Quant Developer

Ncounter; City Of London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Ncounter in London is seeking an experienced Quant Developer to join a high‑performance trading technology team. You will work alongside quantitative researchers to design and implement software that underpins research, analytics and live trading, emphasizing engineering quality, performance and collaboration.

You will help create tools and workflows for researchers to move quickly from ideas to production, owning the software lifecycle from design to deployment and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of commercial Python development experience.
• Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Engineering or Quantitative Finance.
• Experience designing robust, scalable software for data-intensive workloads.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Quant Researchers to build software supporting research and trading.
• Develop scalable Python applications and workflows.
• Design high-performance solutions for processing and analysing large datasets.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to build reusable software components.
• Take ownership from design through deployment and ongoing improvement.
• Support business-critical systems within a modern engineering environment.

Skills

Python

Software design

Performance engineering

Education

Computer Science

Mathematics

Physics

Engineering

Quantitative Finance

Job description

Quant Developer

London Hedge Fund Python Research & Trading Technology

Building great trading strategies requires great engineering.

We're looking for an experienced Python Developer to work alongside Quantitative Researchers, designing and building the software that underpins research, analytics and live trading. You'll join a highly technical environment where engineering quality, performance and collaboration are valued just as highly as innovation.

This isn't a traditional application development role. You'll help create the tools, workflows and platforms that enable researchers to move quickly from ideas to production, taking ownership throughout the full software lifecycle.

What you'll be doing

• Partnering with Quantitative Researchers to build software supporting research and trading
• Developing scalable Python applications and workflows
• Designing high-performance solutions for processing and analysing large datasets
• Collaborating with engineering teams to build reusable software components
• Taking ownership from design through to deployment and ongoing improvement
• Supporting business-critical systems within a modern engineering environment

We're looking for

• Strong commercial Python development experience (4+ years)
• Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, Quantitative Finance or a similar technical discipline
• Experience designing robust, scalable software
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