Middle Office and Operations Technology Developer (Python)
Hedge Fund - London, UK
TC up to ยฃ250,000
Our client is one of the world's fastest growing, multinational hedge funds, seeking a Python Developer to build out systems within the Equities business at the firm, with a focus on supporting the technology requirements of our Portfolio Managers and Portfolio Finance desk.
Responsibilities:
- Liaise with Portfolio Management teams to develop technology solutions to enhance their research, analysis and trading workflows, promoting re-use of common approaches where possible
- Develop software to support our Portfolio Finance desk, including applications providing trade allocation, locate management and financing cost accruals while seeking to optimise these applications over time to improve efficiency in portfolio finance workflows
- Define and deliver technical architecture road maps for our Python platform and development environment, to encompass best practice design and procedures
Qualifications:
- Strong design and programming experience with Python (required)
- Expertise with scientific frameworks such as Pandas, NumPy or SciPy (required)
- Understanding of Python testing approaches and test-driven development (required)
- Ability to work directly with Portfolio Managers, trading desks and finance business counterparts (required)
- Equities business knowledge and particularly prime finance (preferred)
- Knowledge of additional programming languages (i.e., Java, C++, VBA) (preferred)
- User interface design and development (i.e., Web UI's using JavaScript frameworks) (preferred)
- Experience with multi-constraint optimisation in Python and associated software frameworks (preferred)
Apply now for immediate consideration