1 to 25 of 142 Backtesting Jobs in the UK

Commercial Analyst

Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
concepts, and understanding of how risk tools support commercial decision-making Quantitative & Analytical Econometric analysis, statistical modeling, demand/supply forecasting, scenario analysis, backtesting, and supply/demand balance modeling Programming & Data Tools Python (pandas, NumPy), SQL, VBA, Advanced Excel, API integration, Power Query; familiarity with R, MATLAB, or C++ ...

Quantitative Analyst (Rates Electronic Market Making)

Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
trade recommendations and trading activity analysis. Optimize and streamline the existing technology stack used for pricing, hedging and trading analysis, including live pricing and backtesting; define and develop strategic improvements to the stack. Stay abreast of technological innovations to facilitate their adoption within the team and coordinate migrations from legacy ...

Software Engineer, Macro Quant Analytics Technology

Hiring Organisation
Point72
Location
London, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
real-time) data models and services, ensuring consistency across analytics use cases. Develop and integrate derived data pipelines and datasets used in research, backtesting, and production analytics. Contribute to API design, data modeling, and system architecture for shared analytics platforms. Integrate analytics services with batch and streaming data pipelines across ...

Software Engineer, Macro Quant Analytics Technology

Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
real-time) data models and services, ensuring consistency across analytics use cases. Develop and integrate derived data pipelines and datasets used in research, backtesting, and production analytics. Contribute to API design, data modeling, and system architecture for shared analytics platforms. Integrate analytics services with batch and streaming data pipelines across ...

Data, Analytics & Reporting Analyst - Data Engineering Team

Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
data feeds for investment teams and broader stakeholders. Build, maintain and enhance quantitative models, analytical tools and performance attribution systems, including solutions that support backtesting, scenario analysis and factor‐based research. Automate recurring analytical and reporting workflows to improve efficiency, accuracy and timely delivery of performance reports, risk metrics ...

Data, Analytics & Reporting Analyst - Data Engineering Team

Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
data feeds for investment teams and broader stakeholders. Build, maintain and enhance quantitative models, analytical tools and performance attribution systems, including solutions that support backtesting, scenario analysis and factor‐based research. Automate recurring analytical and reporting workflows to improve efficiency, accuracy and timely delivery of performance reports, risk metrics ...

java developer in algorithmic trading

Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
such as VWAP, TWAP, Inline, and Pairs; Experience working on matching engines and dark pools; Experience implementing automated testing strategies for algorithms, including simulation, backtesting, regression suites, and replay frameworks; Deep understanding of market microstructure, pre-trade risk checks, limit frameworks, and regulatory requirements, and their impact on execution algorithm ...

Quantitative Analyst / Developer – Multi-Desk & Low-Latency Electronic Execution

Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
using Java, Rust, or other cutting-edge technologies. Conduct microstructure research and analysis of EMEA equity markets leveraging mathematical finance, statistics, and probability. Build backtesting frameworks and prototype quantitative research projects on algorithmic trading topics using Python and kdb. Monitor, analyze, and optimize platform performance to ensure ultra-low latency ...

Quantitative Developer (Systematic Options/Python) – Tier 1 Hedge Fund – Excellent Compensation & Benefits

Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
pace required in an investment team Nice To Have Experience with options, derivatives, volatility strategies, or risk analytics Experience with signal pipelines, research platforms, backtesting systems, or live trading infrastructure Experience building monitoring tools, dashboards, or operational analytics platforms Familiarity with distributed computing, workflow orchestration, or large-scale data pipelines ...

Senior Data Scientist - Neural Net Forecasting

Location
Welwyn, England, United Kingdom
interns. You will: Design and improve deep learning and related machine learning forecasting models for large‐scale retailtime series. Build robust training and backtesting pipelines (time‐aware CV, leakage controls, stability checks). Apply best practices for productionisation (monitoring, retraining strategies, performance and cost considerations). Collaborate closely with engineering ...

Senior Low-Latency Java Engineer - London

Location
City Of London, England, United Kingdom
Systems Electronic Trading Algorithmic Trading JVM Market Data Linux Performance Tuning Event-Driven Architecture Microservices Multithreading TCP/IP Kernel Bypass KDB+ Rust C++ Backtesting Trading Systems Financial Markets Technology System Architecture. McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds. #J-18808-Ljbffr ...

Senior Low Latency Rust Engineer

Hiring Organisation
McGregor Boyall Associates Limited
Location
Central London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
modern Java. What youll work on Low-latency Rust and Java frameworks Event-sourced systems operating in the 10100 microsecond range Market-data replay, backtesting and simulation tooling High-performance market-data processing Linux, kernel and systems-level performance optimisation TCP/IP networking and kernel-bypass technologies Performance profiling ...

Senior Low Latency Rust Engineer

Hiring Organisation
McGregor Boyall
Location
London, South East England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
Salary negotiable
What you’ll work on Low-latency Rust and Java frameworks Event-sourced systems operating in the 10–100 microsecond range Market-data replay, backtesting and simulation tooling High-performance market-data processing Linux, kernel and systems-level performance optimisation TCP/IP networking and kernel-bypass technologies Performance profiling ...

Quant Risk Manager

Hiring Organisation
Quant Capital
Location
London, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
derivatives products in multiple asset classes Proven ability to apply risk management models and techniques such as Value at Risk models, Liquidity Risk models, backtesting and stress testing models Proven ability to conduct research, analyze problems, formulate and implement solutions in an efficient, effective and independent manner Excellent written ...

Senior Manager, Risk

Hiring Organisation
Intercontinental Exchange
Location
London, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
power, gas, interest rates, equity, softs)Proven ability to apply risk management models and techniques such as Value at Risk models, Liquidity Risk models, backtesting and stress testing modelsAbility to be a team player and to help with creating a strong risk cultureProven ability to conduct research, analyze problems, formulate ...

Machine Learning Researcher

Location
City Of London, England, United Kingdom
models into live trading environments. Optimise inference latency and robustness; ensure models behave safely under live market conditions. Continuously refine model quality through systematic backtesting, live evaluation, and monitoring. Hard Skills Requirements: Degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Applied Mathematics, or similar quantitative discipline. Strong programming skills in Python ...

Principal Data Scientist

Hiring Organisation
Vortexa
Location
London, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
sector or through a strong understanding of energy systems, markets and their operational dynamics. Have quantitative trading experience: particularly around arbitrage, strategy development, backtesting and risk management across physical or derivative assets. Have worked with frontier AI techniques: including transformer architectures, generative models or agentic AI, particularly where models need ...

Low Latency Java Developer

Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
production trading systems Working with FIX, multicast and high-performance messaging Optimising JVM applications for low allocation, low GC and predictable latency Developing simulation, backtesting and regression-testing frameworks Taking ownership from design and architecture through to production These responsibilities come directly from the underlying brief. What we’re looking ...

Quantitative Researcher

Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
trading and pricing strategies, including high-frequency approaches Analyse large datasets to discover statistical trading opportunities and validate models Develop and improve simulation and backtesting frameworks to better match live performance Translate mathematical models into robust production code in collaboration with engineers Required qualifications & skills Advanced degree (MSc/ ...

Quantitative Developer, Research & ML Engineering, Systematic Macro

Hiring Organisation
Millennium Management
Location
London, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
data-intensive tools, research workflows, or model development infrastructureStrong Linux development experienceExperience building agentic AI systems — tool use, orchestration, and evaluationHigh Valued ExperienceExperience with backtesting and awareness of common research pitfalls such as overfitting, lookahead bias, and survivorship biasUnderstanding of systematic trading strategies and quantitative research workflowsKnowledge of market microstructureExperience ...

Senior Python / C++ Software Engineer

Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
learn C++. Experience in C++ is a strong plus Candidate must have strong interest and motivation to work with machine learning, deep learning, backtesting platform design and development technologies. Prior experience is not required but will be considered as a strong plus. Strong understanding and experience with Linux system programming ...

Commodities Macro Analyst

Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
participate in the development, testing, and deployment of proprietary analytical tools, models, and dashboards. Coding: Use Python to build and enhance tools for research, backtesting, and production reporting. Data Management: Design and maintain data pipelines (including SQL) for clean, reliable data feeds. Trade Support: Assist in generating, researching, and stress ...

Senior Python Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
WorldQuant
Location
London, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
willing to learn C++. Experience in C++ is a strong plusCandidate must have strong interest and motivation to work with machine learning, deep learning, backtesting platform design and development technologies. Prior experience is not required but will be considered as a strong plus. Strong understanding and experience with Linux system ...

Senior Manager - Trade & Ops Risk Modelling

Location
City Of London, England, United Kingdom
Model Validation, Audit and Regulatory stakeholders throughout the model lifecycle. Produce and maintain technical documentation, methodology papers and governance artefacts. Support model performance monitoring, backtesting and ongoing model enhancements. Collaborate across Risk, Finance, Technology and Front Office teams to deliver strategic modelling solutions. Mentor and support junior modelling colleagues. Essential ...

Senior Product Specialist

Hiring Organisation
London Stock Exchange Group
Location
London, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
corresponding index methodologiesCollaborate with IT in building an adapted front-to-back architecture, including back-testing, validation, calculation, and publication. Implement and expand Python backtesting engine using object-oriented programming principles for efficient and scalable solutionsAnalyse and optimize existing codebase for performance and maintainabilityWHAT YOU'LL BRING: Experience ...