Senior Python Engineer - Quantitative Trading - Selby Jennings
Must-have:PythonBackend
KeyResponsibilities
- Design,buildandmaintainbusiness-criticaltradinginfrastructureandbackendservices.
- Developsystemsacrosstradecapture,positionmanagement,reconciliationandsettlementworkflows.
- Buildscalabledataplatformstosupporttrading,riskandoperationalprocesses.
- Createinternaltoolingusedbytraders,quantitativeresearchersandoperationsteams.
- Improvetheperformance,reliabilityandscalabilityofexistingsystems.
- Collaboratecloselywithstakeholdersacrossengineering,trading,quantitativeresearchandoperations.
- Takeownershipofprojectsfromdesignthroughtoproductiondeploymentandsupport.
- Contributetoarchitecturaldecisionsandengineeringbestpracticesacrosstheplatform.
- Troubleshootcomplexproductionissuesandcontinuouslyimprovesystemresilience.
Key Requirements
- Strong commercial experience developing software in Python.
- Experience within trading, market making, electronic trading or financial markets technology.
- Strong knowledge of Linux environments and operating systems.
- Solid SQL and PostgreSQL experience.
- Experience building and operating production-grade backend systems.
- Exposure to market data, execution systems, position management, reconciliation or settlement platforms.
- Knowledge of C++ or other performance-oriented languages.
- Strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals, design patterns and system architecture.
- Experience working with distributed systems, messaging platforms or event-driven architectures.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work independently.
- Comfortable working directly with technical and non-technical stakeholders.