Research Engineer
About the role
Lead research across exchange design, market microstructure, venue latency, and exchange data; build internal tools for operations; and provide technical direction as QFEX scales their 24/7 perpetual futures exchange.
Responsibilities
- Research across exchange design, market microstructure, venue latency, and exchange data; translate findings into concrete improvements to the matching engine, margin system, and fee model.
- Build internal tooling to support the exchange operations: risk and margin dashboards, liquidation simulators, market surveillance, and reconciliation pipelines for ops and institutional clients.
- Provide technical direction: evaluate tools, set coding standards, guide architectural decisions as the company scales.
- Design fault-tolerant, low-latency services; write load tests and chaos suites; optimize until p99 is boring.
Qualifications
- A STEM degree from a highly ranked university (UK Oxbridge/Imperial level, US HYMPs, or top IIT in India).
- Strong Python and SQL, plus common data science libraries (pandas, numpy).
- 3+ years working with real-time production exchanges, perpetual futures venues, or high-frequency trading systems (building, operating, or in-depth experience).
- Desire to establish a culture of tests, metrics, and graceful degradation.
Skills
Benefits
- Option to sponsor your visa to work in the UK (after 1 year)
- New York City office, if desired.
- Lunch allowance and regular company events.
- Opportunity to grow with fintech experts and influence standards and culture.
- 25 days’ holiday + bank holidays.
About QFEX
24/7 Global Stock Exchange
QFEX is the 24/7 exchange for traditional financial markets. We let you trade US equities, commodities and FX pairs with (or without) leverages of up to 100x. On QFEX, UX comes first: brokerless market access, seamless integration with traditional payment rails, and ultra-efficient Perpetual Futures offered over all asset classes. Trading has never been simpler, cheaper or fairer than with QFEX. Founded by Quants and Engineers from Citadel & Tower Research who saw an opportunity to make markets how they always should have been, QFEX will eventually replace the entire $100 billion exchange and clearing industry.
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