Senior Risk Quantitative Developer, Systematic Hedge Fund

2 weeks ago


united kingdom Winston Fox Full time

Senior Quantitative Developer with expertise in Python, sought to take ownership of a brand-new centralised Risk, P&L and Pricing platform for a multi-award-winning Systematic Hedge Fund.


The Firm

  • Early innovators in the Quantitative Trading arena and today with a 20+ year track-record of outsize returns to investors.
  • Superb collegiate working culture with market-leading employee tenure and a focus on continuous learning.
  • Based in Central West End, with a three-day-per-week in the office policy.


The Role

  • Senior Quantitative Developer with Team Lead responsibility for one QD who has recently moved internally.
  • Leading the establishment of a new Quant Investment Services (QIS) team, a brand-new centralised, cohesive, and consistent structure, with ownership of all Risk, P&L, Performance, and Pricing functionality, all of which has to-date been organically managed and systemised on a per-Investment team basis. Backtesting is also likely to be added at a later date.
  • The QIS team will work with the Investment teams to understand and migrate all MATLAB-based functionality into a single, centralised MATLAB system, then rearchitecting and rewriting into a modern Python platform.


The Person

  • 5-10+ years’ relevant experience, with very strong technical skills in Python, and open to initially work with MATLAB.
  • Relevant experience in a Buyside firm / Hedge Fund, working across multiple Traded Products and Strategies, would be ideal.
  • Good understanding of Risk, P&L and/or Pricing preferred, especially in relation to Systematic Trading.
  • Passion for building highly robust, fault-tolerant and reliable systems, with excellent attention to detail.
  • Superb analytical, collaboration, and communication skills.


The Remuneration

  • Base salary of ideally around £120-140K + excellent Annual Bonus + profit-share + MIS.
  • 25 days annual leave, with options to buy/sell, and with allowance increasing with tenure.
  • Full healthcare including spouse and dependents + life insurance.
  • Comprehensive social calendar including charity and sports.


This is an excellent opportunity to take ownership of a brand-new core platform for one of the original Systematic Investment Managers. Please note, our client is currently unable to provide Visa Sponsorship, therefore applicants must already be eligible to work in the UK.


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