Python Quant Developer - HFT & Crypto Trading

Flowdesk; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Greater London is seeking a Python Quant Developer to enhance the analytics stack for high-frequency trading. You will collaborate with traders and researchers to create quantitative models and implement efficient data pipelines. The role requires expert-level Python skills and knowledge of crypto markets, offering a dynamic international environment with great benefits including 100% health coverage.

Benefits

Pension

100% health coverage

Team events and offsites

Qualifications

• 5+ years professional Python development experience.
• Extremely effective in writing clean, modern Python code.
• Experience building and documenting high-quality APIs for developers.
• Deep Python ecosystem expertise including Pandas, Numpy, and Matplotlib.
• Proven experience building large data pipelines/ETL workflows.
• Understanding of crypto or TradFi markets.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of QRX for Quant Researchers.
• Work with traders to develop quantitative trading models.
• Build high-quality research tooling and data pipelines.
• Implement performance attribution and diagnostic tools.
• Build dashboards and visualizations for strategy monitoring.

Skills

Python development

API development

Pandas

Numpy

Data pipelines

Jupyter Notebooks

Data visualization

Distributed computing (Dask, Ray)

Tools

Bokeh

PyArrow

Matplotlib

Job description

A leading financial institution in Greater London is seeking a Python Quant Developer to enhance the analytics stack for high-frequency trading. You will collaborate with traders and researchers to create quantitative models and implement efficient data pipelines. The role requires expert-level Python skills and knowledge of crypto markets, offering a dynamic international environment with great benefits including 100% health coverage.