Full Stack Engineer (Python/React)
Senior Full Stack Engineer - Asset Management & Private Markets (Python/React) £100,000 - £120,000 + 20% Bonus
A global financial services firm with a market-leading asset management platform is investing heavily in technology and is expanding its London engineering team.
This role sits within the Asset Management & Private Markets Technology group, working closely with Front Office and investment teams on a genuine transformation programme (not BAU). You'll help design, build, and scale modern platforms supporting private markets strategies.
What you'll do
A global financial services firm with a market-leading asset management platform is investing heavily in technology and is expanding its London engineering team.
This role sits within the Asset Management & Private Markets Technology group, working closely with Front Office and investment teams on a genuine transformation programme (not BAU). You'll help design, build, and scale modern platforms supporting private markets strategies.
What you'll do
- Build and enhance cloud-native applications across asset management and private markets
- Work closely with Front Office, digital, and architecture teams
- Develop APIs and microservices while advancing DevOps maturity
- Contribute to long-term platform ownership in a high-impact environment
- Strong experience with Python (FastAPI/Django) and/or Node.js
- API-driven development and microservices architecture
- Cloud experience (AWS and/or GCP), CI/CD, Docker/Kubernetes
- ReactJS and UI experience highly desirable
- Exposure to asset management, private markets, or financial services preferred
- Strong communication skills and delivery mindset
- Large-scale technology transformation
- Front Office proximity and influence
- Modern stack: cloud, APIs, DevOps, AI
- Long-term product ownership, not project churn
- Significant tech investment and team growth in London
2-3 days a week in office requirement