Harrington Starr
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Quantitative Developer – Hedge Fund
London | Hybrid | Python | Quant Research | Systematic Trading
I'm working with an established London-based hedge fund that is building a next-generation, AI-enabled quantitative equity investment platform.
They're looking for a Quantitative Developer with a software background to join the founding team, sitting directly between quantitative research and software engineering. You'll work closely with senior researchers and investment professionals, taking ideas from initial hypothesis through research, backtesting and ultimately into production trading systems.
What you'll be doing
- Researching and evaluating quantitative trading signals
- Building backtesting and simulation infrastructure
- Developing production-quality Python research and trading systems
- Building and maintaining large financial and alternative datasets
- Developing reusable research pipelines and analytical tooling
- Working on portfolio construction, position sizing and risk
- Monitoring live signals and investigating performance
- Using AI agents and LLMs within quantitative research and automation
- Working directly with Quant Researchers, Portfolio Managers and the wider investment team
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What we're looking for
- Strong Python development skills
- Experience with quantitative research and backtesting
- Strong understanding of statistics and working with large datasets
- Strong software engineering fundamentals
- Experience building reusable research/data pipelines
- Strong academic background in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Engineering or similar
- Genuine interest in financial markets and quantitative investing
- Ability to take ambiguous problems and independently determine how to solve them
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Experience within a hedge fund, asset manager, prop trading or systematic investment environment is advantageous, as is exposure to cloud, Kubernetes, workflow orchestration, SQL, distributed data processing and AI/LLM tooling.
Up to £120,000+ base + bonus | London
If you're a strong Python/Quant Developer who wants significant ownership and the opportunity to help build a quantitative investment platform from an early stage, apply or message me directly for more information.
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