Quantitative Developer

Durlston Partners — United Kingdom · Posted ~21 hours ago

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Skills

Python Quantitative development Front-office technology Quantitative analytics Risk analytics Real-time data applications End-to-end software ownership Cloud engineering Cloud

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Summary ✨ AI‑Generated

A rapidly expanding investment firm is hiring a Quantitative Developer for its front-office technology team. You will work closely with investment and research professionals while owning technology end to end in a flat engineering environment. The work spans quantitative and risk analytics, real-time data systems, developer tooling, and cloud-first platform development.

Highlights

High-compensation front-office quantitative development role with direct exposure to portfolio managers, quantitative researchers, and traders. Engineers have significant autonomy, end-to-end ownership, and the chance to make an early impact in a rapidly scaling technology environment.

Description

Quantitative Developer - Front Office - London - Hedge Fund - Up to £350k TC We are working exclusively with a fast-growing London-based hedge fund to hire a Quantitative Developer into their front office technology team. The firm has scaled rapidly since launch and is building out its technology platform at pace, this is a genuine opportunity to join early and have real impact. You will sit directly alongside portfolio managers, quant researchers, and traders, owning technology end to end in a flat, decentralised team of around 16 engineers. Every engineer owns a domain from requirements through to production, with no layers of management in between. The team is cloud-first, engineering-rigorous, and operates with a start-up mindset despite the scale of the business. The immediate focus spans quantitative analytics, risk analytics, real-time data applications, and developer tooling, with growing emphasis on extending the platform. What they need: Strong Python development experience in a production, enterprise environmentFinancial services or capital markets background, front office technology preferredDistributed systems, APIs, event-driven architecture, CI/CD, cloud-nativeC++ or Rust a plusComfort using AI-assisted development tools as part of your day-to-day workflow Compensation is competitive and open depending on the profile. If you are a Python-first engineer with a financial markets background who wants to be at the heart of what a high-growth hedge fund is building, get in touch. Even if the above isn't a perfect match, I encourage you to apply as we have a record number of options currently across clients and geographies.