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Python Core Developer- Hedge Fund trading team

London Full-Time 128000 - 192000 £ / year (est.) No home office possible

Job Description

Salary: £160,000 base + profit share bonus (TC can be north of £500k)

Job Description:

One of the world's most prestigious hedge funds is looking for an outstanding Python Developer to join one of their their Fixed Income trading pods.

You'll join a small fixed-income PM team of 10 that enjoys huge autonomy and is looking to grow their risk-taking. Working directly with the PM/trader, you'll support the team's entire tech stack. You will have to demonstrate ability to make the trade-offs between long-term stability and sustainability of the tech stack and the immediate needs of the risk takers. Tech stack is primarily Python and they make heavy use of cloud resources and containerization to get things done.

Responsibilities:

Stability of daily production (incl. data ingestion and processing, production services)
Maintain the team's infrastructure (SQL databases, Linux servers, CI, services, etc.)
Enforce best practices in coding and provide guidance to other team members
Turn user ideas into production level code and help risk-takers write better code

Skills and Experience Required

Minimum 5+ years' development experience (ideally more!)
Deep understanding of Python
Experience managing SQL databases (in particular dealing with time series data)
Technical background (Maths/ Comp Sci/Engineering)
- Finance is not a hard requirement

Desirable

Advanced academic background in STEM, e.g. Masters or PhD
Previous experience in Fixed Income

Benefits & Incentives

Significant salary + a bonus tied to profits / trading strategy success
Greenfield work / big impact
Very collaborative and friendly culture where ideas from everyone are implemented
Small team with large AUM

Whilst we carefully review all applications, to all jobs, due to the high volume of applications we receive it is not possible to respond to those who have not been successful.

Contact
If you feel you're suitable for this role, want to hear about similar positions, or would like help hiring similar developers for your company, then please send your CV or get in touch:

Richard Allan
richard.allan@oxfordknight.co.uk
020 3137 9574
linkedin.com/in/richardallanok/

Python Core Developer- Hedge Fund trading team employer: Oxford Knight

Join one of the world's most prestigious hedge funds, where you will thrive in a collaborative and friendly culture that values your ideas and contributions. With a significant salary and profit-sharing bonus, this role offers you the chance to work on greenfield projects within a small, high-impact team, providing ample opportunities for professional growth and development in a dynamic environment.