What QFEX does
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.
2 open roles
What the role involves
Backend Engineer How Markets Should Be Traditional financial markets are broken. We are fixing them. QFEX is the first perpetual futures exchange to allow 24/7, high leverage on traditional financial assets. Our vision: this kind of exchange will replace the entire $100bn TradFi exchange, clearing and brokerage industry Our mission: make QFEX that exchange. We were founded by Cambridge Maths duo Annanay Kapila and Joshua Wharton, who previously worked at Tower Research Capital and Citadel, respectively. The team also includes former staff from Jump, Barclays, and more. QFEX raised $9.5m from a group of investors including General Catalyst, Y Combinator, Nexus Venture Partners and Paul Graham. What You’ll Do Reliability & performance Design fault-tolerant, low-latency, always-available services; write load tests and chaos suites; tune until p99 is boring. Testing Set up and carry out automated test suites including CI/CD and minimize technical debt. Technical direction Evaluate tools, set coding standards, and guide architectural decisions as we scale. Culture & hiring Share and receive new knowledge and experiences, set impeccable cultural standards, and help interview the next engineers. What You’ll Need A STEM degree from a University that is highly ranked in your home country (at the level of Oxbridge/ Imperial in the UK, HYMPS in the US, or a top IIT in India). Experience with a high-performance language like Rust, C or C++. 3+ years building and working on real-time production Exchanges or HFT Systems. The desire to create and impose a responsible culture of tests, metrics, and graceful degradation. Impeccable levels of trust in yourself and others, including the ability to make decisions in minutes, not days. Bonus points Fintech, exchange, or low-latency experience. Experience with a Python and common data science libraries like pandas and numpy. Deep Kubernetes or infrastructure-as-code experience. Benefits Lunch allowance and regular company events. The ability to grow alongside some of the best minds in fintech, as well as set standards and culture. 25 days holiday + bank holidays.
What the role involves
Research Engineer How Markets Should Be Traditional financial markets are broken. We are fixing them. QFEX is the first perpetual futures exchange to allow 24/7, high leverage trading on traditional financial assets. Our vision: this kind of exchange will replace the entire $100bn TradFi exchange, clearing and brokerage industry Our mission: make QFEX that exchange. We were founded by Cambridge Maths duo Annanay Kapila and Joshua Wharton, who previously worked at Tower Research Capital and Citadel, respectively. The team also includes former staff from Jane Street, Optiver and Jump Trading. QFEX has raised $9.5m from a group of investors including Y Combinator, an early investor in companies like Coinbase, Reddit and Monzo. What You’ll Do Research Lead 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. Operational Tooling Build the internal tools that keep the exchange running: risk and margin dashboards, liquidation simulators, market surveillance, and reconciliation pipelines used by our ops team and institutional clients. Technical direction Evaluate tools, set coding standards, and guide architectural decisions as we scale. Culture & hiring Design fault-tolerant, low-latency, always-available services; write load tests and chaos suites; tune until p99 is boring. What You’ll Need A STEM degree from a University that is highly ranked in your home country (at the level of Oxbridge/ Imperial in the UK, HYMPS in the US, or a top IIT in India). Strong Python and SQL, plus common data science libraries (pandas, numpy). 3+ years working closely with real-time production exchanges, perpetual futures venues, or HFT systems — whether building them, operating them, or working with them in depth. The desire to create and impose a responsible culture of tests, metrics, and graceful degradation. Impeccable levels of trust in yourself and others, including the ability to make decisions in minutes, not days. Bonus points Fintech, exchange, or low-latency experience. Experience building operational and research tooling. Experience with a high-performance language like Rust, C or C++. Deep Kubernetes or infrastructure-as-code experience. 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. The ability to grow alongside some of the best minds in fintech, as well as set standards and culture. 25 days’ holiday + bank holidays.
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