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Live vacancy · Ref KQ-88E2CD

Software Engineer - Development Platform

An established electronic market maker · Sydney, Australia · first seen 2 months ago

Compensation
Pay not published
Location
Sydney, Australia
Seniority
Not stated

What is the Software Engineer - Development Platform role in Sydney, Australia?

An established electronic market maker is hiring a Software Engineer - Development Platform in Sydney, Australia. It is an experienced software engineer role, and the advert asks for C++, distributed systems, Java and machine learning.

Pay

Pay not published

Not stated by the employer and no benchmark held

Location

Sydney, Australia

Function

Software Engineer

Education

Not stated

Status

Open

Ref KQ-88E2CD

First seen

2 months ago

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About the employer

This vacancy is with an established electronic market maker. We hold the employer's identity confidential until we have spoken with you about the role, so the advert below is written by our research team from the facts stated in the live posting - never copied from it. This role was advertised publicly by the employer. It is not a confidential search mandate; those are handled directly and are never listed.

What you would do

  • ·Sits in the Development team.
  • ·Is classified as an software engineer role from its title and team.
  • ·Works with C++, distributed systems, Java, machine learning and Python, as named in the posting.

What they are asking for

  • ·Practical experience with C++, distributed systems, Java, machine learning and Python.

Skills in this advert

C++Distributed systemsJavaMachine learningPython

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