Senior Quant Engineer

Remote (London office or Northwest if preferred)

£70-90,000 depending on experience

Software as a Service

As a Quant Software Engineer in this technology business, you will enjoy the intellectual challenges of quant engineering, without the pressures of working in investment banking.

This is a new SaaS platform for the banking industry. The code is robust, well-tested, secure, scalable and clearly documented.

The role

· Build and support new features across our backend systems

· Improve functionality of existing systems and help reduce technology debt

· Support junior members of the team(s) with Python knowledge and best practices

· Provide insights and input for design choices for new projects

We are looking for

· Strong knowledge and skills in Python fundamentals, object-oriented programming and security considerations

· Strength and interest in understanding and applying financial mathematics

· Enquiring mind, relishing complex mathematical and technical challenges

· Experience in developing and maintaining large, critical software libraries

· Comfortable working with VCS (including using git, code reviews, etc)

Ideally you will already have (if not, you will acquire in this job)

· Good SQL knowledge and understanding of databases

· Good understanding of Docker and Jenkins

· Knowledge of concepts relating to numerical precision in programming

· Knowledge of RESTful APIs - both for using first/third party APIs or libraries and building your own for first/third party consumption

· Experienced at TDD - writing Unit Tests and E2E tests

· Understanding of exception handling and error management implementations

The opportunity

Join a growing SaaS business, working on complex and interesting challenges.

Join a business that puts people before profit, values teamwork and kindness. It's a commercial concern and success will turn into profit. Success relies on great people, doing great things with great technology.

Get in touch (in complete confidence) MandyKettle@UnitingAmbition.com