Quantitative Developer (python/react)

Radley James; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a distinguished senior quant developer to join its Front Office Core Strats team in London. This full-time position offers the opportunity to work on a cutting-edge cross-asset analytics platform, delivering user-facing analytics capabilities across the bank's Global Markets businesses. The ideal candidate will possess strong programming skills in Python and experience with React, along with a solid background in quantitative finance and data science. This role promises significant exposure to stakeholders, making strong communication skills essential. Join a dynamic team and contribute to innovative solutions in the financial services sector.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in front office development at a major investment bank.
• Experience in designing and supporting user-facing analytics functionality.

Responsibilities

• Develop a cross-asset analytics platform for front office sales.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define requirements and implement solutions.

Skills

Python

React

Quantitative Finance

Data Science

API Design

Communication Skills

Education

Advanced degree in Quantitative Finance, Applied Mathematics, Operations Research, Statistics, or Computer Science

Tools

Data Visualization Tools

Job description

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Managing Director | Senior Headhunter specialising in Technology and Quant Trading at Radley James

Tier 1 investment bank is looking to hire a distinguished senior quant developer with expertise in python and react to join its Front Office Core Strats team in London.

The team plays a vital role in driving quantitative deliveries across all of the banks Global Markets businesses managing the core data and analytics platform, including Data, AI/ML, and Governance & Core Engineering. This individual will be responsible for delivering user-facing analytics capabilities to businesses across the markets division.

We are seeking an experienced quant developer to work on the development of a cross-asset analytics platform for front office sales, ensuring alignment with strategic initiatives. This is a hands-on software development role. The candidate will collaborate with stakeholders and users to define requirements, implement back-end and UI components in partnership with technology teams, and ensure consistency with other firm-wide initiatives. This role offers significant exposure to stakeholders and users, and strong communication skills are essential.

What we’re looking for:

• Advanced degree in Quantitative Finance, Applied Mathematics, Operations Research, Statistics, Computer Science or similar
• At least 5 years of experience in a front office development role at a major investment bank
• Experience of designing, building and supporting user facing analytics functionality in a front office environment.
• Experience of system and API design
• Experience of commercial software development in a shared codebase with multiple developers.
• Hands on programming in Python
• Familiarity with modern react UI frameworks
• Experience with data science and visualization
• Market / product knowledge in one or more asset classes

This is a full-time position based in London at VP level. Compensation is highly competitive and contingent on experience.

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Finance

Industries

Financial Services and Investment Banking