Quantitative Developer

5 days ago

London Area, United Kingdom Robert Half Full time

Robert Half Technology are assisting a rapidly growing hedge fund to recruit a Quantitative Developer on a contract basis

A leading hedge fund with a strong track record in systematic and quantitative trading. The firm combines advanced research, technology, and data to deliver market-leading performance across multiple asset classes. They are seeking a Quantitative Developer on a 6-month contract to support the ongoing development of research tools, trading models, and infrastructure enhancements within their core systematic strategies team.

Role

  • The Quantitative Developer will collaborate with researchers to implement, test, and deploy quantitative trading strategies and risk models.
  • Build and enhance data pipelines and backtesting frameworks for large-scale market data.
  • Integrate new data sources and ensure data quality and reliability across research environments.
  • Refactor and optimise existing code for performance and maintainability.
  • Contribute to tooling and automation that accelerate research and deployment cycles.
  • Support production systems and ensure smooth handover of deliverables.

Profile

  • Proven experience as a Quantitative Developer within a hedge fund, prop trading, or systematic trading environment.
  • Strong programming expertise in Python (C++ or Java also advantageous).
  • Excellent understanding of data structures, algorithms, and numerical computing.
  • Experience with time-series data, backtesting, and quantitative research workflows.
  • Familiarity with financial markets and trading systems.
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate across research and technology teams.
  • Exposure to low-latency or real-time systems.
  • Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
  • Familiarity with data engineering tools such as Kafka, Airflow, Spark, or Dask.
  • Knowledge of equities, futures, or FX markets.

Company

  • Rapidly growing hedge fund
  • offices globally including London

Salary & Benefits

The salary range/rates of pay is dependent upon your experience, qualifications or training
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