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Software Engineer jobs at quant firms

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How many software engineer roles are open right now?

320 software engineer adverts are open at the firms KnowQuant tracks. The 48 most recently verified are listed below; the full set is in the job book.

Global Delta1 - Software Developer

New today

London, United KingdomAn established proprietary trading firmRef KQ-FCA594

Software engineering

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No salary stated in the advert

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Data Platform Engineer

New today

Amsterdam, NetherlandsA fast-growing quantitative trading firmRef KQ-FB0F29

Software engineering

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

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Systems Engineer, Collaboration Technology

New today

New York, United StatesA fast-growing multi-strategy investment platformRef KQ-E6FF4F

Software engineeringBachelors

$185k – $220k

Advertised base

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Senior Data Platform Engineer

New today

London, United KingdomA fast-growing quantitative trading firmRef KQ-A2B39A

Software engineeringSenior

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

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Site Reliability Engineer (Weekend Warrior)

Sydney, AustraliaAn established proprietary trading firmRef KQ-8A6A0E

Software engineering

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 2 days ago

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Trading Systems Engineer - Global Options

New York, United StatesAn established proprietary trading firmRef KQ-B6C6DB

Software engineeringOptions and volatility

$175k – $225k

Advertised base

Employer-stated salary

First seen 2 days ago

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Senior Software Engineer - Post-Trade Platform

Amsterdam, NetherlandsA fast-growing electronic market makerRef KQ-4CD3E3

Software engineeringSeniorMarket making

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 2 days ago

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Desktop Systems Engineer

Chicago, United StatesAn established proprietary trading firmRef KQ-665BE7

Software engineering

$85k – $125k

Advertised base

Employer-stated salary

First seen 3 days ago

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Trading Systems Engineer - Global Options

Chicago, United StatesAn established proprietary trading firmRef KQ-0EC2A8

Software engineeringOptions and volatility

$175k – $225k

Advertised base

Employer-stated salary

First seen 4 days ago

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Senior Software Engineer - OTC Trading

Amsterdam, NetherlandsA fast-growing quantitative trading firmRef KQ-FBE699

Software engineeringSenior

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 2 days ago

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2027 Software Engineer - Campus Graduate Program - IIT Madras

Mumbai, IndiaA fast-growing multi-strategy investment platformRef KQ-BE9149

Software engineeringGraduateMasters

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 5 days ago

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2027 Software Engineer - Campus Graduate Program - IIT Kanpur

Mumbai, IndiaA fast-growing multi-strategy investment platformRef KQ-EE33F8

Software engineeringGraduateMasters

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 5 days ago

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2027 Software Engineer - Campus Graduate Program - IIT Hyderabad

Mumbai, IndiaA fast-growing multi-strategy investment platformRef KQ-735335

Software engineeringGraduateMasters

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 5 days ago

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2027 Software Engineer - Campus Graduate Program - IIT BHU

Mumbai, IndiaA fast-growing multi-strategy investment platformRef KQ-351214

Software engineeringGraduateMasters

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 5 days ago

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Trading Data Software Engineer

Amsterdam, NetherlandsAn established electronic market makerRef KQ-E0415A

Software engineeringMarket making

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 7 days ago

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Java Software Engineer

Amsterdam, NetherlandsAn established electronic market makerRef KQ-C8F8FF

Software engineeringOptions and volatility

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 7 days ago

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Senior / Staff Software Engineer — Algorithmic Execution Platform

New York, United StatesA fast-growing quantitative trading firmRef KQ-336488

Software engineeringSeniorOptions and volatilityBachelors

$200k – $350k

Advertised base

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First seen 8 days ago

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Senior Software Engineer

New York, United StatesA fast-growing quantitative trading firmRef KQ-769B2F

Software engineeringSenior

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 2 months ago

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Senior Software Engineer, Options Execution

New York, United StatesAn established proprietary trading firmRef KQ-9E4747

Software engineeringSeniorOptions and volatility

$200k – $225k

Advertised base

Employer-stated salary

First seen 9 days ago

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Systems Engineer - Global Development Platform

Chicago, United StatesAn established electronic market makerRef KQ-063B12

Software engineeringBachelors

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 3 days ago

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AI Platform Engineer

Singapore, SingaporeA fast-growing quantitative trading firmRef KQ-CA0C54

Software engineering

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 4 days ago

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Forward Deployed Engineer

Singapore, SingaporeA fast-growing quantitative trading firmRef KQ-591108

Software engineering

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 9 days ago

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Systems Engineer III

Gurgaon, IndiaA fast-growing quantitative trading firmRef KQ-EA0433

Software engineeringBachelors

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 9 days ago

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AV Engineer

Hong Kong, Hong Kong SARAn established proprietary trading firmRef KQ-2C6D08

Software engineering

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 10 days ago

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Senior / Staff Platform Software Engineer

Remote · Remote eligibleA fast-growing quantitative trading firmRef KQ-EC5656

Software engineeringSenior

$200k – $350k

Advertised base

Employer-stated salary

First seen 10 days ago

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Software Engineer, C++ - 6 Month Internship Opportunity

Singapore, SingaporeA fast-growing high-frequency trading firmRef KQ-816D22

Software engineeringInternshipHigh-frequency tradingBachelors

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 12 days ago

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MacOS Engineer

Hong Kong, Hong Kong SARAn established proprietary trading firmRef KQ-EE6817

Software engineering

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 12 days ago

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Senior / Staff Software Engineer, Mobile

Remote · Remote eligibleA fast-growing quantitative trading firmRef KQ-8EA829

Software engineeringSenior

$150k – $250k

Advertised base

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First seen 12 days ago

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AI Platform Lead

New York, United StatesA fast-growing quantitative trading firmRef KQ-7331DE

Software engineeringLead / HeadPhD

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 3 days ago

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Quantitative Software Engineer (DV Commodities)

London, United KingdomA fast-growing quantitative trading firmRef KQ-68A033

Software engineeringOptions and volatilityBachelors

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 15 days ago

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Quantitative Software Engineer (DV Commodities)

New York, United StatesA fast-growing quantitative trading firmRef KQ-5C5BEB

Software engineeringOptions and volatilityBachelors

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 15 days ago

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Software Engineer

New York, United StatesA fast-growing quantitative trading firmRef KQ-71B2F6

Software engineering

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 15 days ago

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Site Reliability Engineer

AarhusAn established electronic market makerRef KQ-8C34D0

Software engineering

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 15 days ago

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Weekend Systems Engineer

Austin, United StatesA fast-growing quantitative trading firmRef KQ-A90F84

Software engineering

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 16 days ago

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2027 Summer Internship – Software Engineer

New York, United StatesA fast-growing multi-strategy investment platformRef KQ-ADE983

Software engineeringInternshipBachelors

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 16 days ago

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Senior Software Engineer, Cumberland/Options Data

New York, United StatesAn established proprietary trading firmRef KQ-B70702

Software engineeringSeniorOptions and volatilityBachelors

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 1 month ago

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Software Engineer (Java) - Research Data Platform

Mumbai, IndiaAn established electronic market makerRef KQ-63552C

Software engineeringOptions and volatility

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 17 days ago

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Senior C++ Engineer

SofiaAn established systematic asset managerRef KQ-099AAA

Software engineeringSeniorOptions and volatility

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 17 days ago

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Graduate Software Engineer (DV Commodities)

London, United KingdomA fast-growing electronic market makerRef KQ-C9065F

Software engineeringGraduateMarket making

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 18 days ago

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Développeur de logiciels / Software Developer

Toronto, CanadaA fast-growing quantitative trading firmRef KQ-461180

Software engineering

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 2 months ago

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Software Engineer, Controllers Technology

Warsaw, PolandA fast-growing multi-strategy investment platformRef KQ-11134D

Software engineering

zł 190k – zł 295k

Indicative base band

Benchmark-backed range

First seen 22 days ago

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Unified Platform - Business Experience - Software Engineer

London, United KingdomAn established proprietary trading firmRef KQ-8F6741

Software engineeringBachelors

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 23 days ago

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Platform Engineer

Sydney, AustraliaA fast-growing electronic market makerRef KQ-BF55A5

Software engineeringMarket makingBachelors

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 24 days ago

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Intern Software Developer - Warsaw 2027

Warsaw, PolandA fast-growing quantitative trading firmRef KQ-C8AE15

Software engineeringInternship

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 24 days ago

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Software Engineer - Data & AI

Mumbai, IndiaA fast-growing multi-strategy investment platformRef KQ-1CEA72

Software engineering

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 7 days ago

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Software Engineer - Cloud Infrastructure

Mumbai, IndiaA fast-growing multi-strategy investment platformRef KQ-B8EC1E

Software engineeringBachelors

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 25 days ago

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IT Security Specialist

London, United KingdomAn established proprietary trading firmRef KQ-DAC5AD

Software engineering

Pay not published

No salary stated in the advert

First seen 25 days ago

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Research Platform Engineer

New York, United StatesA fast-growing quantitative trading firmRef KQ-7EC221

Software engineering

$200k – $300k

Advertised base

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First seen 29 days ago

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What does a software engineer do at a quant firm?

This is the largest technology population at most trading firms and the one most often misread from outside. The work is ordinary software engineering in language and tooling, but the operating environment is not: releases affect live risk, correctness matters more than velocity, and at some firms engineers own their services end to end rather than handing them to a separate support tier.

Explore the careers guideRoutes in, skills and progression

What does a software engineer earn?

KnowQuant's model puts total compensation for a software engineer in New York at roughly $175k to $950k, from entry level to senior. These are modelled bands, not published offers; the salary page shows the basis and how each city compares.

What do software engineer interviews test?

Loops for this function usually probe python, c++, java or rust and distributed systems. The firm guides below describe each loop stage by stage, and the practice bank has worked problems with full reasoning.

Quant interview practice bankWorked problems with answers

Where these roles are hired

What does a software engineer earn?

The modelled band by city and seniority, with the basis it is built on.

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Software Engineer jobs: common questions

How many software engineer jobs are open at quant firms?

320 software engineer adverts are open at the firms KnowQuant tracks, checked against the employers' own boards. The count describes open adverts, not hiring plans.

How much does a software engineer make at a quant firm?

KnowQuant models New York total compensation at roughly $175k to $950k across seniority levels. This is a modelled estimate; adverts that publish pay show it separately.

What skills do software engineers need?

The recurring requirements are python, c++, java or rust, distributed systems, testing and correctness and linux.

What background do quant firms hire software engineers from?

Common routes in include computer science graduates, engineers from large technology companies, backend and platform specialists from fintech and self-taught engineers with strong systems fundamentals. Firms also hire strong candidates from adjacent fields.

Counts describe adverts open on the employers' own boards at the last verification, not hiring plans or headcount. Adverts that disappear from a board drop out of this page.

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Open vacancies we track at quant firms, grouped by role and city. Adverts are anonymised.

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