Quantitative Developer (C++ and/or Python)
Client: Elite Algorithmic Market Making Firm (HFT)
Compensation: Up to £300,000 Base + Bonus
Location: London (Hybrid)
Overview
An elite algorithmic market making firm is seeking a talented Quantitative Developer to join a highly technical team building next-generation, high-performance trading platforms. The firm brings together exceptional engineers and quantitative researchers from top-tier technology companies, startups, and quantitative finance, all focused on pushing the boundaries of trading system performance. This is a technology-first environment offering genuine ownership over design decisions and a meaningful voice in the direction of core trading infrastructure.
The Role
As a Quantitative Developer, you will work across a broad range of performance-critical projects, contributing end-to-end from system design through to production deployment.
Key responsibilities include:
- Developing and maintaining research and trading platforms, building tools and libraries in Python and/or C++
- Implementing quantitative models and trading signals, translating research ideas into robust, production-ready code
- Designing and automating large-scale data pipelines for financial datasets using tools such as Polars, Pyarrow, Pandas and NumPy
- Working closely with researchers, traders, and DevOps teams to integrate models into live trading environments
- Contributing to architectural decisions and the long-term technical direction of the platform
Requirements
- Experience as a Quantitative Developer or in a closely related role (e.g. Software Engineer)
- Commercial experience with C++ or Python (experience with both is a plus)
- Experience building distributed, scalable, and robust systems
- Strong understanding of high-level system design and architecture
- Strong academic background in a quantitative or technical discipline preferred
- A curious, technology-driven mindset with an entrepreneurial approach
What’s on Offer
- Market-leading compensation and bonus structure
- The opportunity to work with technology years ahead of competitors
- Excellent career progression and learning opportunities alongside elite developers, quants, and traders
- A highly technical, low-bureaucracy environment with real engineering ownership
- Exposure to cutting-edge performance and distributed systems
If you are a Quantitative Developer looking to work at the forefront of trading technology, please apply directly or email rdelaney@hunterbond.com for more information.
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Client: Elite Algorithmic Market Making Firm (HFT)
Compensation: Up to £300,000 Base + Bonus
Location: London (Hybrid)
Overview
An elite algorithmic market making firm is seeking a talented Quantitative Developer to join a highly technical team building next-generation, high-performance trading platforms. The firm brings together exceptional engineers and quantitative researchers from top-tier technology companies, startups, and quantitative finance, all focused on pushing the boundaries of trading system performance. This is a technology-first environment offering genuine ownership over design decisions and a meaningful voice in the direction of core trading infrastructure.
The Role
As a Quantitative Developer, you will work across a broad range of performance-critical projects, contributing end-to-end from system design through to production deployment.
Key responsibilities include:
- Developing and maintaining research and trading platforms, building tools and libraries in Python and/or C++
- Implementing quantitative models and trading signals, translating research ideas into robust, production-ready code
- Designing and automating large-scale data pipelines for financial datasets using tools such as Polars, Pyarrow, Pandas and NumPy
- Working closely with researchers, traders, and DevOps teams to integrate models into live trading environments
- Contributing to architectural decisions and the long-term technical direction of the platform
Requirements
- Experience as a Quantitative Developer or in a closely related role (e.g. Software Engineer)
- Commercial experience with C++ or Python (experience with both is a plus)
- Experience building distributed, scalable, and robust systems
- Strong understanding of high-level system design and architecture
- Strong academic background in a quantitative or technical discipline preferred
- A curious, technology-driven mindset with an entrepreneurial approach
What’s on Offer
- Market-leading compensation and bonus structure
- The opportunity to work with technology years ahead of competitors
- Excellent career progression and learning opportunities alongside elite developers, quants, and traders
- A highly technical, low-bureaucracy environment with real engineering ownership
- Exposure to cutting-edge performance and distributed systems
If you are a Quantitative Developer looking to work at the forefront of trading technology, please apply directly or email rdelaney@hunterbond.com for more information.
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