Senior Quant Developer, Risk Systems (Python)

Oxford Knight; London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxford Knight is hiring a Quant Developer, Risk, to join a fast-growing financial services firm. The role focuses on producing robust Python code, implementing risk-model pipelines, and building APIs for analytics.

Candidates should have extensive experience with distributed systems and production-grade software in finance. The position is based in London or NYC, offering exposure to prime brokerage, clearing and financing across traditional and digital assets.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years' quant software development experience in financial services
• Ability to write production-grade Python code
• BS degree or above in Computer Science, Mathematics, or related field
• Experience with model-building pipelines (risk/alpha)
• Built large-scale, distributed systems

Responsibilities

• Contribute to productionization of risk models
• Improve research tools and models (e.g., backtesting)
• Develop APIs for internal/external customers with analytics
• Maintain and extend the scenario and risk engines

Skills

Production-grade Python

Quant software development

Distributed systems

Backtesting / risk models

Education

BS degree in CS/Math or related

Job description

Oxford Knight is hiring a Quant Developer, Risk, to join a fast-growing financial services firm. The role focuses on producing robust Python code, implementing risk-model pipelines, and building APIs for analytics.

Candidates should have extensive experience with distributed systems and production-grade software in finance. The position is based in London or NYC, offering exposure to prime brokerage, clearing and financing across traditional and digital assets.