Sr Python Developer - Front Office Trading (Quant)

Gravitas Recruitment Group Hong Kong; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Gravitas Recruitment Group Hong Kong is seeking a Senior Developer - Trading Tech to join our front-office technology team. You will act as the technical expert on the trading floor, working directly with traders, quants, and researchers to build and optimize trading software.

You will design and improve day-to-day trading applications, speed up data ingestion, and troubleshoot live systems to minimize downtime. A nose for data, reliability, and fast market adaptation is essential.

Qualifications

• Expert Python skills: You can write high-quality, clean, and reliable code.
• Stock trading knowledge: You understand how futures, options, and complex trading strategies work.
• Front-office experience: You have a proven history of collaborating directly with live trading desks.
• Financial data systems: You know how market data feeds work on standard terminals like Bloomberg or Reuters.
• Reliability mindset: You take ownership of your code and support your applications when issues arise.

Responsibilities

• Designing and improving applications used for day-to-day trading.
• Speeding up the way we bring in and use new financial datasets and trading ideas.
• Watching live systems and quickly troubleshooting technical bugs to reduce downtime.
• Creating reliable systems so the trading team can enter new markets faster.

Skills

Python

Stock trading

Front-office

Market data

Reliability

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Data pipelines

Job description

Senior Developer - Trading Tech

What you will do

You will join our front-office technology team to help our stock and investment business grow. You will act as the go-to technical expert on the trading floor, working directly with traders, quants, and financial researchers.

Your daily tasks will include:

• Building software: Designing and improving applications used for day-to-day trading.
• Adding new data: Speeding up the way we bring in and use new financial datasets and trading ideas.
• Fixing problems: Watching live systems and quickly troubleshooting technical bugs to reduce system downtime.
• Helping the business scale: Creating reliable systems so the trading team can enter new markets faster.

What you need to know - MUST Have Skills

• Expert Python skills: You can write high-quality, clean, and reliable code.
• Stock trading knowledge: You understand how futures, options, and complex trading strategies work.
• Front-office experience: You have a proven history of collaborating directly with live trading desks.
• Financial data systems: You know how market data feeds work on standard terminals like Bloomberg or Reuters.
• Reliability mindset: You take full ownership of your code, focus on system quality, and support your applications when issues arise.

Bonus points if you have

• Knowledge of how trading prices and financial risk metrics (like Greeks) are calculated.
• Familiarity with commodity markets.
• Experience with cloud platforms, container tools (like Docker or Kubernetes), and data automation pipelines.