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Python Quantitative Researcher - London- Global Quant Firm
Oxford KnightLondon🇬🇧United KingdomPosted 9 Aug 2026
Why This Role Stands Out
This hybrid role at a leading global quant firm offers an exceptional opportunity to leverage your Python and data science expertise in a high-impact latency team, with a highly competitive compensation package up to £200k base plus bonus. You'll thrive here if you are a curious, collaborative, and self-driven researcher eager for significant career growth and to contribute to cutting-edge trading strategies. Apply now to join a dynamic team that fosters both innovation and stability.
Quick Overview
Salary
£200k/yr
Work Type
Hybrid
Schedule
Full Time
Level
Mid Senior
Job Description
Salary: up to £200k base + bonus
Summary
Leading HFT fund looking for a self-driven quantitative researcher to join their centralised Latency team where you will draw on your problem-solving skills and data science/statistics experience to analyse billions of collected trading data points and unearth competitive edges.
This role offers the opportunity to develop both business and technical expertise; working closely with trading teams to perform post-trade statistical analysis and identify relationships between business metrics and changes on the infrastructure technology. You'll also investigate and design data mining and machine learning algorithms.
Unique in their field, this global firm combines the lively, positive spirit of a start-up with the stability of a longer-established player. This role would suit a curious, highly collaborative researcher who has demonstrated the ability to independently drive projects to completion.
Requirements
NB: Please do not apply if you're a fresh graduate.
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 this sounds like you or you would like to know more, please get in touch:
Andy Stirling-Martin
andy@oxfordknight.co.uk
020 3137 9579
linkedin.com/in/andrew-stirling-martin-7664a946
Summary
Leading HFT fund looking for a self-driven quantitative researcher to join their centralised Latency team where you will draw on your problem-solving skills and data science/statistics experience to analyse billions of collected trading data points and unearth competitive edges.
This role offers the opportunity to develop both business and technical expertise; working closely with trading teams to perform post-trade statistical analysis and identify relationships between business metrics and changes on the infrastructure technology. You'll also investigate and design data mining and machine learning algorithms.
Unique in their field, this global firm combines the lively, positive spirit of a start-up with the stability of a longer-established player. This role would suit a curious, highly collaborative researcher who has demonstrated the ability to independently drive projects to completion.
Requirements
- Minimum 2+ years' experience
- Hands-on programming experience in Python with a focus on data science & analytics
- Sound experience in Machine Learning and Statistics
- Outstanding problem-solving capabilities
- Bonus points for experience with C++, SQL and network protocols
NB: Please do not apply if you're a fresh graduate.
Benefits
- Competitive base salary & bonus
- Enormous opportunity to grow, learn and have a significant business impact
- Contributions are rewarded; career progression supported
- Unique culture where you can fulfil your potential through collaboration and mutual respect
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 this sounds like you or you would like to know more, please get in touch:
Andy Stirling-Martin
andy@oxfordknight.co.uk
020 3137 9579
linkedin.com/in/andrew-stirling-martin-7664a946
Skills
SQL
Machine Learning
C++
Python
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