Quantitative Developer

We are partnering with a systematic hedge fund to find a high-level Quantitative Developer (Commodities) to join their Investment Management & Research team in London. Sitting directly within the Fundamental Commodities strategy, you will work in a highly collaborative environment to design, build, and optimize the robust trading systems and cutting-edge research tools that power the firm’s trading.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain reliable, high-performance trading systems and strategies.
• Design and streamline trading infrastructure to ensure a seamless transition from research to live trading.
• Partner closely with the Portfolio Manager to develop advanced frameworks for data validation and monitoring.

What they’re looking for:

• A Bachelor’s degree in a STEM-related discipline.
• 5+ years of professional software development experience, with advanced Python expertise.
• Proven track record of building, deploying, and maintaining production grade data pipelines.
• Hands on familiarity with modern infrastructure tools (e.g., CI/CD, Kafka, Airflow).
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.

What would be useful:

• Prior experience building commodities trading systems within a financial environment.
• Direct experience collaborating with quantitative researchers and portfolio managers.
• A foundational understanding of statistical modelling in finance.
• Experience with parallel and concurrent processing.