Quantitative Developer: Build Data-Driven Trading Tools

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

Job summary

A leading quantitative investment firm in Greater London seeks a Quantitative Developer to design and implement proprietary systems. The ideal candidate has 5+ years in high-impact software engineering, strong Python skills, and a concise coding style. This role involves collaboration with researchers and managing deliverables in a relaxed yet intellectually driven environment. If you're adept at problem-solving and enjoy working with data-intensive systems, we want to hear from you.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a software engineer in production environments.
• Strong fundamentals in data structures and algorithms.
• Proficient in Python with a clean coding style.

Responsibilities

• Design, code, and implement proprietary systems and tools.
• Collaborate with Quant Researchers and PMs to define requirements.
• Analyze and test code, manage deliverables.

Skills

5+ years of experience in a high-impact, production environment as a software engineer

Strong computer science fundamentals - data structures, algorithms, OOP, threading, multiprocessing

Clean and concise coding style

Solid experience with Python

Experience working in Linux environment

Experience building distributed or data intensive systems

Strong communication skills

Interest in LLM, agentic systems

Job description

A leading quantitative investment firm in Greater London seeks a Quantitative Developer to design and implement proprietary systems. The ideal candidate has 5+ years in high-impact software engineering, strong Python skills, and a concise coding style. This role involves collaboration with researchers and managing deliverables in a relaxed yet intellectually driven environment. If you're adept at problem-solving and enjoy working with data-intensive systems, we want to hear from you.