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▷ (Immediate Start) Senior Risk Quantitative Developer,Systematic Hedge Fund

Winston Fox
London
11 months ago
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Senior Quantitative Developer with expertise inPython, sought to take ownership of a brand-new centralised Risk,P&L and Pricing platform for a multi-award-winning SystematicHedge Fund. The Firm - Early innovators in the Quantitative Tradingarena and today with a 20+ year track-record of outsize returns toinvestors. - Superb collegiate working culture with market-leadingemployee tenure and a focus on continuous learning. - Based inCentral West End, with a three-day-per-week in the office policy.The Role - Senior Quantitative Developer with Team Leadresponsibility for one QD who has recently moved internally. -Leading the establishment of a new Quant Investment Services (QIS)team, a brand-new centralised, cohesive, and consistent structure,with ownership of all Risk, P&L, Performance, and Pricingfunctionality, all of which has to-date been organically managedand systemised on a per-Investment team basis. Backtesting is alsolikely to be added at a later date. - The QIS team will work withthe Investment teams to understand and migrate all MATLAB-basedfunctionality into a single, centralised MATLAB system, thenrearchitecting and rewriting into a modern Python platform. ThePerson - 5-10+ years’ relevant experience, with very strongtechnical skills in Python, and open to initially work with MATLAB.- Relevant experience in a Buyside firm / Hedge Fund, workingacross multiple Traded Products and Strategies, would be ideal. -Good understanding of Risk, P&L and/or Pricing preferred,especially in relation to Systematic Trading. - Passion forbuilding highly robust, fault-tolerant and reliable systems, withexcellent attention to detail. - Superb analytical, collaboration,and communication skills. The Remuneration - Base salary of ideallyaround £120-140K + excellent Annual Bonus + profit-share + MIS. -25 days annual leave, with options to buy/sell, and with allowanceincreasing with tenure. - Full healthcare including spouse anddependents + life insurance. - Comprehensive social calendarincluding charity and sports. This is an excellent opportunity totake ownership of a brand-new core platform for one of the originalSystematic Investment Managers. Please note, our client iscurrently unable to provide Visa Sponsorship, therefore applicantsmust already be eligible to work in the UK.

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