Junior Python Engineer – Investment Management

Overview

In this role you will contribute to building a scalable trading architecture and cloud-native microservices for an active systematic trading hedge fund. You will collaborate closely with a high-caliber engineering team in a fast-paced, open culture that values teaching and learning. The position offers exposure to trading infrastructure, data flows, and automation in a capital-rich environment. You will help shape technology that supports serious money and robust performance in a global setting.

Pay / Benefits

• competitive compensation
• bonus scheme (30% poSs)
• 3 days in the office per week
• open and relaxed culture
• central London location
• opportunity to work with cutting-edge trading tech

Responsibilities

• Designing and developing a new trading architecture for model execution
• Designing, developing, testing and deploying cloud-based microservices (AWS)
• Supporting business units by solving problems, querying data, and building tools
• Working in a highly collaborative paired environment to solve complex problems
• Collaborating with the engineering team to improve architecture and processes
• Prototyping new concepts and features, exploring new technologies
• Pursuing automation and continuous delivery
• Reviewing designs and code to ensure knowledge sharing and continuity

Key requirements

• 2:1 Computer Science, Maths, Physics or Chemistry degree from a Red Brick UK or EU University
• Strong A Levels
• Python (ideally with Java)
• Ideally cloud architecture or model deployment on the cloud
• Understanding of computing fundamentals, OOP, threading, concurrency and distributed systems
• TDD
• CI/CD

• collaborative mindset
• strong learning and teaching orientation
• problem solving in a paired, team-based setting
• Python
• Java (nice-to-have)
• AWS / cloud deployment

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