Backend Software Engineer Python SQL - Hedge Fund

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Backend Software Engineer Python SQL – Hedge Fund, London

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London, United Kingdom

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Yes

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Job Reference:

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Posted:

12.08.2025

Expiry Date:

26.09.2025

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Job Description:

Backend Software Engineer / Developer *London onsite* to £180k+

Are you a technologist Backend Software Engineer with strong Python coding experience and a record of academic achievement?

You could be progressing your career working on complex and challenging systems at a Hedge Fund with over $17 billion under management.

What\’s in it for you:

• Salary to £180k
• Significant bonus earning potential
• Fund performance share
• Personal training budget and mentoring
• Family friendly benefits that include unlimited emergency backup childcare as well as care for elderly relatives
• Various social groups including sports teams
• Private healthcare and wellness activities

Your role:

As a Backend Software Engineer you\’ll collaborate with a team of highly intelligent technologists and finance professionals to develop algorithmic trading systems working with a modern tech stack, with opportunities for technical ownership from day one.

You\’ll partner with Quant teams to help architect valuation, risk and pricing systems, delivering massively scalable, high performance streaming compute operations. You\’ll be equipped with all the latest kit to help you succeed as well as learning from industry experts on world finance.

Location / WFH:

You\’ll join the team in fantastic London (Soho) based offices that offer a wide range of facilities including nutritionally balance breakfast, lunch and all day snacks. Please note this role is full-time office based (Monday to Friday).

About you:

• You have an outstanding record of academic achievement – minimum 2.1 in a STEM discipline from a top tier university (i.e. Russel Group or top 100 global university), backed by A grades at A-level
• You have strong commercial experience with advanced Python programming skills
• You have a strong knowledge of SQL databases
• You have a thorough understanding of Computer Science fundamentals such as OOP, Data Structures, Design Patterns, Algorithms
• You\’re entrepreneurial with good business acumen, keen to take ownership and lead projects
• You\’re collaborative, enjoy problem solving and sharing ideas

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