Software Engineer - HFT Research Platform - Python

Software Engineer – Research Platform (Chicago) We're partnering with a leading quantitative trading firm to hire multiple Software Engineers into a team responsible for building the infrastructure that powers quantitative research across the business. The team develops distributed systems, compute platforms and developer tooling that enable researchers to run large-scale simulations, process massive datasets and scale thousands of experiments efficiently. You'll work on: Distributed systems and platform infrastructure Compute, scheduling and workflow orchestration Data-intensive applications and research tooling Performance, scalability and reliability challenges Building platforms used directly by researchers and engineers We're interested in speaking to engineers with experience in: Distributed Systems Platform Engineering Compute / ML Infrastructure Data Platforms Cloud Infrastructure Tech stack: Python and Rust/C/C++ Requirements: 3+ years of software engineering experience Strong computer science fundamentals Experience building scalable systems, platforms or infrastructure Strong problem-solving and system design skills Salary/Total Compensation: Open - based on expectations, performance and seniority