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Quantitative Developer - Fixed Income

Quantitative Developer - Fixed Income

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London, United kingdom

Mid level

Full Time

25-09-2025

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Skills

Python Analytics and Reporting Architecture Risk Analysis Programming Databases Software Development cloud platforms Analytics Microservices

Job Specifications

Software Engineer / Quantitative Developer - Systematic Hedge Fund (London)

Our client, a leading systematic hedge fund, is seeking a talented Software Engineer / Quantitative Developer to join their London-based risk team. This role focuses on developing and maintaining tools that support risk analysis and reporting across the trading business. You'll work closely with Risk Managers, Traders, and Researchers across multiple asset classes to ensure a robust, scalable risk infrastructure.

You'll play a key role in enhancing the firm's fixed income capabilities by translating product-specific requirements into reliable, automated software systems. The role also involves building tools to process and analyse large volumes of market and trade data across bonds, swaps, futures, and options.

Key Responsibilities

Design and implement software solutions to support core risk and PnL systems
Collaborate with fixed income risk managers, traders, and researchers to gather requirements and deliver tailored solutions
Develop analytics and reporting frameworks to compute, aggregate, and visualise risk metrics
Build tools to process and analyse large-scale market and trade data across fixed income instruments
Ensure the robustness and scalability of the fixed income risk infrastructure

Requirements

5+ years of professional software development experience
Strong programming skills in Python
Deep understanding of fixed income products: bonds, swaps, futures, options, and related derivatives
Proven ability to translate trading and risk requirements into technical solutions
Experience building or enhancing risk systems in a front-office or middle-office environment
Familiarity with databases, APIs, and microservices architecture
Exposure to cloud platforms and large-scale data processing is a plus

About the Company

From Investment Banking, Risk Management, Quantitative Trading, and Insurance, to Investment Management, Sales & Trading, Technology, and Wealth Management, Selby Jennings supports the world's largest financial institutions to revolutionary fintech start-ups with all their hiring needs as a leading Financial Sciences and Services talent partner. If you would like to talk to us about your current talent needs, please request a call back here and one of our specialist consultants will call you back to discuss your hiring nee... Know more