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The Client

My client is one of the world’s largest hedge funds, and an industry leader in high-alpha liquid investment strategies. This is an excellent opportunity to join one of the most prestigious technology teams in systematic trading.

The Role

As a quant developer you will work alongside traders, quant analysts and operations officers. All code is written in Python, although any OO background is sufficient to be considered for the role.

The role includes a range of work, including implementing advanced trading models, pricing functions, high performance data acquisition and numerical algorithms. The role is ideal for anyone looking to combine mathematical ability with computer science.

Key Skills

• Any OO
• 2+ years’ experience
• Degree from a top-tier university in Maths or Computer Science (or similar subject)
• Experience working in a financial domain is a bonus
• Passion for technology, evidenced by personal projects, GitHub account, etc.

Benefits

• Very competitive salary
• Generous bonuses
• Google-like office in central London

The Client

My client is a market-leader in machine learning and predictive technology. What sets them apart from their competitors is that their predictive machine focuses on causality, and is capable of applying time-series data from a vast range of industries, rather than just one. In turn, they are capable of providing accurate predictions for a variety of clients.

Their clients include tier-1 investment banks, leading hedge funds and one of Europe’s biggest logistics companies – predicting outputs such as oil prices, mortgage rates, energy consumption, and even the spread of disease.

The Role

Data Scientists here are split into two paths, depending on your experience and career aspirations: Commercial where you will be working with clients to tailor the predictive machine to their specific needs; and Research where you will work purely in-house to develop new models.

Both teams provide the opportunity to work with an incredibly smart group of individuals who simply love to solve tough problems.

If you would like to take a look at both job specs just let me know!

Requirements

• Strong academic record – PhD or Master’s in ML/Maths/Stats, etc. – from a leading university
• Creative mind and ability to come up with new ideas to solve complex problems
• Experience publishing journals is also highly sought-after
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Benefits

• Competitive salary + share options
• Budget for personal development to attend conferences, courses, buy books, etc.
• Choice of laptop
• Flexible hours and WFH opportunities
• Regular team socials and trips away

Fantastic opportunity for smart, motivated, problem-solvers to get involved in a major build-out of functionality using Rust and Python. Hugely successful, this firm insures the pensions of over 800,000 individuals and they’re in the midst of redeveloping and modernizing their full technology stack.

Joining a talented and friendly team of ~15 people, in this role you will be making a real impact from day one. Your focus will be on projects such as trade modelling and pricing, market data processing, risk reporting, scenario analytics tools and DevOps/platform engineering.

The successful candidate will have a ‘can-do’ attitude with demonstrable commercial experience of delivering robust, high-performance software. If you enjoy working on multiple and varied large projects and sharing your tech knowledge & creative ideas, this is the role for you!

Requirements

• Degree in Maths, Physics, Computer Science, Engineering or similar
• Excellent applied programming skills – Python, Rust, C++ or other major languages
• Financial markets experience or keen interest to learn
• Knowledge of Fixed Income products and derivatives is desirable
• Bonus points for contributions to open-source projects

Culture / Benefits

• Market-leading base + bonuses
• Meritocratic work culture and superb chance to work with the best engineers
• Direct business impact

Salary

<£200k total compensation

With no red tape, no dress code and no rigid structure, this is not your standard hedge fund.

Superb opportunity for a full stack Java developer to work on a brand-new centralised research data platform, the first of its kind at this fund. With significant amounts of greenfield work and the chance to work with a truly diverse tech stack, you can really make an impact in this forward-thinking environment.

Role will include

• data platform design and build out
• integrated pricing and risk models / APIs
• developing and supporting all levels of the tech stack, including frontend, middleware, servers and databases
• full SDLC involvement: from requirements gathering, to designing, developing, deploying, through to support and system monitoring

Requirements

• 2+ years’ commercial core Java experience
• Degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science or similar
• Basic knowledge of SQL/RDBMS
• Strong team-working and communication skills – comfortable suggesting new technologies/methodologies
• Bonus points for Fixed Income knowledge and/or experience with ETL, data pipelines, data monitoring, etc.

Culture / Benefits

• Opportunities to influence tech decision-making, while using the latest technologies and open source software
• Atmosphere of open dialogue and entrepreneurial/start-up feel
• Recently renovated, amazing open-plan office with roof terrace overlooking Green Park

Salary

<£130k base + lucrative hedge fund bonuses

Salary Range: €75,000 – 150,000

Summary: 

An elite prop trading firm, with a relaxed yet rewarding approach, is looking for exceptional engineers to join their talented FPGA team in London. They are scientific, tech-driven and they invest heavily in their engineering teams. Developers here are truly world-class.

Working with traders and technologists, the FPGA team designs and builds technology to support global trading operations, seeking to increase efficiency of existing strategies and exploit new, previously inaccessible trading opportunities. Many of the projects you will tackle are greenfield; you will be at the bleeding edge of hardware and proprietary design.

It is a mature environment that is transparent, collaborative and offers enormous opportunity to grow and have an impact on the business. The ideal candidate will come from a mathematical background, with strong problem-solving abilities and an eagerness to take on new challenges.

Requirements:

• 2+ years’ FPGA experience
• Proficiency with Verilog and source control management
• Experience with automated verification and mathematical/DSP implementation in FPGA
• Comfortable solving new and unfamiliar problems quickly and creatively
• Interest in trading and finance

Culture / Benefits:

• Excellent bonus potential and compensation
• Friendly, informal yet highly rewarding work culture
• No dress code, catered offices and regular social events
• Work with the latest technologies on complex problems with significant impact

Summary: 

An elite prop trading firm with a relaxed yet rewarding approach is looking for exceptional quantitative developers with C++ experience. They are scientific, tech-driven and they invest heavily in their engineering teams. Developers here are truly world-class.

Collaborating with traders and other developers, this is a high-impact role. You will be responsible for building and improving in-house applications, through to cutting-edge web-based user interfaces, to tools to interrogate multi-terabyte data sets.

The ideal candidate will come from a mathematical background, with an enthusiasm for learning new technologies. You must be an exceptional communicator, adept at sharing and presenting your expertise to technical and non-technical users alike.

Requirements:

• Significant C++ experience, including writing, deploying and maintaining in a production environment, with some Python development skills
• Sound programming fundamentals and mathematical techniques
• Experience in any of the following is a bonus: large data sets, time series, Python libraries (e.g. sciPy, numPy, pyTorch, pandas, pickle, hd5, feather, etc.)
• Outstanding level of attention to detail and quality
• Desirable: buy-side firm experience and/or knowledge of derivative pricing

Culture / Benefits

• Excellent bonus potential and compensation
• Friendly, informal yet highly rewarding work culture
• No dress code, catered offices and regular social events
• Work with the latest technologies on complex problems with significant impact

Summary: 

An elite prop trading firm with a relaxed yet rewarding approach is looking for talented quantitative developers with Python experience. They are scientific, tech-driven and they invest heavily in their engineering teams. Developers here are truly world-class.

Working closely with Portfolio Managers and Researchers, you will be pivotal in the development of their systematic trading business. This is a high-impact role, responsible for deploying scalable and performant tools for research on large data sets, implementing advanced statistical techniques, and creating a market-leading research platform.

The ideal candidate will come from a mathematical background, with an enthusiasm for learning new technologies. You must be an exceptional communicator and be keen to share your expertise with end users to improve the standard of their Python engineering.

Requirements:

• Strong Python experience, including writing, deploying and maintaining Python in a production environment
• Sound programming fundamentals and mathematical techniques
• Experience in any of the following is a bonus: large data sets, time series, Python libraries (sciPy, numPy, pyTorch, etc.), knowledge of financial markets
• Outstanding level of attention to detail and quality

Culture / Benefits

• Excellent bonus potential and compensation
• Friendly, informal yet highly rewarding work culture
• No dress code, catered offices and regular social events
• Work with the latest technologies on complex problems with significant impact

Salary: £80,000 – 100,000 base + 40-70% bonus

Job description:

Client

Fantastic opportunity for a modern C++ engineer to join the core Fixed Income and Commodities Technology group at one of the world’s most prestigious hedge funds. This team is the backbone of their cross-asset Risk and PnL system for all Fixed Income, Commodities, Credit and FX products.  This system is running 24/7 for the past 10 years and is a real-time, highly distributed platform that is being rebuilt into a next-generation platform.

They’ve got a fantastic name in the industry with good reason; paying strong salaries on both base and bonus, and a good tech culture, which is both collegial and dynamic.

Role

You will be building the next-generation analytics library in C++, with elements of Java and Python. Greenfield work, you’ll be building the distributed pricing platform – utilising Kubernetes, microservices, AWS and Docker on multithreaded systems. You will get a lot of product exposure whilst working closely with other teams (research, trading, middle office) within FI, Commodities, Credit and FX.

Skills and Experience Required

• Substantial experience with modern C++ (C++11, ideally later) on Linux
• Python or Java experience is highly advantageous
• Minimum bachelor’s degree in Computer Science (or related) from a top-tier university
• Strong financial knowledge – FI pricing and Risk analytics, Commodities, Credit, FX
• Bonus points for experience with cross-asset pricing and risk systems

Benefits & Incentives

• Strong salary + bonuses
• Work-from-home opportunities
• Collaborative culture and an exciting place to work
• Generous benefits package

Salary: £80,000 – 130,000 base + 40% bonus

3-20 years’ experience

Job description:

Client

Fabulous opportunity for a talented Python engineer to join a global multi-strategy fund (with a focus on Equities) in their central London office. Not your average hedge fund, they have built their own core infrastructure platform that allows its traders to pursue unique investment strategies, consistently delivering high quality returns independent of the general market.

They’ve got a fantastic name in the industry with good reason; paying strong salaries on both base and bonus, and a good tech culture, which is both collegial and dynamic. This is the perfect time to get onboard as they look to grow and expand their PM teams.

Role

You will join a middle-office development team which primarily looks at equities, with some cross-asset components as well. You’d be working on a trading application with a focus on data, expanding database access by building RESTful APIs for the front-office teams. This role will also involve release management, configuration, testing and production troubleshooting as functionality is extended.

This year, they are moving a lot of the code to the cloud (AWS), using containerisation (Docker/Kubernetes) and are also looking at using Amazon Redshift for historical data. They have a rich tech stack, using predominantly Python (bits of Java) along with RabbitMQ, MongoDB and Apache Kafka for data access.

Skills and Experience Required

• Exceptional Python skills
• Commercial experience writing and tuning SQL queries
• Strong knowledge of Unix/Linux
• Computer Science degree (or similar) from a top-tier university
• Bonus points for experience in cloud tech (AWS), Apache Kafka or container tech (Docker/Kubernetes)
• Finance experience is beneficial, but by no means a requirement

Benefits & Incentives

• Strong salary + bonuses
• Work-from-home opportunities
• Collaborative culture and an exciting place to work
• Generous benefits package

1-20 years of experience

Job Summary: A small firm with one of the best names within the HFT market. Specialists within electronic market making in FX, equity, fixed income and commodity markets. Ultra-low-latency C++ development alongside industry experts (C++ committee members and contributors to latest C++ versions).

Job Description:

Client:

The algorithmic models are built against multi-petabyte datasets on huge clusters, all run in-house. With fewer than 100 staff in total but a household name within the HFT world, this company prides itself on its flat structure whilst avoiding bureaucracy. They hire the best and encourage them to innovate and break boundaries – not get stuck behind red tape.

Role:

Yes, you have the fancy office with a replica spaceship (genuinely!), the latest hardware, the company trips abroad, the Michelin star dinners. But it’s the work, and the colleagues that draw people to this company:

• Build the trading models actually run in production
• Launch new strategies without involvement or interference of the quant team
• PnL-generating function – not just making adaptors for other teams
• Ultra-low latency optimisation down to the hardware
• Build custom compilers, build custom math functions
• Work alongside the developers implementing C++20 on the Standards Committee (code in production is mostly C++17 with some C++20)

Skills and Experience Required:

• Phenomenal development skills
• Interest in C++ as a language – you should know about the changes in C++20, and be using C++17 at work or in spare time
• Financial knowledge is not required. They have hired from finance, but also from gaming and other tech firms

Benefits and Incentives:

• Ownership + the work
• Techie culture
• Compensation – you are making a direct impact on the PnL

Salary:

£100-200k base + bonus potential of multiples of base

Leading global market maker leveraging technology to solve challenges in the markets is looking for an experienced Systems Engineer to reduce complexity in and improve performance of trading systems.

Working within a dynamic team in Sydney, Systems Engineers at this firm are responsible for the deployment and configuration of all Linux-based systems and services. You’ll work directly with researchers, application development and other infrastructure teams as they grow their presence in the APAC region.

This is a team of highly skilled engineers who oversee reliability, availability and performance, working with the global systems team to improve technology, while innovating and pushing for APAC autonomy.

Requirements​:

• Strong, comprehensive understanding of Linux engineering and administration methods
• Solid understanding of data protection schemes, how they’re commonly deployed, and how they fail: erasure coding, replication, RAID, snapshots, etc.
• Familiarity with tuning OS and kernel parameters for improved performance, and tools such as Terraform, Packer, Ansible, Puppet, etc.
• Comfortable working with common scripting languages, such as Python
• Broad experience with common infrastructure services, such as DNS, DHCP, LDAP, Kerberos, etc.

Benefits:

• Hugely collaborative environment between teams, not siloed like other firms
• Competitive compensation: truly flat structure; feel valued for your input and be rewarded for great ideas
• Work with the latest technologies on complex problems

Job Summary:

This is a leading multi-asset fund focused on major macro asset classes, including interest rates, FX, equities, credit, and commodities in developed and emerging markets. They value technology highly and are looking to add an outstanding Support Engineer to their Quant/Enterprise Tech team.

The Role:

You will be:

• Proactively ensuring systems are stable, performing well and accurate
• Supporting the Quant/Enterprise Technology systems
• Identifying technical challenges and opportunities, and providing practical solutions
• Working closely with developers to manage release deployment whilst handling the test environment

Their stack is primarily focused on Microsoft .NET technologies (though candidates from any OO background are encouraged to apply) and you will be using Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 and ReSharper.

Requirements:

• Strong academic background with 2:1 (or higher) in a STEM subject from top-tier university
• Sound programming and technology skills with an in-depth understanding of Microsoft technologies, e.g. C#, .Net, SQL, etc.
• Substantial experience in the support function within financial services, e.g. a bank, hedge fund or other market contributor
• Enthusiastic about programming and technology
• Bonus points for software development life cycle experience
• Previous exposure to a test-driven environment would be advantageous

Benefits:

• Thrive in a collaborative working environment, driven by teamwork
• Strong compensation and bonus potential
• Generous benefits package – healthcare, dental, pension, etc.

Job Summary:

Fantastic opportunity to join a leading multi-asset fund where you will draw on both your excellent academics and your strong programming skills.

Working closely with Quantitative Analysts and Software Developers, the Quantitative Development team is responsible for the tech infrastructure both inside and surrounding the core analytics library. You will identify technical challenges and opportunities, provide practical solutions to complex problems, and use your initiative when challenging current systems.

They primarily use C#, but are keen to see candidates from any OO background.

The ideal candidate will be technically strong, but will also have product/financial knowledge, maths skills, and the ability to talk to traders.

Requirements:

• Strong academic background with 2:1 (or higher) in a STEM subject from top-tier university
• Sound programming and technology skills in an OO language, e.g. C#, C++, Java, Python
• Experience working on risk engines, PnL attrition/PnL explain or time-series analysis is a big plus
• Knowledge of relational databases and maintaining SQL
• Experience in software testing
• Previous front office exposure in financial services would be advantageous

Benefits:

• Thrive in a collaborative working environment, driven by teamwork
• Strong compensation and bonus potential
• Generous benefits package – healthcare, dental, pension, etc.

Highly proficient Python engineer with NumPy and Pandas libraries experience wanted for a fantastic opportunity at this growing fintech. They reduce risk in financial markets, and counterparty risk between market participants using sophisticated technology, improving market liquidity and clients’ returns. Clients include the G15 top-tier global banks, regional banks and other large institutions.

The successful candidate will be comfortable working both individually and as part of a larger team to deliver high quality software solutions in an agile environment. You’ll be building APIs and unit tests, striving for continuous improvement at every stage of development. You’ll need to be able to work with end users without detailed formal specifications, so communication skills are important.

If you are tech savvy, intellectually curious, and passionate about achieving in a very progressive company, this role is for you.

Requirements

• 3 – 5 years’ professional experience with Python specifically, including NumPy and Pandas libraries
• Excellent communication skills – both technical and non-technical
• Strong numerate degree with practical experience in numerical methods, statistics and calculus (ideally in Finance)
• Working knowledge of different programming paradigms (OO, Functional, Imperative)
• Experience with any of the following is desirable: C++, AWS, Jira, Confluence, Jenkins, SQL/RDBMS

Rewards and Incentives

• Significant salary + bonus + benefits
• Build complex software solutions to solve challenging problems in agile environment
• Positive, friendly culture

Summary:

FPGA Developer wanted for this award-winning market maker to join their highly experienced team. This role will give you the opportunity to develop and implement hardware solutions in areas such as fast networking, high performance compute and real-time acceleration.

They are seeking an extraordinary problem-solver and an outstanding communicator, comfortable liaising with a variety of cross-functional teams. The successful candidate is expected to research design and implement FPGA solutions for the ultra-low-latency trading systems. You will also design and develop high-performance C++ components used by trading applications.

** Positions available in London, Dublin, Sydney or Hong Kong **

Requirements​:

• Strong C++ programming skills
• Very good scripting skills; Python preferred
• Working knowledge of FPGAs from an interface perspective
• Experience building digital systems for a variety of domains
• Familiarity with networking protocols – Ethernet, TCP/IP, UDP, Multicast
• Minimum bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering or Computer Science (or related field)
• Financial experience is NOT required

Benefits:

• Market-leading base salaries + huge bonus potential
• Collaborative culture and an exciting place to work
• Huge amount of ownership and autonomy
• Flexible working encouraged and regular socials

Summary

Join a sophisticated technology team in the London office of a prop trading house that places software development at the centre of business strategy.

This role is for a senior engineer who is able to take on problems at all levels of the software stack, including low-level code to drive network hardware, super reliable high-performance trading infrastructure and time-saving internal tools. You will be taking ownerships of projects and writing production code from day one.

Working collaboratively alongside the traders, this is very much a hands-on role with a real impact on improving people’s daily work. The development team enjoys great flexibility when planning roadmaps and deciding which features to implement.

***All interviews and start dates will be fully remote.***

Requirements

• BS in Computer Science or Computer Engineering (or equivalent experience)
• Expert-level experience programming in C/C++ 11/17, Python
• Previous finance experience, or other significant hands-on development
• Linux guru
• Ability to juggle a lot of priorities and continuously deliver
• Interest in finance / machine learning / big data and/or robotics are pluses

Benefits

• Vibrant, flexible and inspiring work environment with excellent rewards
• Free food / gym onsite

Salary

Up to £180k base + bonus

Summary

***This role is available in Chicago / London / Amsterdam.***

The positive feel of a start-up with the benefits that come with a more established player, this leading quant firm is looking for exceptional FPGA engineers to join an elite global team to design and build the next generation of hardware solutions.

Collaborating with technologists and traders, you will provide hardware systems in areas such as fast networking, high performance compute and real-time acceleration. You will be expected to solve difficult technical problems in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, with a focus on co-designing hybrid hardware/software solutions.

They see technology as a key component of their continued success. The ideal candidate will be keen to learn new, cutting-edge technologies, and have a proven record of solving unstructured problems.

***All interviews and start dates will be fully remote.***

Requirements

• Solid knowledge of building reliable, high performance FPGA hardware systems
• A mix of traditional RTL development + software skills
• Ability to perform in a fast-paced environment, where accuracy is crucial
• Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Computer Science or Computer Engineering (or equivalent)

Benefits

• Competitive base salary & bonus
• Enormous opportunity to grow and have an impact
• Contributions are rewarded; career progression supported
• Free breakfast, lunch and dinner

Salary

up to £150k + bonus

Summary 

Not your traditional HFT firm, this company takes a scientific approach to trading financial products and they’re looking for a modern C++ engineer to help drive their expansion into the EU/APAC markets. A community of self-starters from multiple tech backgrounds – maths, computer science, statistics, physics, engineering – they have built one of the world’s most sophisticated computing environments for research and development.

This is an extremely high-impact role – contributing to the bottom line from day one. You will work closely with the algo and operations teams, and you will be expected to own the process of entering new markets while managing the continuing ongoing process of optimizing trading in existing markets.

***All interviews and start dates will be fully remote.***

Requirements

• Modern C++ (17/20) experience is a must-have
• Familiarity with UNIX operating systems and comfort at a command line
• Exceptional communication skills, including the ability to describe software designs at all technical knowledge levels; fluency in Mandarin a plus
• Self-starter, with a passion for coding, tinkering, reading, exploring, breaking things, etc. in your spare time
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering (or related field)
• Experience developing market data and order entry systems a plus

Benefits

• Market-leading salary + bonuses + benefits
• Collaborative and friendly environment with smart, highly engaged colleagues
• Culture where everyone’s ideas are encouraged and celebrated
• Gain broad exposure to both technical and business aspects of trading

Salary

up to £180k + bonus

Summary 

***This position can be based in Chicago / London / Singapore.***

High-frequency prop trading firm with offices worldwide are looking to expand their in-house trading team with a talented software developer well-versed in C++.

Enjoying high levels of autonomy, the successful candidate will design, develop and implement a low-latency, high-frequency trading platform. You will also contribute to the development and optimization of large-scale parallel computation problems involving large amounts of shared data, and improve performance by optimizing the efficiency of machine learning-based algorithms.

The ideal candidate will be comfortable managing multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment and possess exceptional communication skills in English, both verbal and written.

***All interviews and start dates will be fully remote.***

Requirements

• 5+ years of practical experience in C++ and 3 years with Python
• Strong proficiency with data structures, algorithms, and OOP
• Sound experience using other programming languages, such as Java
• Solid working knowledge of Linux and SQL
• Self-starter, with a passion for innovation and building systems from scratch

Benefits

• Market-leading salary + bonuses + benefits including medical insurance and gym membership
• Collaborative and friendly environment with smart, highly engaged colleagues
• Relaxed, dress-down office culture, with breakfast, lunch and snacks provided

Salary

£165,000 + bonus

Salary: up to £150k + bonus

Summary

Not your standard financial services provider, this firm prides itself on its flat hierarchy, avoiding bureaucracy whilst rewarding people on merit and excellence. Specialists within electronic market-making in FX, equity, fixed income and commodity markets, they have one of the best names in the industry.

Based in London, Sydney & Amsterdam, they are looking to expand their low-latency team with a developer well-versed in modern C++ (C++11 onwards). They design, build and maintain the entire software stack and everything they build is used in-house, trading over $175 billion of assets every day.

***All interviews and start dates will be fully remote.***

Requirements

• Strong knowledge of C++11 onwards (they have a completely post-2011 codebase)
• Sound understanding of what happens inside a computer when your code is running, e.g. caching, paging & system calls, how these work and why. (Knowledge of execution pipeline in a modern CPU is a bonus.)
• Good proficiency in mathematics, especially being comfortable with calculus and matrices (as much of the work involves designing and implementing numerical algorithms)
• Familiarity with common algorithms and data structures and their performance trade-offs
• Practical experience designing and implementing complex software systems is a plus.
• Experience with Linux and/or Python is a plus, but by no means a necessity.
• Financial experience is NOT required

Benefits

• Significant compensation package – you are making a direct impact on the PnL
• Collaborative and friendly environment with highly engaged colleagues
• Culture of trust, innovation and scientific rigour

Company:

This hedge fund, with a cool start-up vibe, is the next big thing in systematic trading. Using the best technology and tools in the market, they are developing proprietary trading strategies, technology and algorithms to make tens of thousands of trades per second.

With technology being so central to the success of this company – they rely heavily on the ultra-low latency of trades and high performance code – this hedge fund proudly brands itself as 97% tech-driven and ‘more like a software house’ than a bank. Working with a range of technologies – C++/Java/C# – they will consider any OO.

Position:

An opportunity exists for several strong developers to join the EU development team based in London. With experience developing in OO languages [C++ or Java or C#] you will work on one of the core trading systems. While you need NO financial knowledge, you should be willing to learn.

This role is business facing; working with traders to implement new ideas and further enhance the in-house developed trading applications whilst maintaining scalability.

Your key responsibilities will be to produce the best trading tools in London. Finding new techniques on how to improve trading algorithms and systems as well as improving performance on the current system will be crucial.

***All interviews and start dates will be fully remote.***

Requirements:

• Excellent OO knowledge [C++ / Java / C#]
• Degree (or relevant qualification) – preferably Computer Science or numerate subject
• Desire and ability to learn more, particularly about financial markets
• Commercially aware, priorities in business context
• Strong team-oriented attitude with natural inclination to share and collaborate

Helpful:

• Understanding and experience developing mission-critical, performance-sensitive, real-time systems
• Experienced in multithreaded and preferably network software development
• Cross-platform development [Windows and Linux]
• Thorough understanding of software development methodologies – especially scrum/agile methods
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Prior financial markets experience is preferable, but not essential

Benefits:

• Incredible salary & bonus
• Informal dress code
• Daily catering – breakfast, lunch, plus a fully stocked kitchen
• Chill-out area with pool table, table tennis, TV and Playstation
• Competitive annual leave
• Health and life insurance
• Gym membership
• Two discretionary performance-related bonuses a year

Comp:

Up to £150k + bonus

Summary

This leading HFT firm, based in London, has the feel of a small start-up with the benefits of being a more established player. They are developing a next-generation trading platform to store and analyze billions of historical transactions for regulatory/analytical purposes.

The successful full stack developer will be involved in the design and development of this system, with the added opportunity to learn various aspects of the financial business functions, including risk, regulatory, accounting and compliance. You will also be expected to use or develop skills in custom Python-based data warehouse integration and work directly with business users on requirements gathering and system design.

If you’re a tech-savvy individual who enjoys the challenge of solving difficult technical problems in a fast-paced, energetic environment, then this is the role for you.

***All interviews and start dates will be fully remote.***

Requirements

• 2+ years of Python experience/SQL and non-SQL DBs
• Sound experience in developing Rest Endpoints
• Strong experience in (or desire to learn) developing UIs using ReactJS, Javascript, etc.
• Previous experience with Linux Shell (all utilities)
• Experience with any of the following is beneficial: numpy, pandas, matplotlib
• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Computer Science or Information Technology

Benefits

• Competitive base salary & bonus
• Collaborative and rewarding work environment and culture
• Free breakfast, lunch and dinner

Salary

Up to £120k + bonus

The Company

Exciting cutting-edge fintech is looking for a talented software developer to join its Front Office Suite core technology team.

Empowering developers in major financial firms to be as productive as possible, they deliver a cloud-based, end-to-end development and production platform. With open architecture, transparent source code, and automated infrastructure solutions, the platform provides clients with the tools to build reliable, scalable in-house functionality and fully integrated applications.

The Role

The successful candidate will be part of the team responsible for designing, developing and testing essential components, such as risk (framework and real-time), STP and market data feeds and ETL pipelines. This role is client-facing, working together to adapt and customise the core cloud-hosted platform in order to meet each client’s unique and varying requirements.

The ideal candidate is a polyglot with exposure to multiple programming languages and paradigms.

Requirements

• Strong academic background in a relevant STEM field
• Sound Python skills and professional experience
• Solid knowledge of software engineering fundamentals, i.e. data structures and algorithms
• Strong communication skills, able to articulate technical detail to both peers and non-technical colleagues
• Familiar with database technologies
• Bonus points for experience with cloud computing, such as AWS or Azure

Benefits

• Great opportunity to be part of a collaborative, innovative environment
• Competitive salary + generous benefits
• Work with the smartest people and latest technologies on complex problems

Join a tech-driven quant and systematic IM with no red tape. They combine data, research, technology and trading proficiency to implement a scientific and innovative approach to investment.

The ideal candidate for this role will have front office development experience in either Market Access, Trading Tools, Data + Research or Risk. You will be focused on delivering high-quality, well-engineered software solutions in collaboration with the desks and other business functions. They are keen to explore emerging and disruptive tech, and you will have the opportunity to contribute to future technology design and strategy.

Requirements

• Strong academic background in any STEM subject
• Advanced coding skills in at least one of the following is essential: Python, C++, C#
• Strong team player
• Excellent communication skills

Benefits

• Great opportunity to be part of a collaborative, creative environment where you can feel valued for your input
• Competitive salary + generous benefits
• Professional and personal development; healthy work-life balance

Join a tech-driven quant and systematic IM with no red tape. They combine data, research, technology and trading proficiency to implement a scientific and innovative approach to investment.

The ideal candidate for this role is a talented polyglot familiar with many programming languages. You will be a key member of the development team, working with traders and quants to roll out, enhance and run key components. Gaining exposure to many aspects of electronic and algorithmic trading, you will also build and support ad-hoc infrastructure applications.

Requirements

• Strong academic background in any STEM subject
• 3+ years’ experience in a front office desk-aligned role
• Robust OOP skills in C# / Windows programming are essential
• Excellent Python experience essential
• Good database / SQL knowledge
• Understanding of market data feed handlers and execution feeds highly desirable
• Some finance experience is desirable

Benefits

• Great opportunity to be part of a collaborative, creative environment where you can feel valued for your input
• Competitive salary + generous benefits
• Professional and personal development; healthy work-life balance

The Company

Exciting cutting-edge fintech is looking for a talented quant developer to join its front office technology team.

Empowering developers in major financial firms to be as productive as possible, they deliver a cloud-based, end-to-end development and production platform. With open architecture, transparent source code, and automated infrastructure solutions, the platform provides clients with the tools to build reliable, scalable in-house functionality and fully integrated applications.

The Role

The successful candidate will be part of the team responsible for building product support for cross-asset derivatives and securities. Working closely with developers in other teams, you will also produce complete end-user functionality for trading and risk management. Exceptional interpersonal/communication skills are required, as you will liaise with both internal and external clients.

The ideal candidate is a polyglot familiar with many programming languages, who has  experience of SDLC tools and agile methodologies. Their stack includes Python, C++, Golang, Javascript and Rust.

Requirements

• Strong academic background in a relevant STEM field
• 4+ years’ experience in a front office role working with interest rate, FX, fixed income, commodities, and/or equity products
• Solid knowledge of financial maths, specifically derivatives pricing and risk management
• Strong development skills in a production environment
• Bonus points for experience with real-time quoting and risk systems
• 7+ years’ Python/C++ knowledge highly desirable

Benefits

• Great opportunity to be part of a collaborative, innovative environment
• Competitive salary + generous benefits
• Work with the smartest people and latest technologies on complex problems

The Company

Salary: £35,000 base + bonus

1-3 years’ experience

Job description: 

Client

One of the UK’s leading providers of independent investment advice, research and solutions for over 140 years, this firm has a strong culture of of integrity and hard work. They are seeking a Junior C# Developer to join their small, agile team in London, where you will contribute to the technical specification, design and maintenance of desktop-based applications and services.

Role

In this role, you will be engaging with the business to build out new systems to solve critical business problems.

The ideal candidate will be a very strong problem-solver, adept at managing day-to-day issues, and a skilled communicator, with experience of regularly liaising with customer stakeholders.

Skills and Experience Required

• 2+ years’ experience with C#, .NET and VB programming languages – required
• Solid experience within an agile development environment
• Strong development skills in ASP.NET, Win Services, Winforms, Web Services (REST/SOAP), WCF, LINQ and Entity Framework
• Familiarity with Azure-based web application development preferable
• Experience of at least one Javascript library, e.g. React, JQuery, Angular or Vue preferable
• Financial technologies and/or products exposure would be advantageous

Benefits

• Excellent exposure to financial markets
• Collaborative culture and an exciting place to work (in normal times, a very social company!)

Company / Job Summary

Tech-driven start-up seeking front end developers to join their small and exceptionally talented team.

Working as part of a small team on a user-facing product and backed by a fantastic set of investors that have helped to build some of the world’s largest companies. My client has just secured Series B funding and their primary focus is on the tech side. Seeking an experienced Front End Developer to design and build out intuitive front end systems. The current tech stack includes React, Typescript, Node and Next.JS.

Requirements

• 2+ years’ experience in software development
• Strong experience in React
• Experience with web technologies
• Strong academic background (from leading university) in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, Physics – or equivalent

Benefits

• Competitive salary with stock options and other start-up benefits
• Great culture and collaborative environment
• A strong emphasis on cutting-edge tech and continuous learning and development
• Full ownership of work

Salary range

Competitive, plus stock

The Client

My client is a fast-growing fintech in the sports betting space. They analyse huge data sets and write statistical models to predict the outcome of sporting events – both pre-match, and live in-play.

Currently a team of 25, they have achieved great success in making accurate predictions and building their client base, and now is a great time to join their bright, creative team.

Their office has a relaxed yet slick feel, and the team is flat-structured with a real sense that everyone is pushing in the same direction – with a lot of collaboration between departments.

The Role

They are now looking for an experienced QA Engineer to define and implement a robust testing strategy for their market-leading risk management system. This will encompass all aspects of their multi-tenant cloud platform, and you will play a crucial role in the growth of the company over the coming months and years.

You will be the standalone QA Engineer at first, giving the chance to really leave your mark on the company. Despite being the only QA you will spend time collaborating with your peers – including Quant Analysts, Data Scientists and Software Engineers.

Day to day tasks will include:

• Creating automated test scripts from scratch for functional, integration, performance and security testing
• Ensuring high quality throughout the entire software delivery cycle
• Prepare, maintain and execute test plans, in collaboration with the tech team

Requirements

• 5+ years’ commercial experience working on Quality Assurance
• 2:1 or equivalent in a STEM subject
• Experience with automation testing tools on a high volume of transactions – Cucumber, Gherkin, Selenium, Postman
• Experience defining QA strategies using both automation and manual techniques
• Coding experience with at least one OO programming or scripting language

 Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Intelligent, collaborative team
• Flexible hours and WFH opportunities
• Free onsite gym
• Fruit and snacks provided
• Modern, open plan office
• Slick interview process

Salary: Very Competitive

Summary:

A world-leading asset manager is looking for a Senior Developer as part of their RegTech team in Hong Kong.

The successful engineer will be responsible for the development of critical software applications for trading compliance, compliance and regulatory demands. This is a data-intensive position, with the successful candidate working with terabytes of trading data and petabytes of market data.

Requirements:

• Very strong Python programming expertise
• C++ programming skills advantageous
• ~5-10 years’ experience of hands-on development
• Strong understanding of database systems
• Experience of ‘big data technologies’ such as Kafka, Snowflake, KDB+
• Strong academic background in Computer Science or similar field

Benefits and Incentives: 

• Work in a world-class trading firm, as part of significant regional expansion
• Take responsibility for full SDLC
• Work in a highly business-facing role, facing off to traders
• Extremely competitive compensation packages

Salary: €200 – 300k total compensation

3 – 7 years’ experience

Job description:

Client

A multi-strategy fund with offices globally looking for a quantitative developer to join a futures arbitrage-focused team in Europe.

This team operates as a trading pod within the larger fund. It means they benefit from the advantages of being a start-up fund (autonomy, small team, direct impact and tied to PnL) but with the backing and security of the larger firm (the capital, shared infrastructure and resources).

They’ve got a fantastic name in the industry with good reason; paying strong salaries on both base and bonus, and a superb tech culture.

Role

In this team of 4, you will be working directly with the PM and trading group. You will be responsible for designing and coding up the tools for the systematic trading platform. With an initial build of tools for directional volatility/options trading (executing and monitoring), ultimately you will be managing all aspects of the trading platforms.

Skills and Experience Required

• Minimum 3 years’ commercial experience in systematic trading (prop desk or hedge fund)
• Solid coding skills in Python (Pandas, Numpy, etc.)
• Strong development experience with Cross Asset Pricing and Risk Systems
• Ideally, C/C++ experience and knowledge of both Windows and Linux environments
• Excellent academics in a hard science, e.g. Maths and Computer Science

Benefits & Incentives

• Strong salary + bonuses + generous benefits package
• Collaborative culture and an exciting place to work
• Huge amount of ownership and autonomy

Leading payment fintech are looking for a Senior Developer/Engineer to join their team as they look to grow over the next year. They currently provide their services to over 50,000 businesses in over 30 countries and are looking to build on this in years to come. These businesses range from household names to large MNCs and small local start-ups. With over 400 employees globally it is clear that their welcoming, collaborative culture is popular due to the amount of people who have chosen to develop their careers with them. Not only do they value collaborative learning and feedback, but they value developing you as a person as well as your career.

You Should Apply If:

• You want to excel not only in the company’s engineering group but also the wider general tech community
• You work well within a team and look to take advantage of other people’s experience and backgrounds to achieve a common goal
• You want to do work that will ultimately have a positive impact on a business or customer

Requirements:

• High-quality degree in Computer Science, Maths or Physics (or similar) from a top-tier university
• Experience with any OO language & a willingness to learn new tech (Ruby & Go are preferred)
• You enjoy working in a collaborative, team-orientated environment
• You enjoy using your initiative to help solve problems and confirm your findings with reliable testing

Rapidly expanding fintech based in the heart of London are looking for a Python developer to join their application development team. Their focus is to deploy sophisticated technology to analyse financial trade and risk data, then use that information to generate transaction proposals and organise their execution. They are looking to grow both the company and their employees organically in their open, friendly working environment.

Responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Working both individually or as part of a team to deliver the best possible software solutions
• Building APIs for scenario generation
• Promoting continuous improvement at every stage of the SDLC driven by testing
• Generate files and reports for both clients and 3^rd parties

Essential Requirements:

• Strong degree in either Computer Science, Maths or Physics from a top-tier university
• 3-5 years of professional Python development
• Experience with both Git and Unix
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• An appreciation of other programming paradigms (imperative, OO, functional)

Systematic hedge fund in London are looking for a Java Developer to join their team. They use technology to build out current workflows and processes to create repeatable, scalable results. They pride themselves on their use of technology to automate their processes.

The systems you’ll be building will have a direct impact on the business as they’ll be exposed to the portfolio managers, quants and operations team who all place an immense amount of value and trust in these systems. Also, with no business analysts you’ll be involved in every stage of the SDLC – from information gathering to deploying, supporting and monitoring the system.

Responsibilities can include:

• Work directly with the Risk team to develop new tools to automate their processes and improve workflow
• Source and refine analytical and market data to give risk managers the data they need to create results – not more spreadsheets
• Help design and create a system to model portfolio exposures under bespoke market conditions
• Help design and create tools to help specific desks manage their exposures to various asset classes
• Improve and support the existing systems

Requirements:

• Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics or similar discipline
• 3 – 5 years of core Java experience
• Risk experience
• SQL/RDBMS experience
• The ability to work at all levels of the technology stack, from front end to middleware, and servers and databases.
• Excellent communication and team working skills

Benefits:

• Excellent compensation
• New central London office with roof terrace
• Pension
• Healthcare

High frequency trading firm are looking for a software engineer to join their team in Amsterdam. You’ll be working on some of the fastest systems and most advanced technology out there so they’re only looking for the best IT professionals to develop, optimise and support their tools. You’ll be working in a fast, but exciting atmosphere where you’ll find that expertise, innovation and fun go hand in hand.

As part of the trading technology team you’ll be responsible for applications required to run the business. Day-to-day activities range from developing ultra-low latency exchange protocol decoders and encoders, to helping the monitoring and analysing effort by creating and developing UIs, to helping the traders with more control and information. You’ll frequently sit on the trading floor working alongside the traders so you’ll receive immediate feedback on how successful your work is.

Requirements

• An excellent Computer Science degree from a top tier university
• Professional expertise in one or more OOP languages
• An entrepreneurial attitude, with a strong interest in the financial industry
• A team player and exceptional communicator who thrives on independence and enjoys creative freedom
• The ambition to grow through experience, training and on-the-job development.

Benefits

• Great compensation package
• Profit-sharing structure
• Commuter costs paid for
• Friday afternoon drinks
• Sports and leisure activities
• Relocation assistance

Fully funded renewable energy tech start-up based in central London are looking for a Full Stack Software Engineer to build out their engineering team. Their software helps wind and solar energy developers save both money and time in their project management through the workflow tools.

You will support both the product manager and VP of Engineering building the future of their B2B SaaS platform. In this role, you will also be partly responsible for the recruitment and development of junior developers.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Developing back-end architecture for the product: from developing to testing and launching
• Improving the functionality and future of the platform
• Attending product management meetings and daily stand-ups
• Helping out on the client side alongside the senior front-end engineer

Requirements:

• 3-4 years’ professional full stack experience
• Proficiency with Python, Javascript and SQL Databases
• Ability to create CI/CD workflows that improve developer experience
• Excellent communication as you’ll be interacting with non-technical stakeholders

Desirable:

• HTML/CSS knowledge
• Knowledge of Kubernetes / container-based architecture
• Knowledge of React
• Professional experience with Elasticsearch

Crypto-Fintech based in London are looking for a Senior Devops to join their product and engineering team. You’ll be working on multiple technical tasks, including scaling their engineering team, cloud efficiencies and the development of their decentralised banking service.

You’ll be joining a high-performance firm of around 26 people, where they have a culture that encourages original thinking, freedom and responsibility, with big plans to grow.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Crafting tools to ensure the pipeline from the developers’ laptops to their production servers is as smooth as possible
• Building and deploying complex cloud projects
• Optimising cloud infrastructure for operational efficiency and security

Requirements: 

• Strong Computer Science degree from a Russell Group university (or equivalent).
• Experience setting up automated cloud-based deployment infrastructure on GCP or AWS.
• Demonstrable knowledge of highly concurrent, distributed architectures and systems, as well as the ability to architect scalable solutions in a high-paced environment.
• Experience with greenfield projects.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes and strong GitHub experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Desired:

• Professional experience in GCP and Go
• Passion for continuous development and a history of teaching yourself new technologies
• An understanding of Ethereum blockchain and how it works

Benefits:

• Flexible hours
• Stock options
• Personal training and development budget
• Private healthcare
• Company pension scheme
• Top-of-the-range hardware

World-leading AIFM are looking for a software developer to join their team where their mission is to deliver reliable, scalable and accurate software that enables the business to reach its goals. Their company culture and values are ones of trust and excellence.

You’ll have ownership and responsibility to make a significant impact in the company, where the supreme quality of talent regularly supports, challenges and trusts one another to ensure companywide success. Technology is essential to every aspect of their business – most of their applications have been written in-house – and they are constantly looking for ways to improve automation.

Requirements

• Excellent programming skills in C#/.Net or any OO language such as Java/Python
• Excellent academic record – Computer Science or related STEM degree
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.

Desirable

• Experience working with Quants, Risk Managers and/or Traders.
• Previous professional experience at a bank, hedge fund or asset management firm.
• Exposure to paired programming and test-driven environment.
• Full knowledge and experience of the project lifecycle.

Benefits

• Strong compensation
• Profit-sharing scheme
• Stunning central London office
• Standard employee benefits – insurance, pension, etc.

Fund in central London are looking for a C# Quantitative Developer to expand their team. Your primary role will be to develop solutions for all areas of the business, including risk, quant and trading.

Main Responsibilities Will Include:

• Programming and projects: reporting directly to the CTO to manage your workload and delivery dates
• Application support: you’ll support a range of internal applications to make sure the tech side of the business runs smoothly
• Documentation and development: ensuring software that you develop is automatically built and deployed
• Security: as you’ll have high levels of access and control to systems, it’s vital to keep security standards high

Requirements:

• A relevant degree from a top-tier university
• In-depth knowledge of C#
• Working experience of Microsoft SQL Server
• Experience in implementing robust and fast real-time systems and code execution optimisation
• Experience with event-driven architectures, multithreading and asynchronous programming

Good to have:

• Experience with Python (along with C#, it is a fully supported language)
• Existing experience with any of these technologies: RabbitMQ, Redis, ReSharper, ComponentOne, FIX
• A love of software development: clear structure and coding standards are highly important to you

Benefits:

• Central London office
• Strong compensation
• Good bonus
• Pension scheme

Elite London fund are looking for a software engineer to join their Market Data team. This technology team is responsible for sourcing market data, processing it and providing reliable feeds to downstream systems. This role is highly important as market data is critical to the success of the business. They are also undergoing an architectural restructure so the role will involve substantial engineering and ownership.

Your day will include (but is not restricted to):

• Working with Quant Analysts to help architect valuation and risk engines
• Delivering essential solutions to the highest design, testing and operational standards
• Using your technical excellence and innovation to challenge current systems, processes and delivery approach to achieve common goals
• Ensuring system performance, accuracy and stability

Requirements:

• A-levels at grade A*/A/B (or international equivalent) and a minimum 2.1 degree obtained in Computer Science (or a related field) from a Russell Group university
• Excellent understanding of and recent programming experience in C#/.NET or other object-oriented languages, such as Java or Python, as well as SQL
• Strong enthusiasm for programming and technology, and the ability to work in a dynamic and integrated team
• Experience of owning all aspects of development projects from start to finish; from establishing business requirements and design development, to testing and release management
• Experience working with Quants/Risk Managers/Traders
• Front office experience at a bank, asset management firm or hedge fund

Benefits:

• Highly competitive compensation packages + buy-side bonuses
• Profit sharing schemes
• Excellent onsite facilities
• Central London office
• Regular benefits, such as healthcare, dental, pension, etc.

Elite hedge fund based in London are looking for a Full Stack Engineer to build a web platform for their investors. They have been using data science and technology to forecast the future and discover valuable markets worldwide. Their work spans from insurance and securities to new ventures and investments. They already have an application that is used by investment allocators to understand the risks and returns of their investments.

They are seeking an experienced and enthusiastic full stack developer who will use front-end, back-end and public cloud to build a data-driven solution for the most significant investment objectives faced by their clients.

Responsibilities:

• You’ll rigorously and creatively collaborate with the team to plan and develop, using tech such as Java, Typescript, React.js and others.
• You’ll work with other parts of the business, such as engineering, marketing and business development, to plan and execute changes.
• You’ll test and analyse solutions to big data challenges, portfolio management and data analysis and visualisation.

Requirements:

• Exceptional academic record from a top-tier university with a focus on Computer Science (or related subject).
• Complete understanding of Java, Python or C++.
• Professional front-end programming experience with extensive use of Javascript/Typescript, React.js and Angular.js are preferred.
• Strong communication skills.
• Financial experience is not essential.

Benefits:

• Central London office
• Highly competitive compensation
• Strong bonuses
• Strong pension scheme

Exciting AI company are looking to bring in a Front-End Engineer to join their software engineering team to create conversational AI products. You’ll collaborate with both the product and engineering teams; responsible for building multiple platform front-ends, dashboards for clients, as well as creating visualisation tools for their virtual assistants.

Responsibilities – your first year will consist of:

• Designing and developing front-ends of the virtual assistants, iOS applications and web interfaces.
• Prototyping and developing visualisation tools for the AI products.
• Building client-facing dashboards to display business intelligence.

Requirements:

• A strong degree in Computer Science from a top tier university
• Experience with web technologies – Javascript, HTML, CSS
• Experience with either React or VueJS
• 2+ years’ experience as a front-end developer

Preferable:

• Experience with iOS development, such as Objective C or Swift
• Excellent problem-solving, troubleshooting and analytical skills
• Having a user-centric mindset and caring about UX/UI design

Benefits

• 25 holiday days
• Flexible working from home
• Pension
• Health and dental insurance

A London-based elite fund are looking for a top-tier candidate to join their team which already includes some of the most talented traders, developers and engineers on the market. The company executes a diverse range of strategies across global equities and derivatives.

They have a culture like no other company in their field: relaxed and informal, yet very highly rewarding of strong performance. There’s no dress code, plenty of free food in the office and regular social events.

Their vision is to specialise in connectivity to trading exchanges. You will need to have latency at the front of your mind and be adroit in ensuring connections are stable. You’ll need to be a C++ expert and understand the importance of following a framework in the context of multiple global exchanges. You’ll be the crucial link between teams and you’ll both own and improve the capacity and latency of existing and new links.

Requirements:

• Degree in Computer Science (or related subject) from an elite university
• 4+ years’ commercial experience
• Expert C++ knowledge
• Knowledge of multiple exchanges
• Experience in ultra-low-latency design
• Experience in template programming
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills

Benefits:

• Great compensation package
• Dress-down office
• Cooperative culture
• Unique work/life balance

A new Esports betting firm are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to take ownership of their backend development. You’ll be part of a close-knit team with experts in design, frontend development and quants.

The tech stack is Python and Javascript, and it is hosted on AWS. The stack also includes Socketio, Postgresql, Redis, Flask, Elasticsearch, SQS and Ansible. The iPhone app is written in Swift.

What you can expect to do:

• Write robust, maintainable and testable code.
• Uphold the highest level of engineering standards to the processes and codebases you encounter.
• Ensure technical architecture is consistent with their roadmap.
• You’ll also be involved in building out the new team and hiring great software engineers.
• Use your experience to mentor colleagues.

Knowledge of the whole tech stack is preferred but isn’t totally necessary. Willingness to learn, get up to speed and use your ability as a problem solver to uphold high engineering standards is important to the role.

Requirements:

• Computer Science (or related) degree from a Russell Group university (or equivalent)
• 5+ years’ professional experience with Python and web-based applications
• Experience within start-up
• Proven success and experience with scalable products.
• Ideally be an Esports fan!

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Pension scheme
• Competitive options
• Activity perks – the more active you are, the more rewards you get
• Pet friendly office in Farringdon

Algorithmic traders based in London are looking for bright programmers who love to code, enjoy being challenged and who like to see hard work rewarded. Coders are integral to their success and because your code ‘is’ their business they ensure that their core development team have the best tools to work with. You’ll be surrounded by some of the best developers in the industry who hone their skills every day to make sure this algo traders stay at the top of their game.

Requirements

• Excellent design, problem-solving and debugging skills
• Experience using C++
• Knowledge of Unix operating systems
• Strong Computer Science degree from a top tier university

Preferred

• The ability to work both independently and in a team
• The ability to analyse and fix any problems quickly and efficiently
• The ability to look at code, figure out how it works and figure out how to make it better

Benefits

• Very strong compensation
• Flat company structure & transparent culture
• Casual office
• Strong pension
• Employee insurance

Technology and data-driven firm are looking for a Full Stack Developer to join their ranks. They design and build their own systems, from high-performance trading platforms to data analysis farms. They have an expertise in trading, technology and operations and credit their continuous success to their rigorous scientific research.

Responsibilities

• Take part in all phases of the development process – from working with stakeholders to define their requirements all the way through designing, implementing, testing and releasing to production.
• Build tools to configure and deploy applications
• Facilitate historical and real-time data, allowing researchers to explore large amounts of data
• Build web applications and microservices within the in-house trading and research technology stack

Requirements

• Strong Computer Science degree or related subject from a top tier university
• 3+ years’ professional development experience
• Skilled in React JS
• Experience building web application back-ends
• Experience developing under Linux – including bash scripting

Desired

• Proficiency with Python
• Experience with large data sets
• Knowledge of financial markets

Benefits

• Great compensation
• Strong bonuses
• Health insurance
• Central London office

The Client:

A world-class hedge fund who are developing impactful solutions for complex, real-world problems. They have a strong ethos that everyone within their team should have the opportunity to significantly impact others and their organisation. They believe technology is fundamental to every aspect of their business, whilst being proud to say the vast majority of their critical business applications have been developed in-house.

The Role:

They are looking for a range of strong developers who believe in daily improvement, who will be seriously rewarded for their hard work and performance. The role involves designing, developing and deploying new and existing applications, with the opportunity to work within open-source software. Working at the front of the business, you will be interacting closely with traders and researchers, getting instant feedback on the results of your work.

Requirements:

• Strong academic background with a STEM degree
• 3+ years’ experience in development
• Strong, commercial experience in at least one of the following: C++, C#, Python, Java
• Great communication
• Team player
• Financial experience not essential

Benefits:

• Market-leading salary and bonuses
• Friendly work environment with great work-life balance
• Gym membership
• Health and life insurance
• Free catering
• Dress-down office dress code
• Work-from-home opportunities

Company / Job Summary

Leading global fund seeking talented and passionate Software Developers to join their dynamic London team.

The Role

Working alongside Portfolio Managers and Quant Researchers to build out quantamental systems to bring cutting-edge technology to quant driven strategies. You will also work on underlying infrastructure and pipelines for gathering, cleaning and maintenance of diverse data sets, as well as building APIs for desk researchers.

Requirements

• 2 + years experience in software development
• Strong coding experience in any OO language – my client uses a mix of C++, Java and Python
• Strong academic background (from leading university) in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, Physics – or equivalent
• Experience and understanding of financial markets desirable

Benefits

• Competitive salary with generous bonus
• Start-up like environment with a flat-structure and collaborative culture
• A strong emphasis on cutting edge tech and continuous learning and development
• Annual away days, generous holiday allowance plus many other benefits

Salary range

Competitive, plus bonus

Summary:

A leading quant trading hedge fund are looking for a C++ developer to join their front office London team. Working alongside quant developers and researchers in London, the C++ developer will be scaling out their trade execution platform in C++ on Linux. The successful C++ developer will have full ownership and will architect the platform, APIs and backend code to build fast, low-latency distributed systems that can handle multiple TBs of data in real time.

Requirements:

• BSc STEM field, preferably Computer Science
• Experience programming in C++ 17 or 20
• Experience writing multi-threaded code, building distributed systems and low-latency environments is beneficial
• Experience in an agile, test-driven development
• No financial product knowledge / experience needed

Benefits:

• Competitive salary and hedge fund-style bonus in London
• Agile, technology and data-driven culture
• Large investment in technology and low levels of red tape

Summary:

A leading quant trading hedge fund are looking for a Java developer to join their front office London team. Working alongside quant developers and researchers in London, the Java developer will be scaling out their trade execution platform in Java on AWS. The successful Java developer will have full ownership and will architect the platform, APIs and backend code to build fast, low latency distributed systems that can handle multiple TBs of data in real-time.

Requirements:

• BSc STEM field, preferably Computer Science
• Experience programming in core Java
• Experience writing multi-threaded code, building distributed systems and low-latency environments is beneficial
• Experience in an agile, test-driven development
• No financial product knowledge / experience needed

Benefits:

• Competitive salary and hedge fund-style bonus in London
• Agile, technology and data-driven culture
• Large investment in technology and low levels of red tape

Summary:

A leading quant trading hedge fund are looking for a Quant Developer to join their front office London team. Working alongside quant developers and researchers in London, the Quant Developer will be scaling out their quant trading platform in Python. The successful Quant Developer will have full ownership and will architect the platform, APIs and backend code to build fast, low-latency distributed systems that can handle multiple TBs of data in real time.

Requirements:

• BSc STEM field, preferably Computer Science
• Experience programming in either Python or Java
• Experience with SQL
• Experience in an agile, test-driven development
• No financial product knowledge / experience needed

Benefits:

• Competitive salary and hedge fund-style bonus in London
• Agile, technology and data driven culture
• Large investment in technology and low levels of red tape

Summary:

A cutting-edge and rapidly growing health-tech start-up based in London are looking for a full stack developer to join their engineering team. Working directly alongside the CTO in a small, agile (test-driven) team, the successful Full Stack Developer will be building new products from scratch that aim to revolutionise communication channels within healthcare.

Working closely alongside the NHS, this health-tech start-up are directly contributing active solutions in the fight against Covid-19, and the successful full stack developer will be building highly scalable, mission-critical software that makes a real-world impact from day one.

Requirements:

• Good computer science fundamental knowledge – either from degree level or coding bootcamp
• Full stack development experience in any OO language – experience with C# and Javascript is beneficial
• Interest in health-tech and working in a start-up culture and environment in London

Benefits:

• Build impactful software that aims to solve real-world problems in healthcare
• Extremely bright, collaborative and agile engineering teams
• Exciting and growing start-up culture with competitive salary in the London market

Summary:

A cutting-edge data and technology-driven quant hedge fund are looking for a quant analyst or researcher to join their quant research team in London. Working with vast amounts of financial data, the successful quant analyst will be building quantitative models alongside quant researchers and developers in a close-knit collaborative team in London.

Requirements:

• MSc or PhD in a STEM field, preferably Physics or Maths related
• Strong programming fundamental knowledge and experience with OO programming principles in C++, C# or Java
• Python development experience with the PyData stack

Benefits:

• Central London location with fantastic views of the City
• Competitive salary and hedge fund-style bonus structure
• Work alongside world-class engineers and quant researchers

Summary:

A cutting-edge data and technology-driven quant hedge fund are looking for a data scientist to join their quant research team in London. Working with vast amounts of financial data, the successful data scientist will be building quantitative models alongside quant researchers and developers in a close-knit collaborative team in London.

Requirements:

• MSc or PhD in a STEM field, preferably Physics or Maths related
• Strong programming fundamental knowledge and experience with OO programming principles in C++, C# or Java
• Python development experience with the PyData stack

Benefits:

• Central London location with fantastic views of the City
• Competitive salary and hedge fund-style bonus structure
• Work alongside world-class engineers and quant researchers

Experience: 2+ years

Summary: 

• My client is a small investment bank focusing on mid- and small-cap companies
• You would join a small but growing team of experienced developers and work on a variety of projects involving in-house systems which implement:
  • real-time equity trading, incorporating FIX order and quote flow from both industry networks and dedicated links;
  • electronic market making across domestic, European and international instruments;
  • business workflow management for research, compliance and middle/back office functions;
  • internal data analysis tools covering areas such as trading, commission and market place metrics.

Benefits:

• Fantastic benefits package – very competitive base salaries
• Growing company – looking for two extra developers to join the existing team of seven – incredible level of project ownership and progression as the company grows
• They have excellent talent meaning you will be working with highly capable colleagues and have great opportunities to learn and teach alike.
• This is a great opportunity to join a growing team which is expanding in order to provide a more comprehensive development capability to the firm.
• The team report to a head of development, but otherwise enjoy a flat team structure where decision-making and responsibility is shared.

Skills and Experience Required:

• BA/BS degree in computer science or equivalent
• Looking for solid Java knowledge and experience using this in a server-side environment
• Interest in the financial world, problem-solving ability and enthusiasm
• Previous financial knowledge is desirable but not required

They are on the lookout for talented, enthusiastic people to join their team, if you feel you are a good match or interested in a general chat about the tech market, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

Salary: €75,000 – €120,000 + 100% bonus

Job description:

Client

One of the world’s leading global proprietary electronic market makers; trading on over 50 exchanges around the world, headquartered in Amsterdam.

Role

The trading systems are high performant and low latency; responding to the market events in nanoseconds with extremely low error tolerance.

You will drive the trading environment towards simplicity and reliability. Sat on the trading floor itself, you’ll ensure the production environment works optimally by deploying, maintaining, monitoring and operating a fleet of UNIX servers to its highest possible performance.

Skills and Experience Required

• Strong Linux skills
• Some automation experience, e.g. Powershell or Python
• Knowledge of networking
• Good communication skills in a fast-paced environment

Benefits & Incentives

• Strong salary + profit share scheme
• Collaborative culture and an exciting place to work
• Fantastic offices
• Generous benefits, including relocation package

Salary: €75,000 – €120,000 + 100% bonus

Job description:

Client

One of the world’s leading global proprietary electronic market makers; trading on over 50 exchanges around the world, headquartered in Amsterdam.

Role

The trading systems are high performant and low latency; responding to the market events in nanoseconds with extremely low error tolerance.

You will be responsible for designing, maintaining and improving their networks; performing at optimal levels under all conditions. From tweaking and optimising, to troubleshooting to long-term strategic projects, no two days will be the same.

Skills and Experience Required

• Strong network and performance monitoring skills
• Experience with low-latency networking
• Automatic deployment experience, e.g. Ansible
• Good communication skills in a fast-paced environment

Benefits & Incentives

• Strong salary + profit share scheme
• Collaborative culture and an exciting place to work
• Fantastic offices
• Generous benefits, including relocation package

Salary: 25,000-45,000 Shekels / month base + 50% bonus

Job description:

Client

Great opportunity for tech-savvy C++ and Python engineers to join a global multi-strategy fund (focus on Fixed Income) in their Tel Aviv office. Not your average hedge fund, they have built their own core infrastructure platform that allows its traders to pursue unique investment strategies, consistently delivering high quality returns independent of the general market. Being part of the core group, they are looking for strong technologists where financial experience is not a necessity.

They’ve got a fantastic name in the industry with good reason; paying strong salaries on both base and bonus, and a good tech culture, which is both collegial and dynamic. This is the perfect time to get onboard as they look to grow and expand their PM teams.

Role

Working closely with other fixed income & commodities teams (research, trading, middle office), you’ll be developing and enhancing the in-house distributed pricing platform. Other work will involve building a new analytics library, using the latest integration tech to incorporate it into the existing system. The tech stack is C++ and Python for the analytics, with growth allowing for new hires to focus on either (or both).

It is progressive and fast-paced, with outstanding career growth and development.

Skills and Experience Required

• Strong Python or C++ skills, ideally with some experience in the other
• Minimum bachelor’s degree in Computer Science (or related) from a top-tier university
• Sound analytical and mathematical skills (design patterns, algorithms, data structures)
• Good knowledge of working in a Linux environment and working with source controls, such as Git / SVN
• Bonus points for experience in finance (cross-asset or Fixed Income)

Benefits & Incentives

• Strong salary + bonuses
• Work-from-home opportunities
• Collaborative culture and an exciting place to work
• Generous benefits package

A fantastic opportunity for a dynamic software engineer to join one of the leading international algorithmic trading firms. With strong foundations in cutting-edge tech, in-depth quant research and an enterprising spirit, this is the perfect place for anyone looking to further their career. You will be joining their best-performing and fastest-growing quant trading team.

Ideal candidates will have a passion for development and an ability to solve difficult problems in a fast-paced and changing environment. You will be exposed to a variety of complex and thought-provoking problems spanning high performance computing, software design and big data. Technology is at the heart of all their strategies – as a technologist you will be compensated accordingly…

Requirements:

• Strong communication, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong C++ development experience
• Self-sufficient; able to develop your own projects and take on responsibility
• Minimum academic qualification bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering, or equivalent

Benefits:

• Competitive salary with meaningful share options
• Other perks such as weekly lunches and generous holiday allowance
• Working with a collaborative and agile team with the opportunity for more responsibility as the company grows
• Top pension scheme (London leading)
• Competitive bonuses

Summary: 

Fantastic opportunity for a true technology enthusiast with Azure experience to architect and build an entire infrastructure stack at this growing fintech. They are looking for a talented individual with recent hands-on experience of large-scale microservice installations as they scale up their distributed architecture for real-time payments processing and data analysis. 

The successful developer will come from a fintech and/or start-up background, with extensive Azure experience (including with both Kubernetes-based and serverless microservices architectures) as you will be implementing microservices best practices. 

The ideal candidate will be an exceptional communicator, who enjoys working in a fast-paced start-up environment and has a great awareness of tech trends and tools – choosing the best one for each job.

Requirements:

• Hands-on experience with developing applications in .Net Core ecosystem
• Production-grade C# and SQL skills
• Significant experience with Kubernetes and serverless microservices
• Sound experience in REST, gRPC, event and messaging communications frameworks
• Experience of testing frameworks in distributed environments
• Infrastructure-as-Code experience

Perks:

• Competitive salaries and generous benefits
• Friendly, smart people in a truly collaborative working environment
• Work with the latest tech and enjoy a huge amount of autonomy
• Work-from-home opportunities

The Client:

A highly skilled team who are on a mission to grow safer, healthier food by deploying fully autonomous greenhouses in suburbs around the globe. These high-tech greenhouses will not only benefit climate change and population growth, but also improve human nutrition.

The Role:

You will be developing the core platform which is used by their growers, on-the-ground personnel, and the Advanced Control team. You will also be required to work closely with both highly technical and non-technical users to figure out the needs of the company in order to meet objectives, whilst considering how to build it. You will be expected to see through the entire lifecycle of the software: from design, through development, to deployment.

Requirements:

• STEM degree from a top-tier university
• 3+ years’ relevant experience
• Experience in an array of the following areas – RESTful APIs, embedded systems, cloud infrastructure, test automation, front-end frameworks, storage frameworks, distributed and parallel systems, CI/CD infrastructure and containerisation
• Strong developer who can demonstrate proficiency in at least one general purpose programming language – Python, React, Javascript and SQL databases
• Passionate to work in a fast-paced start-up environment.

Benefits:

• Working on software to tackle real-world life-changing issues
• Competitive market salary
• Opportunity to work with highly skilled engineers from backgrounds including Palantir and DeepMind

Salary: Pro-rated £150,000-£200,000 (inside IR35)

0-10 years’ experience

Job description:

Client

A multi-strategy fund with offices globally looking for a Haskell quantitative developer.

This team operates as a trading pod within the larger fund. It means they benefit from the advantages of being a start-up fund (autonomy – including choice of Haskell!, small team, direct impact and tied to PnL), but with the backing and security of the larger firm (the capital, shared infrastructure and resources).

They’ve got a fantastic name in the industry with good reason; paying strong salaries on both base and bonus, and a superb tech culture.

Role

In this team of 5, you will be working directly with the PM and trading group. You will be responsible for designing and coding up (in Haskell) the tools for the systematic trading platform. Initially, this will be a contract position for 6 months, with the view of turning permanent at that point if you wish. For an exceptional candidate, they might consider permanent from the offset.

Skills and Experience Required

• Commercial experience or impressive open-source in Haskell is an absolute must
• Excellent academics in a hard science, e.g. Maths and Computer Science
• Ideally some experience with Unix tools, SQL and Python

Benefits & Incentives

• Using Haskell in commercial setting!
• Strong salary + bonuses tied to PnL
• Collaborative culture and an exciting place to work
• Huge amount of ownership and autonomy

Summary:

My client is a leading fintech which provides web-based portfolio management tools and outsourcing services across all investment management functions, including risk analysis, operations, treasury and regulatory reporting.

They are looking for a talented quantitative analyst to join a highly experienced and dynamic team as they look to expand rapidly. The successful quant analyst will come from a financial background in fixed income, with a deep knowledge of and passion for credit and rates markets.

Drawing on your experience of driving large-scale C++ projects, you will be developing and enhancing the core Fixed Income quant analytics library and front office tools. This is an integral role in a fast-paced environment, where you will be leveraging the analytics and front end to build a market-leading system.

Prerequisites:

• 3+ years’ experience in fixed income
• Large-scale C++ project experience is essential
• Strong academic background in a quantitative field
• Outstanding communication skills, particularly with traders
• Bonus points for SQL, Excel or C# experience

Perks:

• Market-leading salary + stock
• Stunning offices in central London
• Opportunity to work with the smartest people on complex and rewarding projects

Leading fintech are looking to expand their workforce and are actively seeking Senior Security Engineers to join their team in London. Processing billions of $s a year for over 50,000 businesses in over 25 countries they are set to grow very quickly. Vital to their growth are their privacy and security engineering teams to ensure the businesses they partner with are safe and secure.

As a Senior Security Engineer you will ensure that teams can take ownership of the security and privacy of their service. This will be achieved by setting high standards, hands-on testing and providing advice for specific projects. You’ll also work closely with the Director of Privacy & Security in order to continually improve the strategy and evolution of their privacy and security. Great communication skills are essential, as you’ll be part of explaining both security and privacy to merchants, clients and a broader audience.

You’ll be experienced in any of the following; Ruby on Rails, Javascript, Golang, Postgres, ElasticSearch & Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

Including but not limited to:

• Working to agree security and privacy standards with internal stakeholders based on the best industry practices and develop roadmaps which can balance both risk and reality.
• Performing design reviews, vulnerability assessments and security testing as well as threat modelling of the company’s services and products.
• Provide expertise on security throughout the software development lifecycle and lead cross-function security initiatives.

What you can expect

• Strong work/life balance and flexible working post-Covid.
• Strong focus on growth and development: regular discussions with your manager about your personal goals on top of a learning and conference allowance.
• Ownership and autonomy: they give people problems to solve rather than specifications to implement, you’ll have end-to-end ownership (deciding on the solution, implementing it, releasing it, maintaining it).
• Clear career progression.

Fantastic opportunity to join a tech-driven quant and systematic IM with no red tape. They combine data, research, technology and trading proficiency to produce a scientific and innovative approach to investment.

The ideal candidate for this role is a talented polyglot familiar with many programming languages, where Python or C# knowledge is a plus. Your main focus will be managing the multiple and extensive dataset used in the research and trading platform. You will also contribute to the design and implementation of the data store and its API, providing support to the many Quants and Traders who use the platform.

Requirements

• Proficient use of common tooling: git, unix shell
• Sound experience in Continuous Integration/Deployment process
• Structured and unstructured data management expertise
• Cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, etc.) skills
• Intellectual curiosity to identify emerging and alternative data
• Comfortable working autonomously within a global team

Benefits

• Great opportunity to be part of a collaborative, creative environment where you can feel valued for your input
• Competitive salary + generous benefits
• Professional and personal development; healthy work-life balance

My client is one of the top algorithmic trading companies in the world whose success is underpinned by their industry-leading high-performance compute cluster. This cluster is where all of their trading strategies are generated, and they are looking for an expert in the distributed computing field to help steer the technical direction to improve this from the ground up. This involves re-thinking everything, all the way from the hardware used to the cutting-edge analysis tools their quants use.

You’ll work alongside the brightest minds in Storage, Machine Learning and Quantitative Research to do this.

Candidate Requirements:

• Skilled in large-scale software design in C++/Python
• Experience monitoring a large, distributed compute cluster
• Excellent communication skills
• Track record leading complex technical projects
• Excellent debugging and problem-solving skills
• Knowledge of UNIX operating systems
• Experience with low-level systems, processor performance, and network communication

Culture:

This is not your typical finance firm. They foster a rigorous, tech-driven approach to trading technology, and celebrate a strong culture of collaboration among teams.  They’re a friendly bunch of computer scientists, mathematicians and engineers, who are motivated by working on one of the world’s best automated trading platforms. They enjoy a good work-life balance, great social events, and encourage continuous personal development (happy to sponsor extra learning / courses / conferences).

Salary:

Base salaries up to £160k + bonus

My client is a globally recognised investment fund with circa $50bn AUM. Their set up enables leading PMs who successfully run their own book to come in and run their own business within the fund, without the limitations of a highly corporate structure.

Alternatively, if you are a currently a Quant Researcher/Sub-PM, they can also find space for you on an existing team.

They will give you access to data, infrastructure, pricing, risk systems, giving you the freedom to get up and running as quickly as possible. They are looking for candidates who have a minimum 3-year track record / and strong Sharpe Ratio working across any of the following:

• Quant Strategies – Equities/Stat Arb/Systematic Commodities/Macro/Rates/Credit
• FICC – Credit/FX/Rates/Commodities
• Equities – Fundamental RV/Stat Arb/Volatility.

Job Summary

My client is a rapidly growing fintech start-up in London who have built a fast, flexible and intelligent cloud-based operating platform for financial services providers.

They are looking for a Senior Python Developer to head up a high-performance team of engineers. You will be contributing to the expansion of integration with third party services, providing even more value for clients and end customers. You will also have the ability to shape the products they build using leading-edge technologies.

The ideal candidate is a strong communicator, with a passion for creating high quality, readable, and easily maintained code. Ideally, you will also have experience of team management or mentoring junior colleagues.

Requirements

• 5+ years’ commercial experience of Python 3+
• Degree in a STEM subject from a top university
• Some exposure to another OOP language (e.g. Java, C++, C#)
• Relational databases experience and recent use of modern testing tools (unit and functional testing)
• Strong experience and knowledge of Django, in particular the use of Django Rest Framework.
• Bonus points: for AWS infrastructure knowledge (e.g. Cloudformation/CDK for automation) and open source contributions or personal projects

Benefits

• Encouraging, diverse, collaborative working environment, solving complex problems
• Competitive salary and central London office location
• Generous benefits package, including flexi-work, individual training budget, work-from-home office set-up allowance, discounted gym and bike schemes, private health & life insurance, free breakfast when in the office

Job Summary

My client is a rapidly growing fintech start-up in London who have built a fast, flexible and intelligent cloud-based operating platform for financial services providers.

They are looking for innovative thinkers and talented developers to contribute to the expansion of various teams. This is an exciting time to get onboard as they shake up the financial services sector and are looking to scale the company even further!

The ideal candidate has proven experience delivering numerous front-end web applications independently; it is crucial that you are able to take ownership of your projects. Ideally, you will also have some experience of Selenium/other functional testing frameworks and Python experience (as their backend is based on it).

Requirements

• At least 2 years’ commercial experience of ReactJS and Redux (redux-forms is a plus)
• Degree in a STEM subject from a top university
• Proven experience in architecting complex React/Redux applications
• Sound custom web application development skills
• Experience with the following: HTML/CSS, BEM methodology, ECMAScript 6 programming, data visualisation libraries, at least one automation tool, such as Gulp, Grunt and/or Webpack
• Experience following a test-driven (TDD) approach when writing software for cross-browser issues

Benefits

• Encouraging, diverse, collaborative working environment, solving complex problems
• Competitive salary and central London office location
• Generous benefits package, including flexi-work, individual training budget, work-from-home office set-up allowance, discounted gym and bike schemes, private health & life insurance, free breakfast when in the office

Join a tech-driven quant and systematic IM with no red tape. They combine data, research, technology and trading proficiency to implement a scientific and innovative approach to investment.

The ideal candidate for this role is a talented quant developer with excellent OOP skills in C++. You will be a key member of the development team, working with traders and quants to roll out, enhance and run key components. Gaining exposure to many aspects of electronic and algorithmic trading, you will also build trading framework software and support ad-hoc infrastructure applications, processes and databases.

Requirements

• Strong academic background in any STEM subject
• Solid C++ experience
• 3+ years’ experience in finance is desirable
• Excellent Python experience essential
• Good database / SQL knowledge, with AWS experience
• Understanding of market data feed handlers and execution feeds highly desirable

Benefits

• Great opportunity to be part of a collaborative, creative environment where you can feel valued for your input
• Competitive salary + generous benefits
• Professional and personal development; healthy work-life balance

Summary

An innovative start-up building the future of data privacy are looking for software developers to join their dynamic London team – creating products that have a positive impact on the world.

You will be building software to enable the safe and ethical use of valuable data for analytics and machine learning. My client works with large organisations worldwide in healthcare, financial services, telecommunications, pharma and government, enabling them to get the most out of data without compromising on privacy.

The Role

Currently looking for backend developers of all experience levels to join their fast-paced, talented team.

You will be working in a very strong Java shop and in a space that is at the forefront of major tech firms’ priorities right now, combining state-of-the-art technologies with leading-edge algorithms to understand and tackle hard problems.

Requirements

• 1+ year’s experience in software development
• Strong experience coding in Java
• Strong academic background (from leading university) in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, Physics – or equivalent
• Experience with Big Data technologies a big plus

Benefits

• Competitive salary with meaningful share options
• Other perks such as weekly lunches and generous holiday allowance
• Working with a collaborative and agile team with the opportunity for more responsibility as the company grows

Salary

Competitive, plus stock and other start-up perks

Summary:

A sponsor of London’s PyData and ML meetups is looking to hire a Python / Data Engineer to join their core team in London. The successful Data Engineer will be building ETL data pipelines in Python and Kafka on Linux platforms, and will be working with a wide range of opensource frameworks and tools (NumPy/SciPy/Pandas). Joining a collaborative and remote team, the successful Data Engineer will be working on the central data platform, bringing together multiple sources of unstructured and structured data for the entire engineering team to access.

Requirements:

• BSc/MSc STEM subject
• Commercial experience working in Python, the PyData stack and SQL
• Interest in open source software

Benefits:

• Leading London salary structure
• Remote working for the foreseeable future (and commitments to maintain remote working options post Covid-19)
• Work in an exciting hedge fund environment, no financial experience needed

Summary:

A growing London-based software start-up in the health-tech space are looking for an Engineering Manager to join their team.

Working on cutting-edge software solutions to improve technology-focused healthcare in the UK, this fast-growing tech start-up are looking to add an engineering manager to a world class development team. This is a hands-off role, focusing on people and team leadership, mentorship and growth.

Requirements:

• STEM degree / previous engineering experience
• Experience developing, supporting and managing software engineering teams as a team lead or manager

Benefits:

• Join a cutting-edge London-based start-up making a real-world impact with software and solving meaningful problems
• Use your skillset in a tangible way to provide software solutions to complex problems in healthcare, including tools to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic
• Market-leading salary and options; flexible working; inclusive and collaborative culture

Summary:

An e-commerce start-up for female fashion are seeking a hands-on Tech Lead to transform users’ online shopping experience.

The successful candidate will provide technical and architectural leadership and be part of the founding team of a rapidly growing fashion technology start-up. They will establish and implement the technical vision for the start-up’s product roadmap.

Requirements:

• 5+ years working in software development, ideally in e-commerce
• 2+ years in a role providing leadership within software development or technical architecture
• Strong experience of engineering practices, such as TDD, pair programming, CI/CD
• Experience of designing applications to run in a cloud environment
• Experience building responsive web applications using React.

Nice to Have:

• Heroku with Heroku CI
• Experience working with headless CMSs, specifically Contentful

Benefits and Incentives:

• Chance to provide impactful tech leadership and take product ownership
• Equity within fast-growing start-up
• Work within an industry-leading founding team
• Chance to build an engineering team in your image

Overview:

Leading global prop trading firm that is very tech-driven and invests heavily in their engineering teams. The culture here is unique in that it is relaxed and informal, yet highly rewarding of strong performance.

They are seeking exceptional C++ software developers to join their new technology hub in Sydney as they grow their presence across the APAC region. Working alongside the very best traders and developers, you will be improving existing and building new technology to ensure operations run smoothly.

This is a high impact role, where you have the opportunity to take ownership of core technology elements and test your own ideas for the markets.

Requirements:

• Outstanding C++ developer (with experience of C++ 14/17, STL and template programming)
• Development experience in low-latency exchange connectivity components for Asian markets
• Strong knowledge of optimization for modern Intel / AMD architectures
• Good understanding of network stack
• Equity and/or derivatives market experience is a plus

Rewards and Incentives:

• Excellent bonus potential and compensation
• Friendly, collaborative working environment
• No dress code, catered offices and regular social events
• Fast-growing firm, where you can work with the latest technologies

Salary:

AUS$250k base + generous bonus scheme

My client is an industry-leading quant trading firm based in the heart of London with views across the Thames. They are at the top of their field with offices across six locations and their HQ based in London.

You will devise new research strategies, implement high-quality, robust code and contribute to the long-term growth and profitability of the company. 2018 was a record-breaking year for them; now is a perfect time to join as they expand their engineering and quant teams.

The Company

A market-leading London-based trading firm achieving groundbreaking success within the quant space. One of the largest hedge funds worldwide in assets under management (over $30 billion). You will be joining a highly talented team, writing high quality code – working closely with the Quant Research team in a very front office-based role. It is a mature environment that is transparent, collaborative and offers enormous opportunity to grow and have an impact on the business.

Requirements

• Experience with one or more of Python, Java or C++
• Experience in a front office environment is preferred, but not required
• Ability to write clean, maintainable, robust code
• Degree in a STEM subject from a top university

Benefits

• Strong salary and industry-leading bonuses
• Regular social events and company holidays, competitive compensation, generous holiday allowance, health services and other flexible benefits
• Flat-structured company with ‘no attitude’ culture

Job Summary

My client is a tech-first hedge fund based in the heart of London with views across the Thames. They are top of their field with offices across 6 locations worldwide with their flagship team based here in London. You will build and develop the trading infrastructure using cutting-edge tech, implementing higher performance trading algos, writing robust code and contributing to the long-term growth and profitability of the company.

The Company

An industry-leading London-based trading firm with groundbreaking success within the investment space. One of the largest hedge funds worldwide in assets under management. You will be joining a highly talented team writing high-quality code – working closely with the Quant Research team in a very front-office based role. It is a mature environment that is transparent, collaborative and offers enormous opportunity to grow and have an impact on the business.

Requirements

• Experience with one or more of Python, Java or C++
• Experience in a front office environment is preferred but not required
• Ability to write clean, maintainable, robust code
• Degree in a STEM subject from a top university

Benefits

• Diverse tech stack with access to greenfield projects
• Strong salary and market-leading bonuses
• Regular social events and company holidays, competitive compensation, generous holiday allowance, health services and other flexible benefits
• Flat-structured company with ‘no attitude’ feel

My client is a tech start-up based in the heart of London. They are looking for strong frontend engineers with meticulous detail to develop and maintain a robust product with exceptional aesthetics. This is an extremely high impact role and a great opportunity to be instrumental in defining the product vision, as well as having ownership over large parts of the codebase.

2018 was a record-breaking year for them, now is a perfect time to join as they expand their engineering teams.

The Company

They are at early stages, with an exceptional tech team residing from Palantir, Google and Uber, looking at huge growth potential. You will be joining a highly talented team writing high-quality code, working closely with the Director of Product and the product team. It is a mature environment that is transparent, collaborative and offers enormous opportunity to grow and have an impact on the business.

Requirements

• Experience with React (ideally) or similar frontend frameworks (Vue/Angular)
• Experience with Javascript and integration with GraphQL APIs
• Ability to write great frontends and a keen eye for detail in UI/UX
• Degree in a STEM subject from a top university

Benefits

• Strong salary + industry-leading bonuses
• Regular social events and company holidays, competitive compensation (generous holiday allowance, health services and other flexible benefits)
• Flat-structured company with ‘no attitude’ culture

Job Summary

My client is a tech-focused market-maker based in the heart of Amsterdam. They are looking for exceptional engineers to join an elite team of FPGA hardware and software engineers to design and develop ultra-fast trading systems for their London and Amsterdam offices. You will own end-to-end development while implementing new low-latency techniques. You will help develop their hardware platform, producing super-reliable high-speed digital designs.

The Company

An industry-leading Amsterdam-based trading firm with groundbreaking success within the high frequency trading space. You will be joining a highly talented team helping redefine the evolution of their trading systems. It is a mature environment that is transparent, collaborative and offers enormous opportunity to grow and have an impact on the business.

Requirements

• Degree in a STEM subject from a top university, preferably in Electronic Engineering or Computer Engineering
• Experience designing/building FPGAs using VHDL, Verilog, or System Verilog
• Experience with 10GB networking and networking protocols (TCP/UDP)
• Experience with high-performance networking stacks on FPGAs and multi-gigabit transceivers
• Willingness to understand how the systems you will build align with trading activities

Benefits

• Strong salary and market-leading profit-sharing structure
• Regular social events and company holidays, fully paid first-class travel, generous holiday allowance, premium-free pension and other flexible benefits
• Flat-structured company with ‘no-attitude’ feel
• Relocation packages

Summary:

A leading London-based trading firm is looking for a Quant Analyst to join a small, flat team of software engineers and researchers. As a Quant Analyst, you will be developing predictive financial models by deploying cutting-edge data science tools and analytics.

Working with the Python data stack, you will be working with very large data sets and taking ownership of the full lifecycle from design to production of predictive models. This trading firm are based in the City of London.

Requirements:

• STEM degree
• Commercial programming experience with Python and at least one object oriented language (Java / C# / C++)
• Knowledge of markets and finance is not required
• London-based

 Benefits:

• Competitive salary and bonus structure in London
• Non-corporate company culture and flat hierarchy
• Long-term employee investment and progression opportunities

Summary:

A bleeding edge fintech start-up, focussing on building trade analytics software, are looking for a Clojure developer to join this early-stage team.

The successful Clojure developer will help build new products from scratch, working on fully greenfield projects in an agile environment.  The successful Clojure developer will be building scalable distributed systems with Clojure, Docker, Kubernetes and AWS. The team is remotely distributed, so you will be able to work from home long term.

Requirements:

• Solid computer science fundamental knowledge – STEM degree preferred
• Experience with Clojure
• Experience with DevOps tools and cloud engineering (Docker, AWS, Kubernetes)

Benefits & Incentives:

• Make an impact in an early-stage start-up
• Gain commercial experience with Clojure in an agile team
• Competitive salary, equity and remote working available

Summary:

A global pioneer in technology solutions within finance are looking for a front-end JavaScript developer to join the London-based core engineering team within this global tier 1 bank. This is a high impact role, building client-side software, tools and libraries that are rolled out internally to thousands of developers on a global scale.

Requirements:

• Solid Computer Science fundamental knowledge, through degree or engineering experience
• React.js experience, TypeScript a bonus
• Good understanding of full software development lifecycle and agile methodology

Benefits:

• Considerable salary and bonus structure in London
• Flexible working hours, working from home available

Summary:

A globally leading, systematic, quant trading firm are looking for a Data Engineer to join their technical team in London.

The successful Data Engineer will be utilising both analytical and technical skillsets, building data pipelines in the Python and PyData stack, and working closely with analysts and developers in London to process multiple terabytes of data from various structured and unstructured sources. This is a fast-moving technical team working with the latest data engineering stack, including Kafka, ElasticSearch, Scala/Spark.

Requirements:

• STEM degree
• Solid understanding of Computer Science fundamentals, data structures and algorithms
• Programming skills in any OO language, and data engineering experience with Python and SQL
• Desire to work in London

Benefits:

• Fast-moving, central London-based team
• Cutting-edge technical skillset
• Highly competitive salary and buy-side bonus structure

Summary:

An esports gaming start-up are looking for a Senior Python Developer to join their London-based team.

The successful Python developer will be building a bleeding-edge trading exchange, in a fast-paced, agile environment, shipping to production multiple times a day and taking ownership of the backend development, written in Python, hosted on AWS.

Requirements:

• STEM degree or relevant experience
• 3 yrs+ of commercial engineering experience with Python
• Experience with AWS/ cloud engineering a plus

Benefits:

• Competitive salary, health insurance, pension, equity
• Highly agile team, fast-paced start-up environment, multiple deployments / day
• Office pets welcome

Summary:

An industry-leading quant / systematic trading asset manager are looking for a C# focussed software developer to join an agile, London-based engineering team. The successful C# developer will be working very close to the business, alongside traders, risk analysts and quants in London. Their tech stack includes C#, .NET, Azure and Kubernetes.

Requirements:

• STEM degree or relevant industry experience
• Commercial experience working with C# and SQL in a software engineering role
• Current stack includes: C# / .NET, MSSQL, RabbitMQ, Redis, Winforms, Azure, Kubernetes, Python

Benefits:

• Highly competitive salary and hedge fund-style bonus structure in London
• Cutting-edge software and data focussed technologies
• Agile engineering team in central London

Summary:

A cutting-edge fintech start-up are utilising Kotlin to create a complex distributed ledger platform and services for the financial technology industry. Looking for core Java / JVM-based developers to join a growing global team, this start-up are making waves within their industry, creating groundbreaking technology from a London-based, agile team.

Requirements:

• Strong computer science fundamental knowledge
• Core Java development experience (multithreading, distributed systems are a plus)
• Interest in functional programming on the JVM (no Kotlin experience needed)

Benefits and Incentives:

• Competitive salary, benefits, etc.
• Highly agile, London-based team
• Gain commercial experience functional programming for a fintech start-up

Summary:

A bleeding-edge systematic quant trading technology firm is looking for a low-latency C++ engineer to join the London-based trading optimisation team. Utilising C++17 to optimise live trading execution speeds on real-time trading platforms, the successful C++ developer will be working in a small, highly agile team on front office technology in London.

Requirements:

• MSc/BSc Computer Science or other STEM subject
• Commercial experience of good software architecture, data structures and algorithms
• Low-latency engineering experience in C++, C# or Java

Benefits:

• Competitive salary and top buy-side bonus structure in London
• Cutting-edge agile technology environment
• Dress-down London office and great work-life balance

Summary:

A bleeding-edge challenger bank, disrupting the b2b financial tech industry, is looking for a Front-End / Javascript Engineer to join a growing, agile team of engineers, designers and machine learning specialists in London. You’ll work directly with the product team to build beautiful and functional front-ends for cloud-based applications that millions of end users will fall in love with. The tech revolves around the latest React.js, with the back-end written in Python and deploying to AWS with Docker and Terraform.

Requirements:

• BSc/MSc Computer Science or other STEM subject, or relevant commercial experience detailing fundamental knowledge of computer science principles
• Development experience with vanilla Javascript and modern frameworks (React.js / Angular / Vue), along with a keen eye for detail and UX/UI design
• Understanding and appreciation for the back-end is a must; you’ll be working closely with back-end and full stack engineers

Benefits:

• Highly competitive salary and benefits package in central London
• Work closely with AI/ML engineers on bleeding-edge software products
• Meritocratic, agile environment

Summary:

Awarded Product of the Year by Cambridge University in 2017, this exciting London-based software start-up is looking for strong software developers to join their engineering team in London. Launched in 2015, they have developed a distributed knowledge graph – a logical database organising large, complex networks of data as one body of knowledge – used by industries as diverse as robotics disaster recovery and financial analytics.

The successful candidate will cover all aspects of software engineering: programming, architecture, build and release, PRs & code reviews, etc. They build with open-source and distributed tech stacks including: Hadoop, Spark, Cassandra and Kubernetes, while the main back-end is Java with some Python and node.js.

Requirements:

• BSc Computer Science or Software Engineering
• 3+ years’ commercial experience
• Solid programming experience in OOP languages
• Proven experience in back-end systems with multithreading and parallel programming
• Experience in distributed systems and cloud environments

Benefits and Incentives:

• Competitive salary + benefits + stock
• Talented, collaborative and ambitious team
• Flexible working hours, and fully stocked kitchen
• Open-source cutting-edge technology
• Visa sponsorship, and relocation support

Summary

Summary

Quant Developer wanted for leading investment firm to join their fast-paced, dynamic engineering team. This role will give you the opportunity to design, build and optimize a diverse trading platform. You will be working closely with the researchers and live traders to develop the core-trading infrastructure.

Summary

Summary:

A bleeding-edge health-tech start-up making waves in the health-tech space in London are looking for full stack engineers to join their East London-based team. The successful software engineer will be solving complex real-world problems in the field of health-tech and building ethical solutions to technology challenges in this space. The work you do will make a huge national impact, and will help transform the healthcare industry in the UK.

Responsibilities:

• Work in a close knit, collaborative and highly agile team in London
• Tech stack is C#/.NET Core, SQL, React.JS and Redux. Candidates from any OO background are encouraged
• Take ownership of your work, make an impact both internally within the team, and externally with industry-changing products

Requirements:

• STEM degree or equivalent experience
• Full stack engineering experience in a commercial setting within an agile team
• Mission-driven mentality to solve complex real-world problems

 Benefits:

• Competitive salary and stock options
• Flexi working hours in London
• Chance to turn your code into something meaningful that will make a real, important impact on millions of people

Summary:

An elite prop trading firm headquartered in Amsterdam are looking for FPGA engineers to join their trading technology team. As a successful FPGA developer, you will be building ultra-low-latency, high performance exchanges and trading platforms. Working closely with traders and researchers, you will be in the heart of the trading business in Amsterdam. You do not need financial experience or knowledge, but an interest in the finance industry is beneficial. 

Requirements:

• STEM degree
• FPGA experience
• Experience with 10 GB networking and with networking protocols (TCP/UDP)
• Hand-written RTL

 Benefits:

• Highly competitive compensation package, including profit sharing bonus scheme
• Relocation bonus and support to Amsterdam
• Visa sponsorship offered
• Huge investment into personal development, training and progression

Summary:

An elite prop trading firm headquartered in Amsterdam are looking for C++ engineers to join their trading technology team. As a successful C++ developer, you will be building ultra-low-latency, high performance exchanges and trading platforms. Working closely with traders and researchers, you will be in the heart of the trading business in Amsterdam. You do not need financial experience or knowledge, but an interest in the finance industry is beneficial. 

Requirements:

• STEM degree
• 5+ years of commercial experience with low-latency C++ 17 / 14 / 11
• Linux/Unix experience
• Interest in living in/ relocating to Amsterdam, NL

 Benefits:

• Highly competitive compensation package, including profit sharing bonus scheme
• Relocation bonus and support to Amsterdam
• Visa sponsorship offered
• Huge investment into personal development, training and progression

Summary:

A London-based leading trading firm are looking for a Quant Analyst to join a small, flat team of software engineers and researchers. As a Quant Analyst, you will be developing predictive financial models by deploying cutting edge data science tools and analytics.

Working with the Python data stack, you will be working with very large data sets and taking ownership of the full lifecycle from design to production of predictive models. This trading firm are based in the City of London.

Requirements:

• STEM degree
• Programming experience with any object oriented language (Java / C# / C++)
• Predictive modelling and data handling experience in Python
• Knowledge of markets and finance is not required
• London-based

 Benefits:

• Competitive salary and bonus structure in London
• Non-corporate company culture and flat hierarchy
• Long-term employee investment and progression opportunities