Responsibilities

• Develop software enabling large-scale quantitative research operations and production of alphas
• Collaborate with researchers and portfolio managers to build scalable platforms and tooling
• Architect and implement distributed systems with a focus on performance and reliability

Skills

Python

C++

Linux

Distributed systems

Data structures

Algorithms

Concurrency

Machine learning

Deep learning

Backtesting platforms

English

Job description

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking a senior software engineer to help build the firm's large-scale quantitative research platform. You will write production-quality Python on Linux, contribute to C++ projects, and collaborate with researchers and portfolio managers to turn insights into scalable systems.

The role emphasizes distributed system design, high-performance algorithms, and data-structures expertise.