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Quant Platform Engineer

London, England, GBFull-time2026-10-27 → 2026-11-10
Hybrid

Core

Build and evolve platforms, tooling, and data infrastructure supporting Quantitative Modelling and Strategies (QMS) to enable investment analytics.

Role type

Senior IC Quant Platform Engineer

Builds

Scalable platforms, services, data infrastructure, and shared services for QMS researchers and investment teams

Domain

Asset Management / Quantitative Research / Financial Technology

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Python software development, data engineering, distributed computing, large-scale data processing, event-driven architectures, messaging platforms, modern software engineering practices (monorepos, CI/CD, automated testing)

Preferred skills

Quantitative analytics, risk management, portfolio management, investment research, distributed computing frameworks (Ray, Dask, Apache Spark, Apache Beam), event-driven architectures (Kafka, RabbitMQ)

Technologies

Python, Ray, Dask, Apache Spark, Apache Beam, Kafka, RabbitMQ

Responsibilities

Design and develop platform capabilities, services, and tooling; Build and support data platforms and quantitative libraries; Partner with quantitative researchers and technology teams; Contribute to architecture, code reviews, testing, and performance optimization; Drive continuous improvement through automation and engineering best practices

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC