Python Platform Engineer
Position Details
Our client is an active investment management firm focused on delivering attractive performance and client portfolio solutions. They believe that technology will play a key role in the future of finance, and have built a robust trading platform to handle scale, complexity and customisation.
Their systems are almost all running on Linux and most of the code is in Python, with extensive usage of open-source libraries such as pandas and numpy. The systems that require the highest data throughput are implemented in Java. For storage, the company relies heavily on MongoDB, Oracle and their own open-source high-performance timeseries database. They use Airflow for workflow management, Kafka for data pipelines, Bitbucket for source control, Jenkins for continuous integration, Grafana + Prometheus for metrics collection, ELK for log shipping and monitoring, Docker + Kubernetes for containerisation, and also infrastructure-as-code for server deployment.
The Role
As Python Platform Engineer, you will be working at the heart of the trading systems, from signal capturing to trade monitoring, across all asset classes being traded. Your challenges will be varied, including implementing new trading functions, optimising and maintaining existing trading systems, contributing to their architecture, and also providing second level support as required.
Job Requirements
- Strong academic record and a degree with high mathematical or computing content e.g.
Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering or Physics from a leading university - In-depth knowledge of software engineering techniques and methods: agile development, continuous integration, code review, unit testing, behaviour driven development testing, refactoring and related approaches
- Expert knowledge in one or more programming languages, preferably Python
- Proficient on Linux platforms with knowledge of various scripting languages
- Strong knowledge of one or more relevant database technologies e.g. Oracle and MongoDB
- Proficient with a range of open-source frameworks and tools in scientific computing and web
development - Familiarity with a variety of programming styles (e.g. OO, functional) and in-depth knowledge of design patterns
- Experience with DevOps methodology and tooling in the software development
Advantageous
- Interest in financial markets and instruments
- Experience of quantitative or automated trading systems development e.g. in a hedge fund
or investment bank - Expertise in building distributed systems with service-based or event-driven architectures,
and concurrent processing - Knowledge of modern practices for data engineering and stream processing
- Understanding of financial market data collection and processing
- Experience of web-based development and visualisation technology for portraying large and
complex data sets and relationships
They offer:
- 25 Days Annual Leave Allowance (Increasing to 28 days per year based on tenure)
- Private Medical Insurance, Including Dental Care
- Multisport Card
- Annual Performance-Based Bonus
- Learning & Development Platform
- Hybrid working policy – mandatory 3 days at the office a week
