Senior Python / C++ Software Engineer (Fintech)

TL;DR

Senior Python / C++ Software Engineer (Fintech): Building and optimizing large-scale quantitative research platforms and portfolio production systems with an accent on high-performance application design, concurrency, and distributed systems. Focus on solving unique technical challenges to support the firm's next decade of growth and developing scalable infrastructure for predictive signal production.

Location: London, United Kingdom

Company

hirify.global is a global investment firm that develops and deploys systematic financial strategies across a broad range of asset classes and markets.

What you will do

• Design, code, test, and deploy firmwide platforms and tooling.
• Collaborate with researchers and portfolio managers to enable large-scale quantitative operations.
• Develop scalable, efficient, and high-performance distributed systems.
• Own unique technical challenges related to platform architecture and data processing.
• Work independently to drive the production of predictive signals and financial strategies.

Requirements

• Minimum 7 years of production-quality Python development experience on Linux.
• Strong understanding of Linux system programming fundamentals.
• Proficiency in data structures, algorithms, and concurrency patterns.
• Ability to develop large-scale, distributed systems.
• Willingness to learn C++ (experience is a strong plus).
• Proficiency in English.

Nice to have

• Experience with C++ development.
• Knowledge of machine learning, deep learning, or backtesting platform design.
• Experience with large-scale graph data computation.
• Experience with streaming or dataflow systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Intellectually driven and relaxed work environment.
• Culture that balances academic sensibility with accountability for results.
• Opportunity to work with high-caliber talent in a collaborative setting.
• Focus on continuous improvement and challenging conventional thinking.