Senior Python Engineer for Quant Research Platforms

P2P; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Medical, Vision and Dental Ins

Travel Medical Insurance

Group Pension Scheme

Group Life Assurance and Income Protec

Paid Parental Leave

Parking and Commuter Benefits

Job summary

Jump Trading Group is building the platforms, tooling, and infrastructure that drive its trading efforts. You will work with quantitative researchers and traders to turn ideas into scalable software, balancing performance with usability in a hybrid Python/C++ environment.

The role emphasizes research infrastructure, high-performance computing, and production-grade systems across distributed compute environments, with opportunities to own projects end-to-end.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience in Python.
• Experience designing, analyzing, and implementing highly algorithmic code.
• Experience building production systems in Linux environments.
• Strong understanding of data structures, algorithmic complexity, and efficient implementation.
• Experience with concurrent and distributed systems.
• Familiarity with cluster, cloud, or other large-scale compute environments.
• Self-directed and able to own meaningful technical problems.
• Background in research infrastructure, HPC, distributed systems, or performance engineering.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and improve the research and production infrastructure underpinning Jump's trading efforts.
• Work across a hybrid Python/C++ environment balancing usability with performance.
• Collaborate with quantitative researchers and traders to translate research workflows into scalable software.
• Develop foundational libraries, backend systems, and workflow tooling for strategy research, testing, and deployment.
• Improve system performance, scalability across distributed compute environments.
• Own projects end-to-end from design to rollout and improvement.
• Contribute to platform evolution as the team grows its research capabilities.

Skills

Python programming

Algorithmic coding

Production systems (Linux)

Data structures & algorithms

Distributed systems

Cloud/cluster compute environments

Ownership & problem solving

Python/C++ interoperability

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering, Mathematics, Physics

Tools

Linux environments

Job description

Jump Trading Group is building the platforms, tooling, and infrastructure that drive its trading efforts. You will work with quantitative researchers and traders to turn ideas into scalable software, balancing performance with usability in a hybrid Python/C++ environment.

The role emphasizes research infrastructure, high-performance computing, and production-grade systems across distributed compute environments, with opportunities to own projects end-to-end.