Python Developer

Oxford Knight; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading quantitative investment management firm in London is expanding its Platform Operations team with a Python Developer. This role offers the chance to lead engineering projects, collaborate closely with strategy managers, and develop tools that support trading operations, all within a creative and flexible working environment with great benefits in Knightsbridge.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Generous benefits

Regular social and sports events

Top-notch offices in Knightsbridge with amenities

Qualifications

• 1-2 years of Python programming experience in a commercial setting.
• Keen interest in quantitative finance.
• Strong academic background.

Responsibilities

• Contributing to engineering projects for a quantitative investment platform.
• Developing tools & frameworks for trading pipelines.
• Collaborating with Strategy Managers and Researchers.

Skills

Python programming

Problem-solving

Collaborative communication

Financial data handling

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Physics or equivalent

Tools

Pandas

Kafka

Octopus Deploy

Job description

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My client is a leading quantitative investment management firm trading evolving portfolios across the world’s major liquid asset classes. Technology teams work in a stimulating and varied environment, where both cross-team and cross-functional interaction is essential for the firm’s continued success.

Now looking to expand their Platform Operations team with a highly motivated Python Developer to contribute to and lead engineering projects for their best-in-class quantitative investment platform. You’ll work closely with Strategy Managers and Researchers to develop tools & frameworks that facilitate the day-to-day operation of trading pipelines.

They use Amazon S3 for data storage, Python libraries (e.g. Pandas) for data manipulation, Kafka for event-based data transformations, which are deployed using Octopus Deploy. Familiarity with some or all of these will be beneficial but not essential.

This role offers a great opportunity to grow your knowledge – e.g. asset classes & strategies – and to work with and learn from a variety of different strategy managers.

Requirements:

• 1-2 years of Python programming experience in a commercial setting
• A desire to work in a hybrid technical and operational role at the heart of a dynamic data-centric business
• Outstanding problem-solving skills and collaborative communication abilities
• Keen interest in quantitative finance and proficiency in handling financial data
• Strong academic background, with minimum Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Physics (or equivalent technical field)
• Competitive salary + generous benefits
• Regular social and sports events
• Collaborative and creative culture, with a healthy work-life balance
• Top-notch offices in Knightsbridge (gym, on-site barista, breakfast & lunch, games room, roof terrace)

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