Quantitative Developer – Early London Hire (Front Office) – London – Multi-Strategy Hedge Fund – Up to £400k TC
A leading global investment manager (~$25bn+ AUM) is building out its London technology platform and hiring a key Quantitative Developer as part of that expansion.
This is a front-office role reporting directly to the Head of Development, working closely with portfolio managers and trading desks across London and Europe.
Today, the majority of the engineering team sits in the US. London is a strategic growth hub — and this hire is expected to become the go-to engineer on the ground, owning relationships with PMs and traders and driving the build-out of local capability.
The Role
This is a highly hands-on role focused on rebuilding and scaling core trading and risk infrastructure.
Key areas of focus:
- Building and evolving real-time PnL and risk systems (moving away from slower, batch-driven workflows)
- Designing pricing and risk infrastructure (scenario analysis, stress testing, margin replication)
- Working directly with PMs and quants to productionise trading signals across asset classes
- Developing data pipelines and interactive tooling for portfolio managers
- Acting as the primary technical counterpart for London-based desks, bridging trading and engineering
You’ll be solving problems around data scale, latency, and system reliability, in an environment where requirements are often loosely defined and speed of iteration matters.
What They’re Looking For
- 5+ years in a front-office or trading-aligned engineering role
- Strong Python (NumPy, Pandas) with solid software engineering fundamentals
- Experience working with market data, time-series data, or real-time systems
- Strong stakeholder skills — comfortable working directly with traders and PMs
- SQL proficiency; exposure to additional languages (C#, R, etc.) beneficial
- Background in a quantitative discipline (CS, Maths, Physics, Engineering, etc.)
Why This Opportunity
- True ownership in London — not a satellite support role, but a build-out
- Direct impact on trading decisions — systems used daily by PMs
- Clear mandate — become the key engineering contact for European desks
- High-autonomy environment — minimal bureaucracy, fast iteration
- Strong global platform — backed by an established US team
Why Join
- Opportunity to move legacy or batch workflows toward real-time systems
- Work with large-scale, multi-asset time-series data
- Blend of quant dev + systems engineering + stakeholder-facing work
- Early-stage London build with real influence over architecture and tooling decisions
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