Key Responsibilities
- Design, build and maintain business-critical trading infrastructure and backend services.
- Develop systems across trade capture, position management, reconciliation and settlement workflows.
- Build scalable data platforms to support trading, risk and operational processes.
- Create internal tooling used by traders, quantitative researchers and operations teams.
- Improve the performance, reliability and scalability of existing systems.
- Collaborate closely with stakeholders across engineering, trading, quantitative research and operations.
- Take ownership of projects from design through to production deployment and support.
- Contribute to architectural decisions and engineering best practices across the platform.
- Troubleshoot complex production issues and continuously improve system resilience.
Key Requirements
- Strong commercial experience developing software in Python.
- Experience within trading, market making, electronic trading or financial markets technology.
- Strong knowledge of Linux environments and operating systems.
- Solid SQL and PostgreSQL experience.
- Experience building and operating production-grade backend systems.
- Exposure to market data, execution systems, position management, reconciliation or settlement platforms.
- Knowledge of C++ or other performance-oriented languages.
- Strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals, design patterns and system architecture.
- Experience working with distributed systems, messaging platforms or event-driven architectures.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work independently.
- Comfortable working directly with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Senior Python Engineer - Quantitative Trading - Selby Jennings in London employer: eFinancialCareers
As a leading global asset manager based in London, we pride ourselves on fostering a dynamic and inclusive work culture that values innovation and collaboration. Our employees benefit from comprehensive professional development opportunities, competitive compensation packages, and the chance to work with cutting-edge AI tools that enhance their skills and productivity. Join us to be part of a team that not only drives success but also prioritises employee well-being and growth in a vibrant city.
