Front-Office Python Engineer - High-Performance Trading

Hunter Bond; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Hunter Bond in London is seeking a Python Software Engineer to join an elite quantitative trading firm building high-performance Python applications at the heart of its investment operations. You will work closely with traders and quants on multi-asset platforms, focusing on performance, reliability and scalability while owning features end-to-end.

The role offers genuine technical ownership, visibility across front office teams and opportunities to influence architecture in a fast-paced,

Qualifications

• 4+ years of strong Python development experience.
• Experience building complex production-grade backend systems.
• Good understanding of financial markets and traded products.

Responsibilities

• Build high-performance Python systems.
• Develop backend applications core to the global trading environment.
• Optimize performance, scalability and reliability across business-critical systems.
• Collaborate with quantitative and investment teams to build technology for trading activity.
• Influence architecture and drive technical decisions from concept to production.

Skills

Python development

Backend engineering

Production-grade systems

Financial markets knowledge

Job description

Hunter Bond in London is seeking a Python Software Engineer to join an elite quantitative trading firm building high-performance Python applications at the heart of its investment operations. You will work closely with traders and quants on multi-asset platforms, focusing on performance, reliability and scalability while owning features end-to-end.

The role offers genuine technical ownership, visibility across front office teams and opportunities to influence architecture in a fast-paced,