Summary:
My client is a leading quantitative investment management firm trading evolving portfolios across the world’s major liquid asset classes. Technology teams work in a stimulating and varied environment, where both cross-team and cross-functional interaction is essential for the firm’s continued success.
Now looking to expand their Platform Operations team with a highly motivated Python Developer to contribute to and lead engineering projects for their best-in-class quantitative investment platform. You’ll work closely with Strategy Managers and Researchers to develop tools & frameworks that facilitate the day-to-day operation of trading pipelines.
They use Amazon S3 for data storage, Python libraries (e.g. Pandas) for data manipulation, Kafka for event-based data transformations, which are deployed using Octopus Deploy. Familiarity with some or all of these will be beneficial but not essential.
This role offers a great opportunity to grow your knowledge – e.g. asset classes & strategies – and to work with and learn from a variety of different strategy managers.
Requirements:
- 1-2 years of Python programming experience in a commercial setting
- A desire to work in a hybrid technical and operational role at the heart of a dynamic data-centric business
- Outstanding problem-solving skills and collaborative communication abilities
- Keen interest in quantitative finance and proficiency in handling financial data
- Strong academic background, with minimum Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Physics (or equivalent technical field)
Benefits:
- Competitive salary + generous benefits
- Regular social and sports events
- Collaborative and creative culture, with a healthy work-life balance
- Top-notch offices in Knightsbridge (gym, on-site barista, breakfast & lunch, games room, roof terrace)
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