GSR - Quant Developer

London3w ago

Requirements

• Rust experience is beneficial; if not, a demonstrable interest in mastering it is essential. • Strong quantitative foundations, with the ability to reason rigorously about pricing, risk, and market structure. • Genuine interest in trading systems, financial markets, or market microstructure, with familiarity in concepts such as limit order books, pricing, or real-time systems. • Experience writing efficient, performance-conscious code in at least one language (e.g., Python, C++, Rust) — comfort picking up new languages is valued. • Strong foundations in algorithms and data structures. • Degree in Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science, or a related field — or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Research, build, and refine trading strategies across market-making, prop, and OTC. • Analyze market microstructure and pricing to identify and evaluate trading opportunities. • Work closely with traders, researchers, and engineers to implement strategies into live trading systems, contributing to development in Rust where needed. • Build tools and infrastructure to support research, including analytics and optimisation workflows. • Monitor live strategy performance and investigate issues in real time, contributing to the stability and reliability of live trading.

Benefits

• A collaborative and transparent company culture founded on Integrity, Innovation, and Performance. • Benefits such as Healthcare, Dental, Vision, Retirement Planning, 30 days holiday, and free lunches when in the office (benefits vary depending on employment location). • Regular Town Halls, team lunches, and drinks. • A Corporate and Social Responsibility program as well as charity fundraising matching and volunteer days. • GSR is proudly an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon any applicable legally protected characteristics such as race, religion, color, country of origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, or age. We operate a meritocracy; all aspects of people engagement from the decision to hire or promote as well as our performance management process will be based on the business needs and individual merit, competence in the role. Learn more about us at www.gsr.io.