Quantitative Developer (python/react)

Tier 1 investment bank is looking to hire a distinguished senior quant developer with expertise in python and react to join its Front Office Core Strats team in London.

The team plays a vital role in driving quantitative deliveries across all of the banks Global Markets businesses managing the core data and analytics platform, including Data, AI/ML, and Governance & Core Engineering. This individual will be responsible for delivering user-facing analytics capabilities to businesses across the markets division.

We are seeking an experienced quant developer to work on the development of a cross-asset analytics platform for front office sales, ensuring alignment with strategic initiatives. This is a hands-on software development role. The candidate will collaborate with stakeholders and users to define requirements, implement back-end and UI components in partnership with technology teams, and ensure consistency with other firm-wide initiatives. This role offers significant exposure to stakeholders and users, and strong communication skills are essential.

What we’re looking for:

• Advanced degree in Quantitative Finance, Applied Mathematics, Operations Research, Statistics, Computer Science or similar
• At least 5 years of experience in a front office development role at a major investment bank
• Experience of designing, building and supporting user facing analytics functionality in a front office environment.
• Experience of system and API design
• Experience of commercial software development in a shared codebase with multiple developers.
• Hands on programming in Python
• Familiarity with modern react UI frameworks
• Experience with data science and visualization
• Market / product knowledge in one or more asset classes

This is a full-time position based in London at VP level. Compensation is highly competitive and contingent on experience.