Software Engineer - Commodities.

Millennium Management; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hedge fund is seeking a Software Engineer in London to drive the development of their innovative commodity technology platform. This role will involve designing and implementing cutting-edge applications in a fast-paced environment, where collaboration with traders and continuous improvement practices take center stage. Ideal candidates will have strong skills in Python and frontend development, along with a passion for financial technology.

Qualifications

• At least 2 years of professional experience in Python application development.
• Experience with data-intensive applications using pandas and numpy.
• Web frontend development experience with React and/or Angular.

Responsibilities

• Develop research and trading applications using Python and front-end development.
• Collaborate closely with traders and technologists.
• Develop and deploy software solutions using CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

Python

Data applications

Web frontend development

SQL

Unit testing

Tools

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

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Software Engineer - Commodities, London

Millennium is a top-tier global hedge fund committed to leveraging innovations in technology and data science to solve complex problems. We are assembling a strong Commodity Technology team to build our next-generation in-house commodity technology platform and ecosystem of tools, applications, and systems. Commodity Technology offers a dynamic, fast-paced environment with excellent growth opportunities and projects involving cutting-edge technologies.

Responsibilities

• Develop research and trading applications using Python (Django, Flask, Tornado, or FastAPI), front-end development (React/Angular), and AWS technologies (S3, SQS, AWS Batch, etc.)
• Collaborate closely with traders, quants, and technologists worldwide to understand system development requirements
• Develop software solutions in an agile manner, employing modern practices such as comprehensive testing, version control, CI/CD, etc.
• Test and deploy software solutions automatically using CI/CD pipelines
• Manage and operate DEV/UAT/PROD deployment environments following DevOps principles

Mandatory Requirements

• At least 2 years of professional experience in Python application development
• Experience with data-intensive applications using pandas and numpy
• Web frontend development experience with React and/or Angular
• Working knowledge of SQL and databases
• Experience with unit testing

Preferred Requirements

• Experience in financial institutions, preferably in commodities
• Familiarity with quantitative finance and electronic trading concepts
• Experience developing dashboards and data visualization applications with Plotly, Matplotlib, Bokeh, Dash, etc.
• Experience with AWS technologies such as S3, Athena, SQS, Batch, Lambda
• Experience with DevOps practices using containerization and orchestration tools like Docker and Kubernetes