Quantitative Developer (python/react)

Radley James
London
9 months ago
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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.

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