Python Engineer in London - eFinancialCareers

A global trading firm with decades of experience combining sophisticated technology and talented people is seeking a Python Engineer to join its multi-asset trading team. The firm operates across financial markets worldwide, trading a wide range of asset classes including Fixed Income, ETFs, Equities, FX, Commodities, and Energy, and has expanded into non-traditional strategies such as real estate, venture capital, and cryptoassets.

The organization values autonomy, integrity, curiosity, and innovation, with teams empowered to pivot quickly to capture opportunities. The Python Engineer will work directly with traders and quantitative researchers, translating high-level requirements into impactful technical solutions while influencing system design and architecture.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with a global team of software engineers on an automated trading platform
• Improve existing code and develop new tools to support trading strategies
• Work directly with traders and researchers to identify solutions and translate business needs into technical specifications
• Manage a technology backlog from ideation through deployment
• Collaborate across teams including traders, researchers, and support engineers to deliver impactful solutions

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years and maximum 6 years of professional software development experience
• Proven experience developing trading-related software is required
• Strong expertise in Python and experience developing complex, data-intensive systems
• Ability to analyze business requirements and translate them into technical solutions
• Experience optimizing distributed systems
• Strong communication, organizational, and teaching skills