Python Engineer, Quant Research Platform

Trading Interview; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Medical Insurance

Travel Medical Insurance

Group Life Assurance

Parking

Job summary

Jump Trading Group is seeking an experienced software engineer to join a team of technologists bridging quantitative research and trading. You will design and build the platforms, tooling, and infrastructure that power our research and trading workflows.

The role emphasizes Python/C++ interoperability, performance optimization, and collaboration with researchers and traders to turn mathematical ideas into robust production software across distributed systems.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience with Python.
• Experience with highly algorithmic code and data structures.
• Experience with concurrent and distributed systems.
• Familiarity with cluster, cloud, or large-scale compute environments.
• Background in research infrastructure or high-performance computing.
• Ability to translate ideas for researchers into production software.
• BS in CS/CE/Math/Physics or equivalent.
• Experience Python/C++ interoperability.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and improve research and production infrastructure for Jump's trading efforts.
• Work across a hybrid Python/C++ environment balancing usability with performance.
• Partner with quantitative researchers and traders to translate research workflows into scalable software.
• Develop foundational libraries, backend systems, and workflow tooling for strategy research, testing, and deployment.
• Improve system performance, algorithmic efficiency, and scalability across distributed compute environments.
• Own projects end to end from design to rollout and ongoing improvement.
• Contribute to the evolution of the platform as research capabilities expand.

Skills

Python

Distributed systems

Algorithms

Algorithm design

Python/C++ interop

Concurrency

Cloud computing

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or equivalent

Job description

Jump Trading Group is seeking an experienced software engineer to join a team of technologists bridging quantitative research and trading. You will design and build the platforms, tooling, and infrastructure that power our research and trading workflows.

The role emphasizes Python/C++ interoperability, performance optimization, and collaboration with researchers and traders to turn mathematical ideas into robust production software across distributed systems.