Quantitative Developer

Brevan Howard Asset Management

Brevan Howard Asset Management

Software Engineering
London, UK
Posted on Nov 27, 2025

MAIN DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ROLE:

Functional Responsibilities:

  • Work in a small engineering team building critical trading infrastructure and components to support low latency market data, direct exchange connectivity, treasury, risk and data analytics

Essential Capabilities:

  • A bachelor’s or advanced degree in Computer Science is required.
  • At least 3 years professional experience of coding in Rust, Java or C++
  • Clear understanding of CS concept such as memory allocation, threads, async function.
  • 1+ year experience of coding in Python.
  • Attention to detail, strong focus on best practices, testing and monitoring, experience using source control software, code review and release process.
  • Experience with Svelte or JavaScript is a plus
  • Data analyst skill is a plus.
  • Experience building live low-latency trading systems or performance-sensitive software is preferred but not required

WORK EXPERIENCE/BACKGROUND:

Essential

  • A bachelor’s or advanced degree in Computer Science is required.
  • At least 3 years professional experience of coding in Rust, Java or C++
  • 1+ year experience of coding in Python.
  • Strong focus on best practices, testing and monitoring
  • Experience using source control software.

Desirable

  • Experience building live low-latency trading systems or performance-sensitive software is preferred but not required
  • Experience with Svelte or JavaScript is a plus.
  • Data analyst skill is a plus.
  • Experience with cloud native services in GCP is a plus
  • Experience with blockchain protocols, infrastructure and nodes is a plus.