Front Office Python Engineer

Quantitative Developer – Python | London

A leading boutique British Fund is seeking a highly skilled Python Engineer to join its growing cross asset trading team. This is an outstanding opportunity to work at the intersection of technology and quantitative research, building the core systems that power cutting-edge trading.

The Role

You’ll collaborate closely with portfolio managers and researchers to build the infrastructure that drives trading. This is a high-impact position suited to an engineer with strong software fundamentals and direct exposure to systematic investment workflows.

What You’ll Do

• Build and maintain robust, scalable software systems supporting systematic trading strategies
• Partner with quantitative researchers to design and implement research workflows and production pipelines
• Refactor and optimise code for performance, reliability, and low latency in a Linux environment
• Develop tooling and infrastructure for data ingestion, backtesting, research, and live trading
• Ensure reliability in production through rapid troubleshooting and issue resolution
• Work cross-functionally to align technology and investment needs

What We’re Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science
• 4+ years of professional software engineering experience, including 3+ years supporting a systematic investment process
• Strong background in statistics, data-intensive computing, or similar fields
• Advanced Python skills in production-level, Linux-based systems