Java Quant Developer Software Engineer Trading Finance London

eFinancialCareers; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Big annual bonus

Pension plan

Job summary

eFinancialCareers is recruiting a Java Quant Developer in London to join a team of six global developers. You will contribute to fixed income quantitative analysis, with a strong emphasis on Java development and some Python usage. Collaboration with traders and researchers is essential.

The role offers hybrid working with flexible hours and a compensation package including a substantial bonus and pension.

Qualifications

• Excellent Java development experience as a software engineer.
• Strong Java design, architecture and build capabilities.
• Understanding of fixed income markets (rates/credit) and related instruments.

Responsibilities

• Work in a team of 6 global quantitative developers.
• Focus on government bonds (rates) and MBS fixed income analysis.
• 80% Java and 20% Python; productionising models.

Skills

Java development

Software architecture

Fixed income understanding

Front office collaboration

Tools

Python

Job description

Java Quant Developer (Programmer Software Engineer Java Python Fixed Income Bonds Rates Credit Equities Commodities Securities Munis Municipals FX Equity Derivatives Quantitative Analysts Analysis Asset Manager Buy Side Investment Management Fund Hedge Fund Finance Front Office Trading Asset Manager Banking Pre-Trade Risk Pricing PnL) required by our asset management client in London.

You MUST have the following:

• Excellent experience as a Java Developer/Software Engineer/Programmer
• Strong Java- strong design, architecture and build experience
• An understanding of fixed income whether rates or credit markets, equities, commodities or FX markets
• Good ability to work and collaborate with front office stakeholders such as traders, quants, researchers etc

The following is DESIRABLE, not essential:

• Buy-side- asset management, investment manager, hedge fund
• Pre-trade analytics, pricing or PnL analysis
• Derivatives

Role: Java Quant Developer (Programmer Software Engineer Java Python Fixed Income Bonds Rates Credit Equities Commodities Securities Munis Municipals FX Equity Derivatives Quantitative Analysts Analysis Asset Manager Buy Side Investment Management Fund Hedge Fund Finance Front Office Trading Asset Manager Banking Pre-Trade Risk Pricing PnL ) required by our asset management client in London. You will work in a team of 6 global quantitative developers. This team is dedicated to government bonds (rates) and MBS fixed income quantitative analysis and researchers across the company and productionising their models. This is 80% Java and 20% Python. You don't need to have Python experience though. Fixed income experience is advantageous but not essential. They would be happy with experience in equities, commodities or FX. Pre-trade risk or pricing as well as PnL knowledge is highly desirable.

Hybrid working is 4 days/week. There is flexibility with hours to accommodate school runs etc.

The company has aggressively adopted AI: ChatGPT, MS CoPilot and GitHub CoPilot and ClaudeCode are all available. There are no limitations on the use of tokens.

Salary: £120-160k + 100% Bonus + 10% Pension