Quantitative Software Engineer
About us:
Luno is the crypto investment app you can rely on, enabling you to buy, store and explore crypto securely. We’re committed to putting the power of cryptocurrency in everyone's hands sensibly and responsibly.
Since 2013, we’ve helped millions of people around the world invest safely in crypto. We do this by cutting through the hype and supporting customers at every step of the way. All products and cryptocurrencies on our platform must first meet stringent legal, risk and technical security standards.
Transparency is key for us. Luno stores all crypto on a 1:1 basis and we have rigorous processes in place so you can be confident your investment is secure. We’re available in more than 40 countries around the world and we work closely with respective regulators in all of these markets to be fully compliant, as we believe this is the best way to help everyone, everywhere, invest safely.
The role in a nutshell:
As a Quantitative Software Engineer (Quant Dev) at Luno, you will design, build, and operate the high-performance systems and mathematical models that underpin our trading, pricing, and market-making capabilities.
You will sit at the intersection of quantitative research and production engineering, translating quantitative ideas, models, and strategies into robust, low-latency, production-grade systems that operate reliably in a 24/7 global market. Your work will directly impact liquidity, pricing quality, risk management, and customer outcomes.
Your mission will be:
Quantitative Strategy Engineering
- Partner closely with quantitative researchers to implement, optimise, and productionise trading and pricing models.
- Translate mathematical models, research prototypes, and proofs-of-concept into scalable, reliable production systems.
- Validate assumptions, edge cases, and numerical stability when moving models from research to live environments.
Trading & Market Systems
- Build and evolve market-making, pricing, and execution logic across crypto markets.
- Develop automated internal transfer, rebalancing, and hedging mechanisms.
- Configuration: Add and refine console parameters to optimise for volume, spread, profit, or rebalancing.
Performance, Quality & Risk
- Profile, benchmark, and optimise code paths critical to trading performance.
- Implement regression testing, simulation, and backtesting frameworks to ensure correctness and risk controls.
- Ensure strategies and systems meet governance, auditability, and compliance requirements.
Ownership & Delivery
- Own initiatives end-to-end: design, implementation, testing, deployment, and monitoring.
- Align technical delivery with OKRs and broader Treasury / Trading objectives.
- Work closely with Product and Engineering Managers to shape realistic priorities and timelines.
Collaboration & Coaching
- Act as a bridge between quantitative research and engineering teams.
- Mentor engineers on quantitative systems, numerical correctness, and best practices in trading system design.
- Contribute to raising the overall bar for engineering excellence within the team.
A little about you
Experience
- Proven experience as a software engineer, with exposure to or strong interest in quantitative finance, trading systems, or financial infrastructure.
- Experience working with trading models, pricing systems, or data-driven decision engines is a strong advantage.
Technical Strength
- Strong programming skills, particularly in Python, with solid foundations in data structures, algorithms, and system design.
- Experience writing production-grade, performance-sensitive systems.
- Familiarity with numerical computing, modelling, or statistical techniques is beneficial.
Quantitative Mindset
- Comfortable working with mathematical models and translating them into software.
- Able to reason about trade-offs between model sophistication, performance, and operational risk.
Don’t be put off if you don’t tick all of the boxes – they’re a guide based on what we’d love to see
What stack we work on:
- Kotlin, Swift & Angular
- Go(lang), gRPC
- Kubernetes (EKS), Docker
- CloudFlare, CloudFront, nginx
- MySQL (RDS), Redis (ElastiCache), etc
- Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, Jenkins
Life at Luno:
- Remote but reachable work policy gives you the freedom to choose between working from home or the office.
- Plus the option to buy and sell up to 5 days leave
- Improve body and mind, with excellent private medical insurance
- Access to Learnably and our additional learning platforms for your personal and professional development
- 6 months primary care-giver leave
- Paw-ternity leave for your furry friend
- Annual Inspiration Day in addition to your annual leave which increases based on your length of service!
- A collaborative, friendly work community, with regular social events.
- 0 fees up to a certain amount with Luno from the day you start.*
*Offer only available on Luno Instant Buy, not Luno Exchange
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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