Senior Quant Analyst, Quantitative Developer

London Stock Exchange Group; United States; On-site; USD 125,000 - 209,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Wellness Allowance

Paid time-off

Medical

Dental

Vision

Flex Spending & Health Savings Options

Prescription Drug plan

401(K) Savings Plan

Company match

Basic life insurance

Disability benefits

Emergency backup dependent care

Job summary

London Stock Exchange Group is seeking a senior quantitative developer to design and maintain data pipelines for research, analytics and production. You will work with ISD Research, Product Management and DataOps to deliver robust, scalable solutions.

The role requires cloud experience (AWS/Azure), Python expertise, and leadership to coordinate a team of developers while advancing the business through data-driven insights.

Qualifications

• Strong programming background with Python and data processing experience.
• Experience building and maintaining data pipelines for large datasets.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure) and data warehouse technologies.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain quantitative data processing pipelines.
• Build and optimize data workflows for large-scale financial datasets.
• Work within AWS and Azure cloud environments using S3, Lambda, EC2, Databricks, and Data Factory.
• Collaborate with quantitative analysts, data scientists, and business stakeholders.
• Implement best practices for code versioning, testing, and CI/CD.

Skills

Strong leadership skills

Analysis and problem-solving skills

Finance domain knowledge

Education

Technical degree in Physics, Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics or Mathematics

Tools

Python

Linux

PySpark

AWS

Azure

Databricks

Snowflake

ETL tools

Job description

Role Profile

The role is in Quantitative Data Research team which sits within Analytics Research Group. This is a senior level quantitative developer role responsible for application development, including the responsibilities for running and refactoring legacy processes as well as coordinating the work of the other developers. This individual will work closely with colleagues within ISD Research and Product Management as well as others with ISD Data Operations, and Technology.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain quantitative data processing pipelines to support research, analytics, and production environments. Commit to support and improvement of existing implementations


• Build and optimize data workflows for large-scale financial datasets, ensuring efficiency, scalability, and data integrity across ingestion, transformation, and delivery layers. Understand data flows that support quant models.


• Work within AWS and Azure cloud environments, leveraging services such as S3, Lambda, EC2, Databricks, and Azure Data Factory to support distributed computation and automation.


• Collaborate closely with quantitative analysts, data scientists, and business stakeholders to translate modeling requirements into robust, production-ready systems.


• Implement best practices for code versioning, testing, and CI/CD, ensuring maintainable and reproducible quantitative infrastructure.


• Monitor and troubleshoot pipeline performance, proactively addressing bottlenecks and optimizing for speed, cost, and reliability.


• Continuously acquire new technical skills—including modern data frameworks, cloud tools, and programming techniques—to enhance the team’s analytical capabilities.


• Engage in active learning of the business domain, developing a deep understanding of financial products, market data, and risk factors to better align technical solutions with analytical needs.


• Contribute to documentation, peer reviews, and knowledge sharing to support continuous improvement within the quantitative development team.

Key Behaviours

• Integrity • Has the sustained drive and energy to deliver support service to time and quality.


• Innovation and Partnership • Open to and willingly adopts new processes / approaches / ways of working.


• Seeks information/inputs from colleagues/clients.


• Deals with conflict successfully.


• Excellence • Willingly puts in the effort to ensure activities completed on time and to the quality required.


• Pro‑active and demonstrates initiative.


• Prioritises activities according to business and operational need.


• Analysis and problem‑solving skills.


• Analyses issues to identify the most appropriate solutions.


• Utilises all available resources and toolsets to investigate and resolve problems.

Candidate Profile / Key Skills

• Strong working knowledge of Python programming language is required.


• Experience with data wrangling and creating data pipelines in Python is strongly desired.


• Familiarity with programming, computing and searching algorithms is a plus.


• Familiarity with Linux environment is a plus.


• Familiarity with PySpark applications is a plus.


• Familiarity with ETL technologies a plus.


• Familiarity with ML and AI technologies and their applications is a plus.


• Technical degree in a field such as Physics, Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics or Mathematics preferred.


• Familiarity with cloud-based platform like AWS, Azure, DataBricks and Snowflake is a plus.


• Strong leadership skills, desire, and ability to innovate.


• Familiarity with finance and fixed income a plus.

Career Stage: Senior Associate Compensation/Benefits Information

LSEG is committed to offering competitive Compensation and Benefits. The anticipated base salary for this position is $125,100 - $208,500. Please be aware base salary ranges may vary by geographic location, city and state. In addition to our offered base salary, this role is eligible for our Annual Incentive Plan (AIP/”bonus plan”). Target AIP rates will be commensurate with role level and posted career stage. Individual salary will be reflective of job related knowledge, skills and equivalent experience.

• Annual Wellness Allowance


• Paid time-off


• Medical


• Dental


• Vision


• Flex Spending & Health Savings Options


• Prescription Drug plan


• 401(K) Savings Plan


• Company match


• basic life insurance


• disability benefits


• emergency backup dependent care


• adoption assistance commuter assistance etc.

LSEG roles (excluding internships and part‑time roles of less than 20 hours per week) are typically eligible for inclusion in our LSEG Benefits program.

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) Information

Join us and be part of a team that values innovation, quality, and continuous improvement. If you're ready to take your career to the next level and make a significant impact, we'd love to hear from you.

LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider.

Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth. Our purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built.

Our values of Integrity, Partnership, Excellence and Change underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do, every day. They go to the heart of who we are and guide our decision making and everyday actions.

Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone’s race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law.

Conforming with applicable law, we can reasonably accommodate applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.

We are committed to sustainability across our global business and we are proud to partner with our customers to help them meet their sustainability objectives.

Our charity, the LSEG Foundation provides charitable grants to community groups that help people access economic opportunities and build a secure future with financial independence. Colleagues can get involved through fundraising and volunteering.

LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.

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LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth. Our purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built.