Quantitative Developer: FinTech Data & Platform Engineer

Intropic; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Intropic, a fast-moving fintech startup, seeks a quantitative developer passionate about financial data and building practical products for traders and researchers. You'll blend Python/SQL development with infrastructure work, feature development, and client-facing collaboration, delivering clean, tested code powering real trading and research workflows.

The role is full-time with an expected start in early 2026, offering opportunities across data services, backend development, and end-to-end

Qualifications

• STEM graduate (or final-year student) with demonstrable coding ability.
• Strong Python skills; Java or C++ are a plus.
• Practical experience with SQL and relational databases.
• Familiarity with automated testing and software engineering practices (code review, CI).
• 0–2 years in software eng, quantitative dev, or data engineering; finance experience a plus.
• Good working knowledge of NumPy and Pandas.
• Familiarity with backend development and async programming in Python.
• Experience with containerisation and cloud deployments (Docker, AWS).
• Practical exposure to financial data via projects or internships.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product managers, researchers and engineers to define project scope.
• Maintain and improve Intropic’s financial-data products and data services.
• Design and ship production-grade Python code and libraries.
• Build data pipelines that ingest, transform and validate large datasets.
• Develop REST APIs and use SQL to analyze relational data.
• Deploy code to cloud infrastructure and own end-to-end release process.
• Work with analysts to operationalise research and ensure reproducible results.

Skills

Python

NumPy

Pandas

SQL

REST APIs

CI/CD

Cloud deployments

Containerization

Git

Communication

Education

STEM degree

Tools

Docker

AWS

Job description

Intropic, a fast-moving fintech startup, seeks a quantitative developer passionate about financial data and building practical products for traders and researchers. You'll blend Python/SQL development with infrastructure work, feature development, and client-facing collaboration, delivering clean, tested code powering real trading and research workflows.

The role is full-time with an expected start in early 2026, offering opportunities across data services, backend development, and end-to-end