Quant Developer – Prop trading

Company: Quant Capital
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Location: London
Job Description:

Overview

As Quant Developer with execution focus, join a global prop trading team to help research, build, and productionize execution signals and high-performance data pipelines. You’ll work with researchers and engineers to refine models, develop tick-level data processing, and post-trade analysis tooling. The role emphasizes scalable, low-latency infrastructure and collaborative knowledge sharing in a relaxed, open culture. This opportunity offers exposure to bleeding-edge tech and market-impacting alpha research.

Pay / Benefits

  • Flex Working

Responsibilities

  • Design, build and maintain tick-level data pipelines
  • Collaborate with Quant Researchers to productionize execution models
  • Develop post-trade analysis tooling to monitor signal performance
  • Provide ongoing support and maintenance for existing systems and infrastructure
  • Apply modern DevOps practices to improve operational capabilities
  • Contribute to continuous refinement of the desk’s systems

Key requirements

  • 5+ years of development experience in an execution-focused role
  • Experience in a Bank, Fund or Prop Shop trading environment
  • Expert proficiency in Python and Java
  • Experience with pandas and numpy
  • Experience with real-time Linux systems
  • Strong design skills
  • Solid understanding of data structures
  • Experience supporting researchers to develop new signals
  • Clear communication of complex ideas
  • Willingness to share knowledge and collaborate
  • Team-oriented and open culture fit
  • Python
  • Java
  • pandas

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Posted: October 1st, 2026