Software Engineer

Paragon Alpha - Hedge Fund Talent Business; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hedge fund recruitment firm in Greater London is seeking a junior Software Engineer to help scale their high-performance trading platform. You will focus on building tools and automation for performance monitoring while evolving the observability stack. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of systems design and reliability principles, and will collaborate closely with traders and researchers to improve critical systems. This role offers an exciting opportunity for growth in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of systems design and reliability principles.
• Experience in building tools for automation and monitoring.
• Ability to evolve observability stack.

Responsibilities

• Build tools and automation for performance and monitoring.
• Evolve the observability stack.
• Work closely with researchers and traders.

Skills

Systems design

Reliability principles

Automation

Performance analysis

Collaboration with internal teams

Tools

Python

Linux

Terraform

Observability tools

Job description

Paragon Alpha are partnered with a top performing systematic hedge fund who have posted impressive returns in recent years; leading to aggressive growth primarily in Europe.

Now seeking a junior Software Engineer with a deep understanding of systems design and reliability principles to help scale their high-performance trading platform.

You will build tools and automation for performance and monitoring, evolve their observability stack, and will get the chance to work closely with researchers, traders and a variety of internal teams to improve critical systems.

Stack: Python, Linux, Terraform, Observability tools

Please apply if interested.