Senior Quant Developer

TL;DR

Senior Quant Developer (Python/C++): Collaborating with quant researchers to productionize models and design scalable research/tooling infrastructure, contributing to architectural decisions across the full research-to-execution workflow with an accent on optimising system performance, reliability, and throughput across large-scale datasets. Focus on building and maintaining data pipelines, research platforms, and components of the live trading stack.

Location: London

Salary: Up to £200,000 + bonus

Company

We are partnering with one of London’s most selective and highest-performing quantitative investment funds.

What you will do

• Collaborate closely with quant researchers to productionise models and design scalable research/tooling infrastructure
• Develop high-performance, robust code across Python and C++
• Build and maintain data pipelines, research platforms, and components of the live trading stack
• Optimise system performance, reliability, and throughput across large-scale datasets
• Contribute to architectural decisions across the full research-to-execution workflow

Requirements

• Exceptional programming skills in Python and/or C++, with a focus on writing clean, performant production code
• Strong understanding of core CS fundamentals (algorithms, distributed systems, profiling, testing)
• A problem-solver with the ability to work collaboratively in a highly technical, research-driven environment
• Humility, curiosity, and a desire to build systems that have real, measurable impact
• Computer Science or STEM degree from a good university

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to join a top-performing fund with a deeply technical culture
• Work directly with elite researchers and developers on complex, meaningful problems
• Highly competitive compensation with significant performance-based upside
• Exposure to world-class infrastructure, datasets, and compute environments
• A role where strong engineering truly drives investment performance