A global quantitative investment manager is hiring a software engineer to build the applications and shared platforms its trading operation runs on. The role is broad: application development, distributed systems, cloud and deployment automation. You'll work closely with traders and researchers.

What you'll do

- Build and maintain production applications, services and APIs for a global trading platform
- Create reusable platforms and tools used across multiple trading teams
- Design scalable distributed and event-driven systems that integrate with market data and internal infrastructure
- Develop deployment tooling, release automation and workflow automation (e.g. Airflow)
- Build observable, resilient systems with solid monitoring and failure recovery
- Own software end to end,



from design through to production support

What you'll bring

- 5+ years building and supporting production software
- Strong skills in one or more of Python, Java, Go, Node.js or C++
- Experience with REST APIs and distributed or event-driven architectures
- Linux, relational databases (PostgreSQL/MySQL), Docker/Kubernetes and CI/CD
- Public cloud (ideally AWS) and messaging such as Kafka or RabbitMQ
- Bonus: Airflow, a contemporary front-end framework, or exposure to market data or trading systems

Interested? Apply now to hear more about this Sydney-based opportunity.

📌 Senior Software Engineer – Trading Platforms & Distributed Systems - Sydney
🏢 Westbury Partners
📍 Sydney