Software Engineer

URGENT: Front Office Python Developer (Portfolio Systems)

London | On-site | Compensation: Up to £140k base

A discretionary macro hedge fund is hiring for a senior, hands-on front-office engineering role. This position requires immediate ownership in a small, high-accountability team.

Role

  • Build and run front-office portfolio and risk systems
  • Own portfolio state, positions, and risk views
  • Design systems from the ground up
  • Work directly with Portfolio Managers and Traders
  • Be accountable for correctness and day-to-day operation

This is an operational systems role, not research or platform engineering.

Required profile

  • 3–8 years professional experience
  • Strong Python developer with end-to-end ownership of live production systems
  • Experience with:

Portfolio Management Systems (PMS) or

Front Office trading / risk systems or

Position keeping, portfolio state, or risk aggregation

  • Comfortable designing systems from scratch
  • Understands system state and lifecycle, not just algorithms
  • Notice period ≤ 3 months
  • Willing to work on-site 5 days a week

Preferred

  • Buy-side experience or PMS / risk platform vendor background
  • Fixed Income or macro trading exposure

Not suitable for

  • Quant researchers or systematic developers
  • Portfolio Managers or traders
  • SRE / DevOps / platform engineers
  • Data engineers or execution / FIX specialists
  • Graduate or early-career profiles

Send your CV and a brief summary of relevant experience to

dana@durlstonpartners.com

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Job Details

Company
Durlston Partners
Location
London, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted