Linux Engineer – Quant Trading
Quant Capital
Overview
As a Linux Engineer in a leading quant trading environment, you will help build and maintain a high-performance platform powering complex trading systems. You will join a skilled, collaborative team that emphasises automation and knowledge sharing to reduce human error. The role blends in-house and open-source tech to enable deep customization and rapid experimentation. This position offers a chance to work with cutting-edge infrastructure and make a measurable impact on trading operations from London.
Responsibilities- Build and improve a best-in-class platform powering complex trading systems
- Collaborate within a highly skilled Linux-focused team of engineers, admins and developers
- Automate processes to minimise human error and improve reliability
- Leverage a mix of in-house and open-source tech for deep customization
- Troubleshoot and support the platform using advanced debugging tools
- Work with modern Linux concepts and programming languages (C, sockets, virtual memory) and scripting
- Contribute to multi-language software development (Go, Python, Java, C++, Scala or similar)
- Strong STEM background
- Deep knowledge of Linux and operating systems
- Fluent command line and shell scripting
- Familiarity with C, sockets, virtual memory concepts
- Excellent troubleshooting using debugging tools such as gdp, perf, DTrace
- Experience programming in any language (Go, Python, Java, C++, Scala or other)
- Linux operating system expertise
- Shell scripting and command-line fluency
- C and systems programming concepts (sockets, virtual memory)
- Troubleshooting with gdp, perf, DTrace
- Multi-language programming (Go, Python, Java, C++, Scala)
Reference: WJ-747_30145367