Programme duration: from 3 to 6 months, starting in 2025.
Who qualifies: penultimate or final year students.
Qube Research & Technologies (QRT) is a global quantitative and systematic investment manager, operating in all liquid asset classes across the world. We are a technology and data driven group implementing a scientific approach to investing. Combining data, research, technology, and trading expertise has shaped our collaborative mindset which enables us to solve the most complex challenges. QRT's culture of innovation continuously drives our ambition to deliver high quality returns for our investors.
Over the years, QRT has invested in a global research and execution platform which has been deployed to cover all geographies and asset classes. This platform includes everything from high-frequency trading proficiency to extensive multi-year simulation research infrastructures. Our culture is centred around technology, automation, and industrialized processes. We operate in multiple languages from C++ to Python and embrace open-source software.
You will be joining a community of graduates and interns, who are all looking to build a future career within QRT. We believe in nurturing talent to be successful and are looking for a new cohort of individuals to join the firm in the upcoming year. We will offer a stimulating, intellectual and high performing environment, where we look to work together. You will be given continuous, hands-on training and mentorship which will aid in your QRT journey.
You will have the opportunity to join a growing and dynamic environment, where you will be mentored by industry professionals to support your professional growth, this includes the prospect of securing a full-time graduate position after successfully completing your internship.
Y our future role at QRT The specific team you join will be decided considering both your capabilities and the needs of the company throughout the recruitment process. Here are the potential roles you might fill:
Quantitative Developer: within one of our quantitative or discretionary trading desks, you will design, implement, and monitor real-time trading algorithms. You will integrate these algorithms into our live trading platform and build low-latency tools for our trading teams. You will also provide direct support to Researchers and Traders while gaining hands-on experience with low latency trading components, including software, hardware, and systems.
Quantitative Developer - Pricing: you will develop and maintain software solutions that support pricing, payoff calculations, and financial mathematics. You will utilize Python and C++ skills to build robust, efficient, and scalable systems or tools to explore financial models and market data, and further enhance system performance in a dynamic and collaborative environment.
Quantitative Data Analyst: you will be responsible for sourcing, designing, and onboarding new datasets based on trading desk priorities. You will become an expert in internal tools to assist desks with data usage in trading systems production, proactively solve data-related issues to minimize production time, and manage the entire lifecycle of data sourcing projects, including acquisition, exploration, engineering, prototyping, and production.
Data Engineer: you will manage extensive datasets for QRT's research and trading platform. You will assist in designing and implementing data stores and APIs, monitor data processes and health. Your role will be instrumental in bringing new datasets to production level. Additionally, you will provide support to Researchers and Traders, ensuring they are able to best leverage our data platform.
Python Developer: You will utilise modern python to build a reliable and scalable data processing platform. Create performant ETL processes and increase system throughput to allow us to consume even larger data volumes. You will become an expert in internal tools to assist desk with data usage in trading systems production, proactively solve data-related issues to minimise production time, find bottlenecks and reduce latencies within different trading system components.
C++ Developer: you will develop ultra-low latency trading system in C++ where we work down to nanosecond latencies and interact with low-level technologies like FPGA. You will build out new large-scale data visualization platforms and tools using modern web tools and new data science concepts.
C# Developer: you will partner with traders to extend the functionality and stability of systematic trading tools and provide front-line support, work with other developers to ensure high reusability across different activities
Infrastructure Engineer (Server/Network): you will help on Intel CPU including overclocking L3 cache configuration, and performance testing production code. You will be testing and benchmarking new bleeding edge tech in our performance lab, with the view of releasing new technology into production that has a genuinely positive and measurable impact to the business, with exposure to Linux, RedHat, Python/C++ development, FPGA, Solarflare, git, Bash, SQL, Networks, AWS Cloud Computing, Network protocols, techniques and technologies, Terraform, Ansible, internal software engineering tools.
Security Analyst: you will implement security measures and assist in incident response to protect QRT's computer systems, networks and data. You will help on monitoring systems, identify potential issues and vulnerabilities, and help coordinate the remediation and follow-up actions.
Your present skillset - Excellent fundamental computer science skills such as algorithmics, data structures, algorithmic complexity, parallel programming, OOP etc
- Interest in software engineering/infrastructure/data/security engineering in a low latency environment, using C++, C# or Python
- Interest in developing skills in real-time critical trading systems
- Excellent communication and analytical skills - you will interact directly with Traders and Researchers
- Appetite for becoming autonomous quickly, and ability to work in a fast-paced environment
- Rigorous and structured mindset
Additional: - Database knowledge such as SQL/NoSQL is a plus
- Front-end development is a plus
- Interest in financial markets/algorithmic trading is a plus
Interviewing: - Apply online: applications are evaluated continuously as they are received.
- Technical assessment consisting of a coding challenge that the applicant needs to solve.
- The engineering teams will create a shortlist based on the candidates' backgrounds and how they perform in technical assessments.
- Interviews conducted on-site or through Teams allow us to evaluate your technical abilities and how well you align with our company culture.
QRT is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome diversity as essential to our success. QRT empowers employees to work openly and respectfully to achieve collective success. In addition to professional achievement, we are offering initiatives and programs to enable employees achieve a healthy work-life balance.