Quantitative Developer - Hybrid Working - Up to £300,000 Base (+ Bonus)

Hunter Bond; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 250,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market-leading compensation and bonus structure

Excellent career progression

Cutting-edge technology environment

Real engineering ownership

Job summary

An elite algorithmic market making firm is seeking a talented Quantitative Developer to join their highly technical team in London. The role involves developing high-performance trading platforms and implementing quantitative models. Candidates should have experience with C++ or Python, strong system design skills, and a background in a quantitative field. This position offers competitive compensation, career advancement opportunities, and a technology-driven environment.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Quantitative Developer or Software Engineer.
• Commercial experience with C++ or Python, both preferred.
• Strong understanding of high-level system design and architecture.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain research and trading platforms.
• Implement quantitative models and trading signals.
• Design and automate large-scale data pipelines.

Skills

C++

Python

Distributed systems

High-level system design

Quantitative analysis

Education

Degree in quantitative or technical discipline

Tools

Polars

Pyarrow

Pandas

NumPy

Job description

Quantitative Developer (C++ and/or Python)

Client: Elite Algorithmic Market Making Firm (HFT)

Compensation: Up to £300,000 Base + Bonus

Location: London (Hybrid)

Overview

An elite algorithmic market making firm is seeking a talented Quantitative Developer to join a highly technical team building next-generation, high-performance trading platforms. The firm brings together exceptional engineers and quantitative researchers from top-tier technology companies, startups, and quantitative finance, all focused on pushing the boundaries of trading system performance. This is a technology-first environment offering genuine ownership over design decisions and a meaningful voice in the direction of core trading infrastructure.

The Role

As a Quantitative Developer, you will work across a broad range of performance-critical projects, contributing end-to-end from system design through to production deployment.

Key responsibilities include:

• Developing and maintaining research and trading platforms, building tools and libraries in Python and/or C++
• Implementing quantitative models and trading signals, translating research ideas into robust, production-ready code
• Designing and automating large-scale data pipelines for financial datasets using tools such as Polars, Pyarrow, Pandas and NumPy
• Working closely with researchers, traders, and DevOps teams to integrate models into live trading environments
• Contributing to architectural decisions and the long-term technical direction of the platform

Requirements

• Experience as a Quantitative Developer or in a closely related role (e.g. Software Engineer)
• Commercial experience with C++ or Python (experience with both is a plus)
• Experience building distributed, scalable, and robust systems
• Strong understanding of high-level system design and architecture
• Strong academic background in a quantitative or technical discipline preferred
• A curious, technology-driven mindset with an entrepreneurial approach

What’s on Offer

• Market-leading compensation and bonus structure
• The opportunity to work with technology years ahead of competitors
• Excellent career progression and learning opportunities alongside elite developers, quants, and traders
• A highly technical, low-bureaucracy environment with real engineering ownership
• Exposure to cutting-edge performance and distributed systems

If you are a Quantitative Developer looking to work at the forefront of trading technology, please apply directly or email [e-mail] for more information.