Software Engineer (Backend, Python)

QRT is a global quantitative and systematic investment manager, operating across all liquid asset classes. We are a data- and technology-driven organization applying scientific methods to investing. Our collaborative culture and focus on innovation enable us to solve complex challenges and deliver high-quality returns for our investors.   The Risk Team develop scalable software used by Risk Managers, Portfolio Managers and Quantitative Researchers across the business. This team is critical in building high-performance production systems, cloud-native services and engineering tooling that support our risk management capabilities.   Your future role within QRT   We are seeking an experienced Software Engineer to work within our Risk Team to help design and build the next generation of our risk platform. The role is expected to involve the following activities:   * Design, develop and maintain production-grade Python applications and services. * Build scalable APIs, distributed systems and data pipelines supporting risk analytics and business workflows. * Design and develop cloud-native applications using modern software engineering practices. * Collaborate closely with Risk Managers and Quantitative Researchers to productionise analytical models and enhance existing platforms. * Design reliable, observable and maintainable software with a strong focus on performance, scalability and operational excellence. * Contribute to architecture discussions and continuously improve engineering standards, tooling and development practices across the team. * Leverage modern AI-assisted development tools to improve software quality, developer productivity and delivery. Your present skillset * Excellent Python development skills * Strong understanding of object-oriented design and software engineering principles * Demonstrable experience designing, building and supporting high-quality production systems * Good knowledge and experience of developing REST APIs and backend services * Strong SQL knowledge * Experience with distributed systems, asynchronous processing and data pipelines * Ability to test, debug and optimise software with a strong focus on reliability and performance * Experience with containerisation and CI/CD practices * Demonstrable ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with technical and business stakeholders * A passion for building robust, maintainable software and continuously improving engineering practices Desirable to have experience or a willingness to learn in the following areas: * Cloud-native technologies, including AWS, Docker, Kubernetes and infrastructure automation * Monitoring and observability tooling such as Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry or similar technologies * Modern backend and data technologies such as FastAPI, Kafka, Airflow, Terraform or gRPC * Financial markets or another data-intensive, low-latency environment * Quantitative analytics, trading or risk platforms * AI-enabled engineering solutions, retrieval-augmented applications or agentic workflows * Modern AI-assisted development tools as part of the software engineering lifecycle QRT is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome diversity as essential to our success. QRT empowers employees to work openly and respectfully to achieve collective success. In addition to professional achievement, we are offering initiatives and programs to enable employees achieve a healthy work-life balance.

About Neo4j: Neo4j is the graph intelligence platform that transforms data into knowledge to power the next generation of intelligent applications and AI systems. It includes enterprise-ready knowledge graphs for accurate, explainable, and governed AI; the most comprehensive, trusted, and easy-to-deploy graph capabilities across any environment and data source; and an unmatched ecosystem trusted by 84 of the Fortune 100 and supported by the world’s largest graph community. Intelligence that works. Results that matter. Built to work everywhere and integrate with everything across every cloud for dynamic, personalized, and autonomous AI systems. We deliver quicker results, contextual knowledge, and solutions that impact customers and employees across the business. Our Vision:  At Neo4j, we have always strived to help the world make sense of data.   As business, society and knowledge become increasingly connected, our technology promotes innovation by helping organizations to find and understand data relationships. We created, drive and lead the graph database category, and we’re disrupting how organizations leverage their data to innovate and stay competitive. The Team: Neo4j’s managed cloud offering, Aura, brings the power of graph databases to the cloud. We are seeking an experienced Software Engineer - Identity and Access Management to architect, implement, and manage enterprise IAM strategies. This role requires strong technical skills and a keen interest in the identity and access management (IAM) domain and is a good fit for someone who enjoys working with different teams to build secure, scalable, and compliant IAM solutions for AuraDB. You will work closely with security architecture, development, infrastructure, and product teams to consolidate IAM capabilities across critical applications and systems. This position is ideal for someone who thrives in both planning and hands-on execution. The Role: IAM Architecture & Implementation * Contribute to shaping the IAM roadmap and design an architecture that brings  together the IAM domains across Aura. * Develop and maintain scalable IAM solutions including identity governance and authentication frameworks. Authentication & Authorization * Implement and manage tooling for configuring authentication protocols (OAuth2, OIDC, SAML, LDAP, MFA) and lifecycle management (SCIM). * Integrate with enterprise SSO providers (Okta, Azure AD, Ping Identity, etc). * Design and implement relevant access control paradigms for differing business use cases (RBAC, ABAC, PBAC, ReBAC, FGA). * Manage application authentication via Auth0. * Develop access control policies based on least privilege principles. * Support various authentication and encryption methods: JWT, service accounts, workload identity including SPIFFE/SPIRE, client credentials, mTLS, request signing. Security & Compliance * Apply zero trust principles and secure identity patterns for internal/external systems. * Assess and manage IAM attack surfaces and ensure compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements (SOC 2). Collaboration & Leadership * Collaborate with engineering, UX, and business stakeholders using Agile methodologies. * Mentor team members on IAM technologies and best practices. * Produce clear, well-structured documentation for technical and non-technical audiences EXPERIENCE: Required * 7+ years of backend development or software engineering experience. * Familiarity and exposure to software development with IAM systems (Okta, Auth0, Ping Identity, Oracle Access Manager, AWS IAM, Azure AD/Entra ID). * Deep understanding of IAM principles, authentication/authorization protocols, and identity lifecycle management. * Solid grasp of identity security frameworks, protocols, and secure design patterns. * Experience with Python or GoLang. * Experience with at least one of the major cloud providers (GCP, AWS, Azure). Preferred * 3+ years of professional experience in Identity and Access Management. * Familiarity with Kubernetes #Li-Hybrid Why Join Neo4j? Neo4j is, without question, the most popular graph intelligence platform in the world. We have customers in every industry globally, and our products are a proven product/market fit. Joining our team is an opportunity to shape the future of data and analytics. Below are just a few exciting facts about Neo4j.  * Neo4j is one of the fastest-scaling technology companies in this industry. It recently surpassed $200M in annual recurring revenue (ARR), doubling its ARR over the past three years.  * Raised the biggest funding round in database history ($325M Series F). Backed by world-class investors like Eurazeo, GV (formerly Google Ventures), and Inovia Capital, Neo4j has raised over $600M in funding and is currently valued at over $2Bn. This puts Neo4j among the most well-funded database companies in history. * 84% of the Fortune 100 and 58% of the Fortune 500 use Neo4j. Examples include Boston Scientific, BT Group, Caterpillar, Cisco, Comcast, Department for Education UK, eBay, NBC News, Novo Nordisk, Worldline, and others.  * Co-founder and CEO Emil Eifrem has built an amazing culture that prides itself on relationships, inclusiveness, innovation, and customer success. * Countless industry awards. Massive enterprises and individual developers/data scientists love Neo4j. A strong sense of community and ecosystem is built around the platform. * A recent Forrester Total Economic Impact™ Study cited Neo4j as delivering 417% ROI to customers.  Research shows that members of underrepresented communities are less likely to apply for jobs when they don’t meet all the qualifications. If this is part of the reason you hesitate to apply, we’d encourage you to reconsider and give us the opportunity to review your application. At Neo4j, we are committed to building awareness and helping to improve these issues.  One of our central objectives is to provide an inclusive, diverse, and equitable workplace for everyone to develop their potential and have a positive, career-defining experience. We look forward to receiving your application. Neo4j Values: Neo4j is a Silicon Valley company with a Swedish soul. We foster collaboration and each of us is empowered to contribute and put our innovative stamp on projects. We hire candidates who reflect the following Neo4j core values: (we)-[:VALUE]->(relationships) (we)-[:FOCUS_ON]->(userSuccess) (we)-[:THRIVE_IN]->(:Culture {type: [‘Open’, ‘Inclusive’]}) (we)-[:ASSUME]->(:Intent {direction:’Positive’}) (we)-[:WELCOME]->(:Discussions {nature: ‘IntellectuallyHonest’}) (we)-[:DELIVER_ON]->(ourCommitments)  Neo4j is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. Please read the privacy notice regarding Neo4j's recruitment process to understand how we will handle the personal data that you provide.  More information at www.neo4j.com.   ©2026 Neo4j, Inc., Neo Technology®, Neo4j®, Cypher®, Neo4j Bloom™, Neo4j Graph Data Science Library™, Neo4j® Aura™, and Neo4j® AuraDB™ are registered trademarks or a trademark of Neo4j, Inc. All other marks are owned by their respective companies.