Desk-aligned Python Engineer- Tech-Driven Prop Trading Firm

My client is a leading tech-driven diversified trading firm, trading their own capital across a broad range of asset classes, instruments and strategies in markets worldwide. They are looking for exceptional Python engineers to join an established multi-asset trading team with a global presence.
The position offers a unique opportunity to influence the design and architecture of a growing system and ensure efficient development and deployment of revenue-generating solutions as part of an innovative front-office team. Candidates should have strong initiative and have proven experience of independently driving projects to completion.
Working from high-level requirements, programmers are expected to gain an intimate understanding of the business and work directly with Traders and Quantitative Researchers on a daily basis.
Responsibilities

• As part of the global team of Software Engineers embedded in our Global Delta One business, you'll work on its automated trading platform
• Improve existing code and develop new tools
• Collaborate directly with traders & researchers to identify solutions and/or create technical specifications and clearly articulate value add of new capabilities
• Manage a technology backlog from ideation to deployment
• Work closely with traders, researchers, software engineers, and support engineers across the business

Qualifications

• Strong preference for experience developing trading-related software or coming from a complex technology-based organization
• Minimum of 3 years of professional development, demonstrating excellent, detailed understanding of Python
• Able to analyze business requests and translate to technical specifications and solutions
• Able to teach others
• Experience optimizing distributed systems
• Experience of data-intensive systems development
• Excellent communication and organizational skills
• Must be able to come into London office 5 days per week

NB: Applications only accepted from those located in the US or Europe
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'd like to know more, please get in touch!
Sam Jenkins
sam.jenkins@oxfordknight.co.uk
+44 (0 )20 7663 2734
linkedin.com/in/sam-jenkins-b517021b4