ETF Platform Developer (Python)

Advanced Resource Managers Ltd; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 92,000 - 129,000; Full time

Job summary

Advanced Resource Managers Ltd. is seeking an ETF Platform Developer (Python) in London on a hybrid basis. The role focuses on designing, developing and scaling production Python applications within a front-office ETF technology environment, collaborating with PMs and quants.

The successful engineer will modernise trading tools, improve observability, and deliver new capabilities across investment platforms, with a focus on reliability and performance.

Qualifications

• Strong commercial Python engineering experience.
• Experience building and supporting production-grade applications.
• PostgreSQL and Snowflake expertise.
• AWS cloud experience (ECS, EKS, Lambda, S3, RDS or similar).
• CI/CD, automated testing and software engineering best practices.
• Experience within asset management, investment management, capital markets or financial services.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and support production-grade Python applications.
• Enhance investment workflows supporting portfolio management, trading and risk analysis.
• Improve platform scalability, resilience and operational support processes.
• Build and maintain APIs, integrations and automated delivery pipelines.
• Work closely with Portfolio Managers and Quantitative Analysts to deliver business-critical enhancements.
• Strengthen monitoring, observability, testing and production support capabilities.
• Contribute to architecture decisions and application modernisation initiatives.

Skills

Python engineering

Production applications

PostgreSQL

Snowflake

AWS (ECS, EKS, Lambda, S3, RDS)

CI/CD & testing

Financial services experience

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

ETF Platform Developer (Python)
6-12 Months
London (Hybrid) - 1-2 days per week
£#removed# per day (Inside IR35)

We are partnering with a leading global investment management organisation seeking a Senior Python Engineer to join a high-performing ETF Technology team.

This is an exciting opportunity to work directly with Portfolio Managers, Quantitative Analysts and Investment Technology teams, developing and enhancing a suite of business-critical applications that support ETF portfolio management and investment decision-making.

The successful candidate will play a key role in modernising and scaling existing trading and investment tools, improving engineering quality, reducing technical debt and delivering new capabilities across a sophisticated front-office environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop and support production-grade Python applications
• Enhance investment workflows supporting portfolio management, trading and risk analysis
• Improve platform scalability, resilience and operational support processes
• Build and maintain APIs, integrations and automated delivery pipelines
• Work closely with Portfolio Managers and Quantitative Analysts to deliver business-critical enhancements
• Strengthen monitoring, observability, testing and production support capabilities
• Contribute to architecture decisions and application modernisation initiatives

Required Skills

• Strong commercial Python engineering experience
• Experience building and supporting production applications
• PostgreSQL and Snowflake expertise
• AWS cloud experience (ECS, EKS, Lambda, S3, RDS or similar)
• CI/CD, automated testing and software engineering best practices
• Experience within asset management, investment management, capital markets or financial services
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills

Desirable Experience

• ETF investment technology
• Bloomberg or FactSet integrations
• Portfolio analytics and risk systems
• Quantitative finance environments
• Front-office trading technology

If you're an experienced Python engineer with a background in financial markets and a passion for building robust, scalable investment technology, we'd love to hear from you.