At a Glance
- Tasks: Design and develop high-impact applications for risk analysis and trade processing.
- Company: Leading financial institution with a focus on innovation and technology.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Exciting projects with potential for career advancement in a fast-paced environment.
- Why this job: Join a dynamic team and make a real impact in the financial trading world.
- Qualifications: Experience in investment banking or financial trading, strong Python and SQL skills.
The predicted salary is between 120000 - 120000 £ per year.
The Opportunity
You'll be involved in the design and development of high-impact applications that enable risk analysis, trade processing, and business decision-making across complex financial products.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Building and enhancing Python-based applications that support trading and risk workflows
- Developing scalable data services and processing solutions for large volumes of market and transactional data
- Delivering integrations across pricing, risk, and trade management platforms
- Creating APIs and backend services that support internal applications and analytics tools
- Working alongside business stakeholders to convert complex requirements into robust technical solutions
- Driving best practices around software engineering, testing, and code quality
- Contributing to architectural decisions and platform improvements as systems continue to scale
What We're Looking For
- Experience working within investment banking, capital markets, or financial trading environments
- Solid understanding of data-intensive application development and performance optimisation
- Advanced SQL skills with experience querying and manipulating large datasets
- Experience with data analysis and processing frameworks such as Pandas and NumPy
- Exposure to modern API development using technologies such as FastAPI, Flask, or similar frameworks
- Strong Linux/Unix knowledge and experience working within production environments
Financial Markets Experience
We're particularly interested in candidates who have worked on platforms supporting:
- Market risk, PnL, exposure management, or trade lifecycle processes
- Reconciliation, reporting, or risk analytics functions
- Fixed income, rates, credit, derivatives, or other capital markets products
- Experience working with enterprise front-office platforms, quantitative libraries, or strategic risk systems within large financial institutions would be highly advantageous.
We think you need these skills to ace Senior Python Engineer - Front Office Risk & Trading Technology: £120k+
Python
Data Analysis
SQL
Pandas
NumPy
API Development
FastAPI
