Python Software Engineer - Hedge Fund

Python Software Engineer / Developer London onsite to £100k

Are you a data savvy Python Software Engineer?

You could be progressing your career in an impactful role at a start-up Hedge Fund / FinTech founded by two hugely successful financial trading entrepreneurs.

As a Python Software Engineer you'll join a small team to design and develop scalable, low latency backend trading systems services including APIs and data-driven research platforms that directly support investment and research teams. You'll focus on backend Python and FastAPI development within a modern development environment including Snowflake, Containerisation, Kubernetes, Azure, LLMs and Claude and will also have exposure to data visualisation front ends.

A key focus of the role will be designing AI-enabled workflows using LLMs, RAG, prompt engineering and agentic systems to automate research, extract insights and accelerate decision making.

Working closely with portfolio...