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
£ 200K

Job 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.

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