About The Role
We are seeking Quantitative Developers with 2 years + of experience to join one of the most successful hedge funds in London. There is not a specific technology preference, but experience with one or more OO programming languages and a desire to learn is essential. There are roles across multiple teams so they can find the best fit for your experience and skillset!
The fund is currently building out a new arm of the business so there is a wide variety of greenfield projects including building out a new trading platform and migrating the existing platforms to a cloud-native architecture. Coming in at this crucial moment, you will have technical ownership and autonomy from the get-go, as well as the freedom to speak with the business and input your opinions.
Role:
Take ownership of delivery, understanding the feature to be delivered and owning the front to back solution.
Design imaginative and flexible tools that keep pace with the continual expansion into different markets/asset classes in which the business is trading and the style they trade them.
Work extremely closely with the business, collaborating with other developers and quants to improve the overall architecture of the systems.
Requirements:
Strong programming experience in one or more of C#, Java, C++ or Python.
Strong academic background – Ideally a STEM degree.
Assist in the migration of the existing signal generation platform to a cloud-native architecture.
Strong communication and teamwork skills.
Desirable:
Experience building UIs with React/TypeScript.
Cloud experience (AWS ideally) is preferred but not essential.
This firm welcomes Engineers from both inside and outside of finance, as they believe it brings in a good combination of ways of working – but those coming from outside of finance must show a willingness to learn the business domain.
Benefits:
Lucrative compensation – above market standard base salary with incredible bonus structure.
Constant exposure to a strategic business area of the company without needed any prior experience within the financial domain.
Flexible working-from-home policy.
Private Healthcare.
Free Gym Membership.
For more information, please email Matt.Bethell@stanfordblack.com