Quantitative Developer – Multi-Asset Analytics (Python)

Legal & General; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus plan

Share schemes

Generous pension contribution

Life assurance

Healthcare plan

25 days holiday + holidays

Buy/sell holiday

Discounts across stores

Electric car scheme

Job summary

Legal & General is seeking a highly skilled Quantitative Developer to build Python-based services for multi-asset investments in London. You will design scalable analytics for portfolio construction, risk analysis and performance measurement, collaborating with quants, PMs and engineers to deliver production-ready solutions.

We value strong Python and SQL skills, data programming discipline, and the ability to translate investment requirements into robust software.

Qualifications

• Strong ability to translate investment products, portfolios and constraints into robust analytical systems.
• Excellent data skills with deep SQL, data structures and data workflows.
• Experience with modern software engineering practices (version control, testing, code reviews).
• Proven Python development skills and problem-solving mindset for asset management.

Responsibilities

• Designing, developing, and maintaining Python-based analytics for portfolio construction, risk analysis and performance measurement.
• Building scalable, well-tested production code with clear documentation.
• Integrating data sources including market data, holdings, benchmarks and risk metrics.
• Automating analytics, reporting and data workflows to improve efficiency and scalability.
• Validating outputs to ensure economic intuition and technical soundness.
• Collaborating with portfolio managers, strategists and risk teams to align outputs with investment intent.
• Documenting models, methodologies, assumptions and limitations clearly.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data processing

Portfolio construction

Risk analysis

Performance measurement

Testing

Version control

Job description

Legal & General is seeking a highly skilled Quantitative Developer to build Python-based services for multi-asset investments in London. You will design scalable analytics for portfolio construction, risk analysis and performance measurement, collaborating with quants, PMs and engineers to deliver production-ready solutions.

We value strong Python and SQL skills, data programming discipline, and the ability to translate investment requirements into robust software.