Quant Developer: Elite Quant Fund: Python/C++: £150-200k base plus huge bonus
Hunter Bond
Charing Cross, United Kingdom
6 days ago
Role details
Contract type
Permanent contract Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours) Working hours
Regular working hours Languages
English Compensation
£ 200KJob location
Charing Cross, United Kingdom
Tech stack
C++
Profiling
Computer Programming
Distributed Systems
Python
Information Technology
Production Code
Job description
As a Quant Developer, you will:
- Collaborate closely with quant researchers to productionise models and design scalable research/tooling infrastructure
- Develop high-performance, robust code across Python and C++
- Build and maintain data pipelines, research platforms, and components of the live trading stack
- Optimise system performance, reliability, and throughput across large-scale datasets
- Contribute to architectural decisions across the full research-to-execution workflow
Requirements
- Exceptional programming skills in Python and/or C++, with a focus on writing clean, performant production code
- Strong understanding of core CS fundamentals (algorithms, distributed systems, profiling, testing)
- Experience in a systematic trading environment or quantitative data domain is highly advantageous, though not essential
- A problem-solver with the ability to work collaboratively in a highly technical, research-driven environment
- Humility, curiosity, and a desire to build systems that have real, measurable impact
- Computer Science or STEM degree from a good university
Benefits & conditions
- Highly competitive compensation with significant performance-based upside
- Exposure to world-class infrastructure, datasets, and compute environments
- A role where strong engineering truly drives investment performance
About the company
We are partnering with one of London's most selective and highest-performing quantitative investment funds to appoint a Quant Developer to their core systematic trading group. This is a confidential mandate for a team renowned for world-class engineering standards, scientific rigour, and a culture built around high impact and low ego.