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Senior Software Engineer - Python - VP

Paris, France💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-22 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead software engineer designing and maintaining a high-performance backtesting framework for quantitative researchers, financial engineers, and strategists.

Role type

Senior IC/Lead Python software engineer (VP level)

Builds

Scalable backtesting framework for quantitative index strategies

Domain

Financial services / Quantitative trading

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Python, distributed systems, OOP, data structures, algorithm design, automated testing, code quality, continuous deployment

Preferred skills

numpy, pandas, polars, KDB, high-performance timeseries databases, parallelizable computational code, front-office trading environment experience

Technologies

Python, numpy, pandas, polars, KDB

Responsibilities

Define technical architecture and roadmap for large-scale systems, provide technical leadership and vision, oversee project execution and delivery, drive recruitment of top technical talent, collaborate with quants and traders on varied use-cases, represent the team in cross-functional planning

Seniority

VP level, hands-on lead with strategic oversight

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