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Desk-Aligned Python Engineer- Market-Leading Global Hedge Fund
Oxford KnightLondon🇬🇧United KingdomPosted 28 Jul 2026
Quick Overview
Work Type
Hybrid
Schedule
Full Time
Level
Mid Senior
Job Description
Summary
Industry-leading investment firm using innovative and cutting-edge technology, with data at the core of the investment process. They've developed an advanced technology platform to quickly understand patterns within a market or product and conduct scenario analysis that help maintain competitive advantage.
Now looking for a top-level software engineer - well-versed in Python - to join their Commodities team.
In this hands-on role, you'll collaborate with trading, research and data teams to understand business challenges and design technical/quantitative solutions. This will involve working with large datasets, building data analytics trading tools and improving model frameworks and performance.
The successful candidate will have fantastic technology skills, ideally in multiple programming languages.
Requirements
Benefits
Whilst we carefully review all applications, to all jobs, due to the high volume of applications we receive it is not possible to respond to those who have not been successful.
Contact
If you feel you are a strong match for this role, please do not hesitate to get in touch:
Dominic Copsey
dominic.copsey@oxfordknight.co.uk
+44 (0) 203 475 7193
linkedin.com/in/dom-copsey-586478143/
Industry-leading investment firm using innovative and cutting-edge technology, with data at the core of the investment process. They've developed an advanced technology platform to quickly understand patterns within a market or product and conduct scenario analysis that help maintain competitive advantage.
Now looking for a top-level software engineer - well-versed in Python - to join their Commodities team.
In this hands-on role, you'll collaborate with trading, research and data teams to understand business challenges and design technical/quantitative solutions. This will involve working with large datasets, building data analytics trading tools and improving model frameworks and performance.
The successful candidate will have fantastic technology skills, ideally in multiple programming languages.
Requirements
- Minimum 3 - 7 years of software engineering experience
- Fluent in Python (or comparable language)
- Minimum BS degree in Computer Science/Engineering; or equivalent experience
- Experience with complex, multi-site systems architectures
- Strong proficiency with Unix operating systems
- Exposure to a variety of database technologies
Benefits
- Significant salary + bonus + benefits package
- Work with the latest technologies on complex problems
- Positive, friendly culture
Whilst we carefully review all applications, to all jobs, due to the high volume of applications we receive it is not possible to respond to those who have not been successful.
Contact
If you feel you are a strong match for this role, please do not hesitate to get in touch:
Dominic Copsey
dominic.copsey@oxfordknight.co.uk
+44 (0) 203 475 7193
linkedin.com/in/dom-copsey-586478143/
Skills
Python
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