£850 per day Contract, 12 months | Python Engineer | Credit Derivatives | Front Office | London

Company: Stanford Black Limited
Apply for the £850 per day Contract, 12 months | Python Engineer | Credit Derivatives | Front Office | London
Location: London
Job Description:

A top-tier buy-side trading firm is hiring a Python engineer embedded on the trading desk to build pricing and risk tooling for credit derivatives (CDS / structured credit). This is a high-impact role with direct trader/PM interaction, owning models, analytics, and decision-critical systems.

Role Overview

  • Build pricing & risk analytics for CDS and credit products
  • Develop Python-based libraries, models, and data pipelines used on desk
  • Work directly with traders on P&L, RV, hedging, and risk diagnostics
  • Own delivery of production-grade tools driving trading decisions
  • Extend analytics into systematic signals / automation workflows

Requirements

  • 7+ years experience in FO engineering / strats / quant dev
  • Strong Python (NumPy, Pandas, pricing libraries, performant code)
  • Credit derivatives knowledge (CDS, curves, spreads, risk)
  • Experience building pricing models + risk frameworks

Why this role

  • Front office ownership – you will build what traders actually use
  • Direct impact on pricing, risk, and P&L
  • High-calibre environment with strong quant + engineering culture
  • Scope to shape next-gen analytics + systematic capabilities

Posted: April 29th, 2026