𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫 – 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 – 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧 – 𝐔𝐩 𝐭𝐨 £𝟏𝟎𝟎𝐊 + 𝐁𝐨𝐧𝐮𝐬

Durlston Partners are working on a fast-moving role alongside a highly tech-led insurance Fintech. My client is disrupting the insurance market and has received over half a Billion in private equity funding from the world’s largest investors.

To continue their rapid personnel growth, they are looking to hire a Full Stack Engineer to support crucial development projects to their platform.

You will work within a highly collaborative team, responsible for creating critical web applications using the latest in Java and React.

⚙ Strong experience using Java and React
⚙ Exposure to Cloud technology
⚙ BSc or MSc in Computer Science or a STEM subject

If you are interested in joining a disruptive tech-driven fintech and using cloud technology, feel free to get in touch at jay@durlstsonpartners.com

We will endeavour to provide feedback within 24 hours. But if you are interested in the above or would like further information on other roles, please send an updated CV.

ETF Quantitative Trader – NY/Florida

An established systematic trading team is looking to hire a Quant Trader to join a new build out in ETFs. They are focusing on international ETFs and would need someone with a focus in the same space.

The business has enjoyed a great deal of success over the years they have been operating, growing both their capital and team at an impressive rate (which has resulted in them attracting individuals from top tier firms across the industry).

This is a great opportunity to work with some of the most brilliant minds in the industry in a collaborative and supportive working environment with ample exposure.

Whilst my client endorses a collaborative working environment, they also place great emphasis on recognising individual achievements.

Requirements:

• Hold a BS/MSc degree in a quantitative discipline (Mathematics, Compute Science, Statistics, etc.)
• 3+ years’ experience within a systematic trading/research environment, developing or improving existing short term alpha signals (HFT – Intraday)
• Have a strong command of Python
• Good knowledge of either ETFs OR Delta One products

Please get in touch for more information or if you’d like an initial confidential chat at pei@durlstonpartners.com.

We will respond to all successful candidates shortlisted for this opportunity within 5 days and would advise all candidates to follow our company page for all the latest opportunities.

HR Generalist Manager – High Frequency Trading Firm – Up to £60k + bonus

In a time when some crypto businesses are shrinking, there are only a few doing the exact opposite, with the balance sheet to make it happen.

During a recession, tech firms may adopt a more cautious approach to hiring. There’s an increased focus on cost-saving measures, and a shift towards hiring for roles that are deemed essential for the company’s immediate needs. In most cases, this means only hiring on the engineering and technology front.

Therefore, it takes a special type of firm to have the funding and the vision to continue growing its business with one of its first HR hires.

The company:

Durlston Partners are working with an Algo-Crypto Trading firm based in Hong Kong with an office in London. They utilise proprietary technology to satisfy a wide range of liquidity needs globally for almost 10 years. This firm are continuing to hire despite some challenges in the crypto space, a positive sign of their approach towards risk.

The role:

Standalone human resources hire with remote reporting in Hong Kong, this role covers the entire scope of the HR spectrum. From Talent Acquisition, employee relations, comp/benefits as well as covering policies and procedures, this role is a great opportunity to increase experience in the full employee life cycle.

There is also a lot of opportunity to work on various projects alongside the day to day work, including leading, driving and supporting global HR projects as well as increasing brand awareness and building relationships with external parties.

Requirements:

• 4yrs + in a HR generalist position
• Experience as a standalone HR would be ideal
• A solid understanding UK employment legislations
• Experience driving projects from proposal to delivery
• Strong interpersonal, collaboration and communication skills

Interested or know someone who might? Apply here or get in touch!
👋🏼 Freya Harman
📧 freya@durlstonpartners.com
💰 Referrals welcome and very well rewarded!

Data Engineer – Python – Global Macro Fund – Up to £85k base + 30%-50% bonus

A London based, Quant focused Global Macro Fund with an excellent track record is actively looking to hire a Junior Python Data Engineer to join their small but experienced engineering team.

As a Data Engineer, you will report directly to the CTO and be involved in a wide range of projects such as the development of their data platform, backtesting environment and post-trade applications and get exposure across the business working closely with Quants and Traders.

You must be a self-starter and have a strong interest in finance.

Requirements:

• Great knowledge of Python
• Experience using Pandas, Numpy & Scikit-learn
• Previous experience building data visualisation dashboards
• BSc/MSc in a technical discipline

For immediate feedback and to avoid disappointment, please apply now.

We will respond to all successful candidates shortlisted for this opportunity within 3 days and would advise all candidates to follow our company page for all the latest opportunities.

We’re partnered with a spin out of one of the top Quant Hedge Funds is look to hire their founding engineer for the London team who will be building a suite of bleeding edge Machine Learning systems and real-time data ingestion.

The role will focus on developing high quality, robust and efficient model pipelines, improve scalability, performance and reliability of their Machine Learning systems for their trading environment and build automated tools to evaluate model performance.

You will have the chance to gain invaluable experience working with the very best engineers in the market.

• Location: London
• Salary: Up to £400,000 TC
• Hybrid Working

𝐑𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬:

• Excellent Python skills with ideally some experience coding in C++(not required)
• Top CompSci Degree from one of the top Computer Science Universities globally.
• 5 years + commercial experience, ideally working with ML models

With over half a billion dollars in funding, the regulated blockchain infrastructure company is supported by leading investors across the globe. A Forbes renowned Fintech who is looking to hire a Senior Software engineer to their growing Trading Engineering team.

The environment is extremely collaborative and particularly well-suited to driven, self-motivated programmers. Where you will design and implement high-quality software from concept through to launch. Effectively resolve ambiguity, analysing complex requirements, and break down features and initiatives into tactical tasks.

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement high-quality software from concept through to launch
• Effectively resolve ambiguity, analysing complex requirements and breaking down features and initiatives into tactical tasks.
• Effectively navigate the trade-offs among MVP vs Enterprise-Grade, Time-to-market, and in other relevant dimensions
• Design highly scalable, testable code

Requirements:

• Graduated from a Top 25 UK University (or equivalent) in a STEM-based subject.
• 4+ years of software development experience, including at least one of the following: Python, C++, Java, Go
• Strong computer science and programming fundamentals (data structures, algorithms)

Nice to haves:

• Technical expert in at least one domain like Trading Systems, Distributed Systems, Cryptography, Databases, or AWS
• Worked in Unix/Linux environment
• Experience in the finance industry is a plus, but not a hard requirement
• Experience with multiple OOP languages
• Low-latency experience on a trading platform
• Familiar with online web application architectures and infrastructures
• Familiar with APIs / Connectivity technologies

Senior Full-Stack Developer – Fixed Term Contract 

Durlston Partners are supporting a leading investment manager on a number of vacancies for their London office, with the first critical hire being a full-stack developer.

The role 

Sat within their centralised technology team you’ll focus on the development of a portfolio management platform which displays portfolio data and is used to analyse performance, adjust fund weightings and work out investment simulations.

The role is split 70/30 between frontend (React, Redux) and backend (Python) including unit testing.

Requirements

• 3-5 years experience
• Strong exposure to modern Javascript frameworks (React, Redux etc0
• Backend development experience (Python)
• Unit testing experience
• Strong communication skills ​

What’s on offer 

• Flexible working arrangements (3 days WFH)
• Base salary up to £110k + Guaranteed bonus​

For immediate feedback and avoid any disappointment, please apply now! We will reply to all shortlisted candidates within 2 working days.

We also recommend all interested candidates to follow our page – Durlston Partners – to keep posted with all the latest opportunities in the buy side / FinTech / AI / Tech space.

𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫 (𝐏𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧) – 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 – 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧 – 𝐔𝐩 𝐭𝐨 £𝟏𝟓𝟎𝐊

Durlston Partners are working on a fast-moving role alongside a highly tech-led driven insurance Fintech. My client has raised over half a Billion in private equity funding from the world’s biggest investors and has experienced rapid personnel growth over the past two years.

They are looking to continue this growth by hiring a Principal Data Engineer to support the design and development of their data pipelines.

Working alongside a highly collaborative team applying the latest in modern Python and Cloud technology, you will also be responsible for maintaining and developing the platform’s infrastructure.

⚙ Strong experience using Python
⚙ Exposure to Cloud technology
⚙ BSc or MSc in Computer Science or a STEM subject

Interested in joining a fast-growing insurance Fintech? Get in touch at jay@durlstsonpartners.com 

We will endeavour to provide feedback within 24 hours. But if you are interested in the above or would like further information on other roles, please send an updated CV.

A chance to work for a Global Asset Management firm that pride themselves on their strong work culture.

I’m currently on the search for a Full Stack Engineer to work on building out brand new UI practices across the business.

My client pride themselves on a relaxed yet professional working environment. The interview process has been streamlined and consists of three stages.

Essential:

• Strong UI Technology stacks
• JavaScript/TypeScript
• Knowledge of Design & UX Fundamentals
• Experience working with React

Company Sells:

• Exceptional performance track record
• 9:00am – 5:00pm (Flexible / Non Burnout Culture)
• Large Bonuses
• Hybrid Working Model – Ofice – 2 days a week

Due to the volume of applicants, successful candidates will be contacted within 2 working days.

Our client is a leading investment bank and financial services provider in corporate and investment banking, capital markets, and global transaction services, looking to add to their talented team.

You will be joining the electronic forex trading (eFX) team to work on strategic low-latency pricing and trading applications for the global eFX trading desks.

Requirements:

• Graduated from a Top 20 UK University (or equivalent) in a STEM-based subject.
• Experience with Java
• A passion for finance, as you will be working within a collaborative trading desk.
• Demonstrated experience in hands-on development and deployment of components into production trading systems
• Familiar with current dev-ops tools (Docker, Kubernetes, git, Jenkins)
• Electronic pricing and/or trading experience

We will respond to all successful candidates shortlisted for this opportunity within 3 days and would advise all candidates to follow our company page for all the latest opportunities.

We’re partnered with a major Investment Bank looking to expand their eTrading capabilities across the firm with a new eFX Market Making build out.

In terms of skill set, my client is looking for candidates who would be interested in working within the electronic trading space and and have experience optimizing performance in Java.

This means expertise in memory allocation, non-blocking I/O, JVM internals and garbage collection, low/zero gc.

This is a pure development role working on a greenfield build of a low latency.

• Hybrid working (2/3 days in office)
• Salary – Up to £150,000 + Bonus
• Streamlined Interview process

Quantitative Developer – Hedge Fund – Up to £120k + Bonus

A fast growing Equity Fund is looking for a Quantitative Developer with experience working closely with Quantitative Analysts and Data Engineers, to help build robust ETL Pipelines and automate/optimise processes.

As a Quantitative Developer, you will join a small but growing engineering team that focuses on building a cutting-edge platform.

Excellent communication skills & a strong interest in finance are a must.

Requirements:

• Strong Python development skills
• Experience with Data Pipelines, CI/CD
• Experience with cloud technologies (Azure, AWS or GCP)
• BSc/MSc in a technical discipline

For immediate feedback and avoid any disappointment, please apply now! We will reply to all shortlisted candidates within 2 working days.

A research focused investment manager is seeking the services of a Production support engineer to assist with their expansion in to the cloud.

You’ll work closely with development teams covering everything from data ingestion through to execution and post-trade activities by creating and managing critical systems.

You will have the opportunity to enhance your cloud technology skills in a large scale production environment.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of critical systems and ensure operational stability of production systems.
• Respond to issues raised internally by investigating and implementing solutions to prevent repeat occurrences.
• Proactively contribute to the monitoring and alerting systems
• Assist with the transition in to the cloud (AWS, Docker, Kubernetes)

Requirements

• 3-5 years working with production systems in the financial services industry
• Experience a scripting language (Python, Bash, Powershell)
• Proficient in SQL

Compensation

• up to £120k + Bonus

Working Arrangements

• On site

We will respond to all successful candidates shortlisted for this opportunity within 2 days and would advise all candidates to follow our LinkedIn company page for all the latest opportunities.

Crypto HFT – New York / Remote – $400-600k

Durlston Partners is working with 2 teams within existing profitable systematic trading firms and the chances are you’ve never heard of them.

One such team has spun out of a hedge fund, backed by some of the biggest names on the traditional Buy-Side. They’ve posted positive returns every month since they went live. This team is creating class-leading trading infrastructure for both CeFi and DeFi Trading because none of the 3rd party services were up to scratch to what they needed.

They are looking to hire a C++ Developer (APIs, Connectivity) to help get the best prices in the market. What’s important to them? Hiring people who are “all hands on deck” for an opportunity to make a life changing amount of money. The current team comes from an impressive background both in terms of academic and corporate institutions. This opportunity is New York based.

The other team is setting up a Digital Asset team from scratch where you will build and maintain ultra-low-latency trading strategies and trading tools. This opportunity is remote and offers one of the best benefits packages in the industry.

Required

• Bulletproof computer science fundamentals
• Deep C++ experience
• Performance enhancement and optimisation, contemporary machine architecture, connectivity to exchanges, and/or server technologies based on Linux

People are not checklists: if you are curious about this opportunity, but not sure if it’s the perfect match, please reach out to me on LinkedIn or via email (josh@durlstonpartners.com) and we can have a chat!

Python Engineer (Fixed Income) – Quant Hedge Fund – London – Up to £100k + Excellent bonus

A Quant Fund that returned over 25% last year is looking to hire a Junior Python Engineer to work with their Fixed Income Trading desks, to build tools, API’s as well as Research/simulation environments.

The team has historically hired the best engineers from banks, who wanted to move away from the red-tape bureaucracy and focus more on technology that can impact trading and financial markets.

This is the perfect opportunity for a Python Engineer who has recently finished a rotation scheme in a bank that wants to move to the faster-paced, collaborative environment at one of the top Hedge Funds in London.

Role:

• Architect and Design highly distributed greenfield systems using cutting-edge Python, and Cloud technology.
• Working with end-users to understand requirements and work collaboratively to provide solutions to highly technical problems.

Requirements

• BSc/MSc in Computer Science
• Strong Python knowledge (in production not scripting/automation)
• Great communication skills for working with stakeholders

For more information, please apply with a copy of your updated resume and I will come back to you within 24 hours. If the role above isn’t of interest, but you would like to discuss other opportunities relevant to your background, please contact me on james@durlstonpartners.com

𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫 (𝐉𝐚𝐯𝐚) – 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬 – 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦 – 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧 – 𝐔𝐩 𝐭𝐨 £𝟏𝟓𝟎𝐊 + 𝐁𝐨𝐧𝐮𝐬

DURLSTON PARTNERS are working with an exciting research-led systematic trading firm, looking to hire a Java Quant Developer to join their growing team. We are working with a growing business, that has seen significant growth in its assets, now managing over $20 billion in AUM.

You will join a highly collaborative team applying the latest technology to improve their current trading infrastructure.

This role will place you at the heart of day-to-day trading operations by maintaining and constructing the platforms used for live and simulated trading.

Requirements 

Advanced degree in Computer Science or a related STEM subject
Strong experience using Java
Experience working on constructing Low Latency systems
Finance experience

Interested in joining a fast-growing systematic trading firm? Get in touch at jay@durlstsonpartners.com 

We will endeavour to provide feedback within 24 hours. But if you are interested in the above or would like further information on other roles, please send an updated CV.

𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫 – 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 – 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫 – 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧 – 𝐔𝐩 𝐭𝐨 £𝟏𝟔𝟎𝐊 + 𝐁𝐨𝐧𝐮𝐬

DURLSTON PARTNERS are partnered with an international Asset Manager, currently managing over 1 trillion dollars in assets. My client is a tech-driven firm who have seen a radical modernisation of their tech stack, now employing the latest in modern Java and Cloud technology.

They are looking to hire a Lead Engineer for their greenfield Data and Analytics platform. You will join an experienced engineering team from the world’s top investment firms that highly values collaborative working.

Using the latest in modern Java and Python, you will be responsible for constructing the platform which will be used across the business.

Requirements

• Strong coding ability using Java and Python
• Exposure to AWS
• Strong communication skills
• BSc or MSc in computer science or a STEM subject

If you are interested in finding out more about this tech-driven buy-side to an organisation, feel free to reach me at jay@durlstonpartners.com.

We will endeavour to provide feedback within 24 hours. But if you are interested in the above or would like further information on other roles, please send an updated CV.

Lead Python Developer – Up to £140k base + Equity

A Y-Combinator backed London based FinTech start-up interacting market makers, funds & exchanges is actively seeking a Lead Python Developer to help them tackling diverse problems and building clean solutions that scale.

You will be leading a team of 2 developers (and growing) and will take ownership of your work from day 1. This is a great opportunity for someone with an entrepreunarial mindset, willing to put time and efforts into a fast growing FinTech.

You must have excellent communications skills and be a team player.

Requirements:

• Strong experience in Python & Flask, React
• Entrepreunarial mindset
• Excellent communication skills
• BSc/MSc from a technical discipline

Office is in London, working in office 3days a week

There are openings for Junior, Senior and Lead within the same client, so apply now if you’d like to discuss further!

For immediate feedback and to avoid disappointment, please apply now.

We will respond to all successful candidates shortlisted for this opportunity within 3 days and would advise all candidates to follow our company page for all the latest opportunities.

𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫 (𝐉𝐚𝐯𝐚) – 𝐂𝐫𝐲𝐩𝐭𝐨 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 – 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧 – 𝐔𝐩 𝐭𝐨 £𝟑𝟓𝟎𝐊 𝐓𝐂

DURLSTON PARTNERS is recruiting on behalf of a leading trading firm specialising in Crypto Assets. With over a decade’s experience trading in TradFi and CeFi,  my client is looking to expand its operations in 2023 by hiring a software engineer to support the construction of its trade-enabling infrastructure, such as connectivity and trading systems.

Using the latest in modern Java, you will be responsible for designing and building these systems as well as gaining a high-level understanding of the business.

You will be joining a high-performing software engineering team that has daily exposure to Front Office researchers and traders.

Requirements

• Strong coding ability in Java 
• BSc or MSc in Computer Science or a STEM subject
• First-Class communication skills
• Experience working with Python

If you are interested in joining a team within a top performing Crypto trading firm, drop me a message or send an email at jay@durlstonpartners.com

We will endeavour to provide feedback within 24 hours. But if you are interested in the above or would like further information on other roles, please send an updated CV.

Head of Business Development – Crypto – Bay Area / Remote – $200 – 250k base + tokens

In a time when some crypto businesses are shrinking, there are only a few doing the exact opposite, with the balance sheet to make it happen.

During a recession, tech firms may adopt a more cautious approach to hiring. There’s an increased focus on cost-saving measures, and a shift towards hiring for roles that are deemed essential for the company’s immediate needs. In most cases, this means only hiring on the engineering and technology front.

Therefore, it takes a special type of firm to have the funding and the vision to continue growing its business with its first hire in Business Development.

The Company

We are working with project who are pioneering an approach to security in the Cosmos ecosystem. Spun out of a research lab at one of the world’s most recognisable academic institutions, this team is currently made up of top software engineers and research scientists.

The Role

As the first hire in Business Development and Partnerships, you will build long-term and sustainable partnerships with apps in the Cosmos ecosystem and other Layer-1 chains, as well as users of these chains such as exchanges.

You will contribute to designing business products and growing the company’s userbase. You will write business proposals, drive business negotiations, and follow through to close deals.

Requirements

• 3+ years of business and partnership development experience in the crypto industry
• Experience with Cosmos and a network in this space
• Bay Area preferred but can consider someone in EMEA / APAC

We specialise in Tech / Systematic Quant recruitment. For a confidential discussion about this role, and the market in general, please reach out to me at josh@durlstonpartners.com or send an application.

𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫 (𝐏𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧) – 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 – 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧 – 𝐔𝐩 𝐭𝐨 £𝟏𝟓𝟎𝐊

DURLSTON PARTNERS are working on a fast moving role alongside a highly tech-led insurance Fintech. My client received over half a Billion in private Equity funding from the world’s biggest investors and has had rapid personnel growth over the past two years.

They are looking to continue this growth by hiring a Principal Data Engineer to support the design and development of their data pipelines.

Working alongside a highly collaborative team applying the latest in modern Python and Cloud technology, you will also be responsible for maintaining and developing the platform’s infrastructure.

Requirements 

Strong experience using Python
Exposure to Cloud technology
BSc or MSc in Computer Science or a STEM subject

If you are interested in joining a fast-growing Fintech, and applying the latest in cloud technology, get in touch at jay@durlstsonpartners.com

We will endeavour to provide feedback within 24 hours. But if you are interested in the above or would like further information on other roles, please send an updated CV.

Junior Python SWE – Crypto compliance software – Hybrid

We’re working with a client that aims to be the next generation in software for funds, market makers, and exchanges to help combat insider trading and front-running.

They’re looking for a Junior (any experience) Python SWE to join their team that aims to shrink back office headcount and minimizing risk, allowing up to 10 million employees across finance, crypto and consulting to trade stocks due to employer compliance restrictions, freeing up circa $5T in liquid assets.

This startup is backed and funded by a very well known accelerator, and have a strong work ethic, as a 55hr work week is expected, from all of their 10 existing engineers.

Grads are welcome to apply, however, a degree in computer science or maths etc is desireable

Tech Stack:

• Python
• Flask
• React
• Kubernetes
• Docker

Hybrid – 3 days in office – London

Comp open for discussion but roughly up to £80k base + bonus

If you or someone you know would be a good fir for this role, get in contact at:

Ruairidh Handyside on LinkedIn

ruairidh@durlstonpartners.com

Referrals are well rewarded with cash!

DURLSTON PARTNERS are working with an international Asset Manager, currently managing over 1 trillion dollars in assets. My client is a tech-driven firm looking to hire a Full Stack Engineer to join their UI team. 

Using extensive knowledge of React, you will be responsible for building out the UI and UX aspects of a greenfield Portfolio Management platform.

Over the past few years, my client has seen massive modernisation in their tech-stack and now uses the latest in React, Java, and Cloud-based technology. Using these modern technologies, you will be at the forefront of UI development and increasing engagement with the platform.

Requirements

⚙ Strong development skills using React
⚙ Excellent communicator
⚙ Exposure to AWS

If you are interested in joining a highly collaborative team using the latest technology,  send me an email at jay@durlstonpartners.com

We will endeavour to provide feedback within 24 hours. But if you are interested in the above or would like further information on other roles, please send an updated CV.

HR Manager – High Frequency Trading – London – Up to £70k base + bonus

In a time when some crypto businesses are shrinking, there are only a few doing the exact opposite, with the balance sheet to make it happen.

During a recession, tech firms may adopt a more cautious approach to hiring. There’s an increased focus on cost-saving measures, and a shift towards hiring for roles that are deemed essential for the company’s immediate needs. In most cases, this means only hiring on the engineering and technology front.

Therefore, it takes a special type of firm to have the funding and the vision to continue growing its business with one of its first HR hires.

The Company

We are working with a pioneering firm that specialises in trading and market making for cryptocurrencies. Despite a challenging backdrop currently in the world of digital assets, this firm continues to hire throughout, a positive sign of their approach towards risk.

The Role

As the first HR hire in London, you will deliver impactful initiatives that span the HR spectrum. This includes talent acquisition, talent development, employee relations, employee engagement, and performance management.

You will support the team throughout their journey, from their first day on the job to their last. This includes administering compensation and benefits programs, such as insurance, payroll, bonuses, pensions, and leave.

You’ll also fly the flag for this respected brand in the crypto community! Increasing brand awareness will be done on university campuses and build strong relationships with student organisations and career centres.

Additionally, you’ll provide guidance and support to managers on all employee relations cases, handling these sensitive issues with confidentiality and fairness.

Requirements

• 4 years of experience as a HR generalist
• A solid understanding UK employment legislations
• Experience driving HR projects from proposal to delivery

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫 – 𝐉𝐚𝐯𝐚 – 𝐕𝐂-𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐚𝐚𝐒 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡 – 𝐔𝐊 – 𝐔𝐩 𝐭𝐨 £𝟏𝟐𝟎𝐊 + 𝐁𝐨𝐧𝐮𝐬 – 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧

DURLSTON PARTNERS are partnered with a VC-backed SaaS vendor specialising in providing analytics and treasury management capabilities to leading financial institutions, allowing them to minimise trading costs and increase their capital efficiency.

My client has recently secured a multi-million dollar funding round which will be used to enhance their platform’s capability. They are looking for a Developer with cloud infrastructure experience and strong coding ability.

Joining a small team that highly values creative thinking, you will be responsible for the maintenance of the Platform, using the latest cloud native technologies and Java/Python on the coding side. You will also have exposure to technologies such as Airflow, Terraform and AWS Serverless.

Requirements 

⚙ Strong coding ability in an Object Oriented language such as Java or C++

⚙ Experience using scripting languages such as Python

⚙ BSc or MSc in Computer Science

⚙ Experience using infrastructure tools such as AWS

If you are interested in joining a small team within a top performing fintech, drop me a message or send an email at jay@durlstonpartners.com

We will endeavour to provide feedback within 24 hours. But if you are interested in the above or would like further information on other roles, please send an updated CV.

This stealth start-up is building a new type of exchange that will be focused on an emerging asset class that is not crypto. Like NASDAQ they are building upon cryptographic protocols.  Being funded directly from Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund + Middle Eastern exchanges. They have fully collateralised trading & instant settlement (no other exchange in the world offers this) because the CEO created a programming language from scratch to facilitate this.

Requirements:

• Strong coding experience, ideally in Python
• STEM Degree from a Top University.
• Strong communication skills

We will respond to all successful candidates shortlisted for this opportunity within 3 days and would advise all candidates to follow our company page for all the latest opportunities.

Lead Engineer – Analytics & Data Platform – Up to £160k base + bonus – London 

I am working with a global Asset Manager, currently managing over 1 trillion dollars in assets. My client is a tech-driven organisation looking to hire a Lead Software Engineer to support the creation of their new Analytics and Data Platform, which will be used across the business. You will join an experienced engineering team from the world’s top investment firms, that places a high value on collaboration.

Over the past few years, my client has seen a massive modernisation in their technology and now uses the latest in Java and Cloud-based technology. In this role, you will work on connectivity of the platform, have ownership of Python Libraries and create custom Data Products while working with senior stake holders across the business.

The main platform is developed using Java, with the majority of the data components in Python. You will also have exposure to new database technology like Dremio, Spark, Iceberg and Arrow.

Requirements 

• Strong coding ability using Java and Python 
• Exposure to AWS 
• Strong communication skills
• BSc or MSc in computer science or a STEM subject

If you are interested in finding out more about this tech-driven buy-side to an organisation, feel free to reach me at jay@durlstonpartners.com.

We will endeavour to provide feedback within 24 hours. But if you are interested in the above or would like further information on other roles, please send an updated CV.

Python Data Engineer – 12 months Fixed Term Contract – Up to £100k base + bonus

Leading London based Asset Manager with an excellent track record is actively seeking a Python Data Engineer on a 12 month Fixed Term Contract basis to join their core engineering team.

As a Python Data Engineer you will be focusing on automation, building data pipelines and developping databases. You must have a great attitude, be a self-starter, have a grown-up approach when it comes to taking responsibility for your own work and projects.

Being entrepreneurial and a team player are a must as well as having excellent communication skills.

Core working hours: 9am-5pm
WFH/Hybrid option available!

• Expert Python skills
• Previous experience building end-to-end Data Pipelines
• Experience with Postgres
• AWS or similar cloud experience
• BSc/MSc in a technical discipline

For immediate feedback and to avoid disappointment, please apply now.

We will respond to all successful candidates shortlisted for this opportunity within 3 days and would advise all candidates to follow our company page for all the latest opportunities.

Low Latency Java Developer – Investment Bank – Up to £150k + bonus – Hybrid

Durlston Partners are working with a major Investment Bank looking to build out a new eFX platform for their core trading team and to expand their eTrading capabilities across the firm.

The client is looking for someone who has strong experience in server side Java and is keen to work on a greenfield project. Low latency optimisation experience is ideal.

• Up to £150k + bonus
• Hybrid working (2-3days in office)
• Quick interview process
• No sponsorship available

Offices in London, New York, Toronto or Dublin

Please apply directly or submit a copy of your CV to freya@durlstonpartners.com

If you are curious about this opportunity, but not sure if it’s the perfect match, please reach out to me on LinkedIn or via email (freya@durlstonpartners.com) and we can have a chat.

We will respond to all successful candidates shortlisted for this opportunity within 3 days and would advise all candidates to follow our company page for all the latest opportunities.

Java – Finance – Low Latency Java Developer – Mid Level Java Developer – Investment Banking – Garbage Collection – Zero/No GC

𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐇𝐅𝐓?
London • New York • Chicago • Amsterdam

Headquartered in Chicago, our client is a leading trading firm with technology at it’s core, trading across all major asset classes including FX, Commodities, Equities and Cryptocurrencies.
They’re looking to scale strategically over the course of 2023, with the first major hire being within their centralised UI team.

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧

You’ll join a tight-nit team of passionate UI developers, working to replace existing and build new applications used daily by traders for business critical decisions.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮?

Work with a modern technology stack to build applications in Typescript and React, containerized in Docker and deployed in to Kubernetes clusters.
An opportunity to work on API Design and Backend code.
A strong salary with an unrivalled bonus structure.
Flexible working arrangements with daily catered breakfast and lunch, Gym Subsidy and regular company outings and events.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮

A strong software engineering background, with experience in Typescript and React.
Strong Computer Science fundamentals, evidenced by a degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics or similar stem subject.
Previous experience working for a Financial institution.

𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝?
Apply directly for a confidential conversation about the role in more detail. I will get back to all successful candidates within 48 hours.

How does working with someone commended for the quality of his C++ by Bjarne Stroustrup himself sound?

A London based quant-driven crypto fund is looking to add C++ developers to their team before beginning trading operations. They use proprietary data sources along with blockchain expertise to distinguish themselves from their competition.

They are looking for C++ devs who:

• Are highly proficient in C++
• Have Golang experience (not necessary)
• Have an interest in the crypto industry
• Have latency and algo experience

They’re incubated by a multi-billion dollar fund, and are looking to scale strategically and steadily over the course of the next year, kicking things off with 2 x C++ Engineers to report into the Head of Algo Trading.

The team consists of a few ex-Morgan Stanley, and even an ex-Citadel Head of European High Frequency Trading Technology.

– Extremely high impact work – value seen in your own input
– Little red-tape
– Work directly with founders
– No room for egos – the focus is on creating the most efficient code and making everyone money – very flat structure
– Funding is secured, with a valuation of roughly £3m per person

Finance experience not required – latency experience (e.g. in both finance and gaming) is more important

There is a large focus on deliverables, and bonus etc is based on the work that you put in, and the success of the company. The small team nature means that you’ll see your impact correlate directly into the business.

• Up to 150k + bonus
• 4 days in-office 1 day remote
• 3 stage interview process (no take-home test)

If you or someone you know would be interested in this role, get in contact at:

• Email: ruairidh@durlstonpartners.com
• LinkedIn: Ruairidh Handyside

Referrals are well rewarded with cash

A very successful and prominent hedge fund with a passion for technology is looking for a Java developer to join the Front Office Tech team. You will be working on their real–time Risk and P&L application. This is a fast-paced, collaborative and varied role that includes developing new bespoke pre/post-trade analysis tools for individual portfolio managers, extending product coverage, adding new metrics, ingesting market data, scaling out the system, or generally improving stability and performance.

The role involves working directly with portfolio managers and owning the development process from requirements gathering to implementation and testing. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone interested in learning more about the business.

Requirements: 

• Graduated from a Top 25 UK University (or equivalent) in a STEM-based subject.
• Development experience with Python.
• A keen interest in the business/finance side and talking to users directly about their needs

What kind of things you could be working on but not limited to:

• Onboarding new portfolio management teams and building all the tools and processes they require
• Adding or enhancing support for pricing of trading products across all asset classes
• Working and integrating with third-party vendors for research data, market data feeds, pricing libraries, etc.
• Continuously improve and support their existing infrastructure and systems
  

If you are curious about this opportunity, but not sure if it’s the perfect match, please reach out to me on LinkedIn or via email (shoibe@durlstonpartners.com) and we can have a chat.

We will respond to all successful candidates shortlisted for this opportunity within 3 days and would advise all candidates to follow our company page for all the latest opportunities.

A global leading asset manager that manages over $1+ trillion in AUM is looking for a Python Quant Developer with banking/financial services experience; specifically coming from a Front Office, quantitative background with a working knowledge of Fixed Income markets, securities, and analytics. The successful candidate will help expand the team in London to support the development and delivery of quantitative research and models in partnership with their Fixed Income Quantitative Researchers.

This is a hands-on, full development lifecycle role – from gathering requirements to proposing and delivering solutions – which provides an opportunity to solve complex business, logic, data, and technical challenges. This is a unique role where you can leverage both your exceptional technical skills and your financial knowledge.

Requirements: 

• Graduated from a Top 25 UK University (or equivalent) in a STEM-based subject.
• Development experience with Python.
• Financial Experience within Asset Management, Hedge funds, Investment Bank or FinTech.

Responsibilities:

• Partnering with Quants to deliver models to inform the investment decision-making process.
• Innovate and improve proprietary models and algorithms; design and deliver in terms of high reliability, resiliency, and scalability.
• Solves unique problems that have a broad impact and delivery of business value.
• Build large-scale distributed computing programs to generate insightful analytics and present results in user-friendly visualization.
• Operates as a hands-on technologist and delivers within a team as an individual developer.

If you are curious about this opportunity, but not sure if it’s the perfect match, please reach out to me on LinkedIn or via email (shoibe@durlstonpartners.com) and we can have a chat.

We will respond to all successful candidates shortlisted for this opportunity within 3 days and would advise all candidates to follow our company page for all the latest opportunities.

Our client creates the most cutting-edge and lucrative products to support trading on markets worldwide. They are keen to onboard an engineer who can design and develop high-performance algorithmic solutions, likes being challenged, hates climbing corporate ladders, and doesn’t mind the added bonus of having hard work rewarded through recognition and extremely competitive compensation.

Requirements:

• Graduated from a Top 25 UK University (or equivalent) in a STEM-based subject.
• Professional background in C++ programming
• Previous experience working in a similar role
• Experience in the financial industry is a plus, but not required

Desirable:

• Having worked in Unix/Linux environment
• Experience with other OOP languages (Python/Java)
• Low-latency experience on a trading platform

If you are curious about this opportunity, but not sure if it’s the perfect match, please reach out to me on LinkedIn or via email (shoibe@durlstonpartners.com) and we can have a chat.

We will respond to all successful candidates shortlisted for this opportunity within 3 days and would advise all candidates to follow our company page for all the latest opportunities.

We are working with a research and technology company. An all-in-one Hedge Fund, HFT, Asset Manager, and Venture Capital. Our client combines extensive and diverse experience from the Quant, Tech, and Finance worlds but is bound by a passion for sharing ideas, learning, and solving problems together. You will work alongside a talented team to help identify and implement technological improvements across the business. 

Requirements:

• Graduated from a Top 25 UK University (or equivalent) in a STEM-based subject.
• Professional background in Python programming
• Experience in the financial industry is a plus, but not required

Desirable:

• Experience with Options MM/Finance
• Experience using AWS

Your Responsibilities: 

• Identifying and implementing automation improvements across the research and trading system
• Development and ongoing support of Python APIs for internal and external data

If you are curious about this opportunity, but not sure if it’s the perfect match, please reach out to me on LinkedIn or via email (shoibe@durlstonpartners.com) and we can have a chat.

We will respond to all successful candidates shortlisted for this opportunity within 3 days and would advise all candidates to follow our company page for all the latest opportunities.

Java Quant Developer – Hedge Fund – London / New York / Abu Dhabi – Up to £150k base

Durlston Partners are working with a prestigious Hedge Fund based in London currently managing over $29 billion focusing on Fixed Income & FX Markets. The Java Quant Developer roles are open across all three offices in London, New York and Abu Dhabi in both the Treasury and Middle Office teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Work within a small team to build out the Treasury platform / Middle Office platform
• Work with various stakeholders around the business to understand requirements and formulate software solutions accordingly

Essential:

• 3+ years commercial experience of hands-on Java development
• 1+ years commercial experience in a relevant area of finance, e.g. market risk, treasury management or pricing analytics
• Experience with Python or C# development
• Comfortable with handling large volumes of financial data

Ideal:

• Experience with Cloud services, CI/CD, Docker
• Experience with Web Services

Hybrid – 4 days onsite, 1 remote

Please apply directly or submit a copy of your CV to freya@durlstonpartners.com

If you are curious about this opportunity, but not sure if it’s the perfect match, please reach out to me on LinkedIn or via email (freya@durlstonpartners.com) and we can have a chat.

We will respond to all successful candidates shortlisted for this opportunity within 3 days and would advise all candidates to follow our company page for all the latest opportunities.

Java – Python – C# – Data – Cloud – Finance – Middle Office Java Developer – Mid Level Java Developer

Job Title: Senior DevSecOps Engineer

Company: FinTech / Hedge Fund start-up

Reports to: Head of DevSecOps

About the Company:

This FinTech start-up offers institutional clients a sophisticated algorithmic trading and execution service for digital assets on both centralized and decentralized platforms. Led by a leadership team with decades of experience at top tier banks, the company brings a high level of professionalism to the crypto space.

Job Description: As a DevSecOps Engineer, you will play a crucial role in the design, development, and maintenance of the company’s infrastructure. You will work to safeguard the company’s reputation by implementing best practices for Identity and Access Management, Encryption, Vaulting, and Security. You will ensure that the infrastructure is secure by design and is regularly tested and audited. Additionally, you will be responsible for building and maintaining the Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment pipeline for infrastructure and applications, and troubleshoot any issues that may arise with the infrastructure and application deployments.

Required Experience:

• Demonstrated experience in regulated industries, creating and safeguarding infrastructure and applications through automated monitoring and efficient recovery processes.
• Expertise in designing the full technical stack, including AWS and third-party services.
• Familiarity with AWS
• Automated builds of secure Linux and AWS EKS environments.
• Terraform, MS Active Directory for SSO and Federated Identity.

Frontend Developer – London – Up to £110,000 base + bonus

No prior experience in Finance needed – Great opportunity for a passionate Frontend Developer to get their first dive into the financial industry by joining the growing UI team of a performing hedge fund.

As a Frontend Engineer, you will be responsible for building users interfaces across all areas of the business for Portfolio Managers, Risk & Operations teams. You will work in a brand new office in the heart of Mayfair where collaboration and support is valued.

You must be keen on working with React / Typescript and focus on UI, UX tasks. Communication skills and being a team player is also key for the role.

Matrix: React / Typescript / UI, UX

Requirements:

• Experience with React, Typerscript, UI, UX
• Interest in Finance
• MSc/BSc in a technical discipline

Benefits List:

• Competitive compensation package
• Good work-life balance
• Social events!

For immediate feedback and to avoid disappointment, please apply now.

We will respond to all successful candidates shortlisted for this opportunity within 3 days and would advise all candidates to follow our company page for all the latest opportunities.

We are looking for a skilled Python Quant Developer to join a world leading hedge fund. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Python programming, a passion for financial modelling and data analysis and a knack for complex problem solving.

The quantitative team is responsible for developing and executing a wide range of systematic trading strategies across multiple asset classes. As a Python QD, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining advanced quantitative models and tools used for trading and risk management. You will also be analysing and interpreting data to inform trading decisions and strategies, working closely with researchers and traders to understand their needs and translate them into robust, scalable, and high-performance systems.

What we’re looking for: 

• Professional background in Python programming
• Previous experience working in a similar role
• Experience in the financial industry is a plus, but not required

If this sounds like something you’d be interested in and are keen to learn more about the role or any of those listed on our website, please apply directly or email your CV to nicole@durlstonpartners.com

Mid Level Java Developer – Global Bank – London – Hybrid – Up to £110k base

Durlston Partners are working with one of the world’s biggest financial institutions for a Java Developer to join the eFX team. The role now has enormous upside in terms of professional development – you will be joining specifically with the intention of learning everything there is to know about eFX and execution as well as working directly with the business sat on the same desk.

The firm

Key Responsibilities

• Java coding to a high standard taking into account low latency techniques
• Component testing using Junit
• Integration testing support with the Automated Test team
• Will follow the full Agile Software development life cycle

Essential:

• 3yrs + commercial experience with server side Java development
• Commercial experience within an eFX/Execution business area
• Developer level testing using Junit
• Linux OS Experience
• Experience working with eFX Pricing and Execution Algo’s (working directly with Quant team)
• Computer Science Degree (or equivalent)

Ideal:

• Front Office development experience
• Java practitioner qualifications
• Any other bank released professional qualifications

Hybrid – 3days a week in London office

Please apply directly or submit a copy of your CV to freya@durlstonpartners.com

If you are curious about this opportunity, but not sure if it’s the perfect match, please reach out to me on LinkedIn or via email (freya@durlstonpartners.com) and we can have a chat.

We will respond to all successful candidates shortlisted for this opportunity within 3 days and would advise all candidates to follow our company page for all the latest opportunities.

Java – Multi Threading – Low Latency – Real Time applications – Banking – Finance – Derivatives – eTrading – Front Office Java Developer – Mid Java Developer

DevOps Engineer – London – £150k + Bonus

Durlston Partners are currently recruiting on behalf of a client within the insurance sector to find a DevOps engineer to join their team permanently in London. 

The firm is a pension insurance provider who spun out of a leading investment bank in the early 2000’s. Run like a boutique hedge fund, they apply systematic trading infrastructure to pension funds to yield better returns with less risk, recording $1 billion dollar returns in 2021. 

They currently have an opportunity for a talented engineer to join them on a new phase where they are building out an entirely greenfield cloud infrastructure to support the whole company. 

From day one you’ll join a tight-knit team where you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to automation, testing and reliability. 

Technical stack 

• AWS, Azure 
• Terraform
• Python, Rust 
• Postgres, Clickhouse

Required Skills 

• Advanced analytical skills (typically evidenced by a Bsc in Maths, Physics or Computer Science) 
• Applied programming skills (Python, Rust or C++) 
• AWS Cloud development and Architecture experience (experience on a cloud migration project is highly desirable)

Based in Central London they currently operate with a hybrid working policy, typically 2-3 days in the office per week. 

Please apply below for further information on the role and compensation details, I will get back to all successful candidates within 48 hours.

Lead data scientist / KDB developer – Crypto HFT – 100% Remote

A crypto market maker is looking for a lead data scientist / KDB developer to join their flat-structured and entrepreneurial team of highly skilled traders and tech professionals as they expand their trading capacities. and will give you the opportunity to be working alongside traders, quant researchers, and other engineers to come up with innovative solutions to the challenging implementation of a cutting hedge HFT system.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop and support tick and algo time series database as a foundation for their proprietary electronic market making strategy research
• Build and optimize KDB+ APIs for trading strategies
• Conduct data research, answering questions about the effectiveness of new strategies
• Develop and maintain processes that ingest, transform, enrich and store a combination of structured (blockchain data, reference data etc.) and unstructured data.
• Write code to integrate new trading strategies
• Build automatic reporting systems/dashboards

Qualifications:

• Degree in quantitative degree e.g. Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science
• Experience in data analysis & large data sets
• Experience in a HFT environment
• KDB+ and Q/K expertise
• Strong skills in C++/GO/Rust
• Experience building out infrastructure of large scale-systems

Apply via this page or:

Email me at ruairidh@durlstonpartners.com

Message me on LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/in/ruairidh-handyside

User Interface (UI) Developer

One of the top hedge funds in the world is looking for a UI developer to join their tech team that is looking to accelerate the development of their career, whilst working on the fund’s web investment platform.

The role:

• Build scalable, high quality and performant web applications
• Develop solutions to enable investment professionals to trade, research, and monitor using real-time internal and external data
• Visualise financial data to allow these professionals to improve decision-making, improve research processes, and discover new insights
• Identify opportunities to enhance the platform
• Partner with traders, quants, data scientists, and analysts in order to develop and deploy solutions for questions

Beneficial to have:

• 2-5 years of software engineering experience
• Data visualisation framework knowledge
• Experience with React, Angular, Redux etc.
• UI experience
• Javascript or Typescript experience
• HTML5 proficiency

Benefits:

• Up to 300k + bonus
• Work at one of the top hedge funds in the world
• Global offices

If interested please apply via this page or:

Email me at ruairidh@durlstonpartners.com

Message me on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/ruairidh-handyside

Who?
This team is similar to a traditional B2C fintech setup. Their mission is to simplify quant finance and provide global opportunities for individuals to participate remotely in this initiative, while potentially learning quant finance, AI and ML concepts. They provide a crowdsourcing platform for external participants to contribute alphas and various other models or algorithms to our business. They are comprised of an entire ecosystem within the company that includes resources from various technology, data, business and operations groups throughout the company globally. Today, they are still fairly young – though they are a full featured business with forward looking plans that run into years.

The role?

They are looking for a Strategy and Operations Head to join their London office. You will be responsible for expanding and engaging the user base in the UK and will serve as the representative of their company to all UK users.

Key focuses

• Defining the growth strategy for the country
• Operations (acquisition, onboarding, engagement)

Requirements:

• Bachelors degree in a STEM field from a leading university
• Experience leading teams
• A self-starter, demonstrated by setting up initiatives and seeing them through to the end
• Product experience

What’s in it for you?

• There is a clear career progression path available from the country role to regional and global roles.
• You will not only be responsible for the growth and engagement of the user base in the UK, but will also play a role in shaping the direction and definition of the business in the future.
• Be a part of a high performance team solving quant finance problems at scale.

Base salaries between $200-350k + annual bonus (50-150%)

Joining a first class engineering team within a leading Systematic Trading Firm with offices in New York and Chicago that is looking to expand its Options Market Making team and is seeking highly skilled C++ engineers with solid computer science fundamentals to help build out a next generation trading system.

Technology driven, this firm is a significant participant in the global markets and is frequently at the cutting edge of financial sciences looking beyond traditional approaches, so a creative and pioneering mindset alongside a passion for problem solving will be fundamental to your success.

Responsibilities:

• Build, maintain, optimize and strengthen trading systems
• Collaborate closely with traders and modelers to refine the trading tactics and systems
• Solving low-latency trading problems and optimizing performance-critical code
• Develop and expand knowledge of various technologies, to assess their application

Requirements:

• BS/BA degree in Computer Engineering / Computer Science
• Solid knowledge of C++
• A passion for solutions driven development, with a creative outlook
• Experience with exchange connectivity, order routing and market data always a plus

A chance to work for a Top Investment Management firm in New York?

I’m currently on the search for smart, young Python Developer to join a top Investment Management firm based in New York that deals with multi-billions for a wide range of clients globally.

A key skill which is required for this role is a candidate who can robustly keep trades flowing, into the CRD, then into an accounting system and finally into a database.

Essential:

• Key skills – Python & SQL
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• ~3+ years Python experience

Company Sells:

• Exceptional performance track record
• 9:00am -6:00pm (Flexible / Non Burnout Culture)
• Large Bonuses
• Hybrid Working Model – 3 days Office / 2 WFH

My client are actively hiring, with interviews still taking before Christmas. Therefore, please don’t hesitate to apply.

Help launch new funds & keep trades flowing at NYC asset manager

The Role:

• A New York based specialist asset manager is looking for python developers to be working on launching new funds with the team, who are looking to help you grow and better your skills, by providing the mentorship and training that is required.
• They’re holding just under $10bn AUM for a wide variety of clients across the globe.
• They already have a CRD order system and SQL database in place, and are looking for someone to keep trades flowing into the CRD, then into their accounting system, and then into the database (robustly). You’ll also be key in preparing presentable data for reporting.

Requirements:

• Experience with Python and SQL
• Strong communication skills

Experience that may be helpful:

• Interface and Derivatives
• Risk analysis background
• Operations
• Analysis
• Commodities is a positive
• Data presentation

Benefits:

• This role has no coding test and short interview process
• Large bonus
• hybrid working – 2 days WFH
• Flexible working hours with an extremely low burnout rate!

Apply via this page or send me a message at:

ruairidh@durlstonpartners.com

www.linkedin.com/in/ruairidh-handyside

Are you a self-motivated Excel/VBA developer looking to join one of Europe’s leading hedge funds? Do you have experience working in investment banking and thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment? If so, we want to hear from you!

Chances are, the excitement of building a product from scratch has worn off, so you spend your days maintaining what was built rather than working on new things. You might even be held back by mountains of bureaucracy, and your ideas spend months with senior leadership before getting signed off.

Sound familiar? It doesn’t have to be.

We are seeking a skilled Excel/VBA developer to join a front office team. In this role, you will be responsible for building applications to support trading and investment activities. We are looking for a candidate who can work independently, take ownership of issues, and collaborate with team members to drive results.

If you are an experienced Excel/VBA developer with a background in investment banking, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity. Join this exceptional global team and take your career to the next level.

Requirements:

• 5 years of commercial software development experience using Excel and VBA in an investment bank
• A solid background working with SQL and some knowledge of BI tools
• Knowledge of Python

Durlston Partners is working with the crypto arm of a major global hedge fund who are looking for a Blockchain Infrastructure Engineer to join a specialised on-chain trading team. This group of highly skilled individuals is a breakaway group from the crypto arm of a major hedge fund, and you’ll have the chance to be on their founding team. Due to their ties to tradfi markets, and the cyptoasset ecosystem, this team is uniquely positioned to take advantage of all of the resources provided by the Hedge Fund.

You’ll get the opportunity to modify and interoperate with nodes and other blockchain components for on-chain trading activities, using skills in Go and Rust. This role will be a good fit for anyone with a passion for DeFi.

Helpful to have:

• Experience with node related development
• Golang and Rust experience
• Experience/interest in finance or DeFi
• Opensource projects/contributions
• Knowledge of chain roadmaps

A tech-heavy, global leading algo prop trader/market maker is looking for an Algo Trading Software Engineer to work across their tech stack. They cover a wide variety of asset classes, and operate on a collaborative, flat structure.

You’ll join existing engineering teams and be exposed to challenges across your skills, as these teams operate on the most challenging and important projects across the business. There will be opportunities for you to move between these teams in order to provide you with a broad range of experience.

Some of these roles may include:

• Working alongside quants to design and build research software for their massive research cluster (>100,000 CPUs & >6,000 GPUs)
• Contribute to the (in-house developed) core tech platform, using distributed microservice architecture to allow millions of trades each day, and 24/7 operation.
• Writing the software to improve and manage their global trading network, and trading servers over roughly 50 sites across the world.

Everything that you build will be used solely in-house, and what is created is used to trade over $300bn daily on a fully automated basis.

It is likely that you will be using Python and Golang on a regular basis, with a little Rust when appropriate, however, there is room for other languages!

Requirements:

• Strong technical skills in coding
• Experience with distributed systems
• Familiarity with common algorithms and data structures and their performance trade-offs
• Ability to work independently on complex systems
• Interest in systems engineering and infrastructure
• Familiarity with the Linux command line – positive but not needed

This role is in-office, based not too far from Kings Cross Station

Apply via this page or at:

http://www.linkedin.com/in/ruairidh-handyside

ruairidh@durlstonpartners.com

Front Office Java Developer – Prop Trading Firm – London – £150K

A UK based prop trading firm are looking to bring in an experienced Java Developer to work on a number of front office systems which will be at the core of the business.

The firm who are up over 113% for the year as of October, have offices in 10 locations across EMEA, APAC and North America and started life as a Hedge Fund until the moved to private partnership, which now allows them to trade in almost every asset class.

Working with a technically diverse stack whilst mentoring junior team members in best practices of programming and design you’ll enter right at the start of a greenfield project, replacing a number of existing legacy systems, which include an order management and trade execution platform.

Based out of their Central London office they currently operate with a hybrid working policy, have flexible working arrangements and are able to offer a top bracket salary with a generous bonus and benefits package.

Technical Requirements 

• 7+ years of development experience
• A background in financial services and trade lifecycle knowledge
• Hands-on experience developing Java microservice applications
• Experience with container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Bsc in Computer Science or similar stem subject

Benefits 

• Flat structure with a hybrid working policy, currently operating with 4 days in the office.
• A collegiate business model, where developers are at the core of the business.
• Breakfast / Lunch in the canteen
• Private healthcare via Bupa, paid in full by the firm
• Subsidised Private Dental via Simply Health Dental
• Subsidised Gym Membership

After Probation

• Life insurance – 4x annual salary
• Critical illness cover

I will respond to all successful candidates shortlisted for this opportunity within 48 hours.

Software Engineer (Python/C++) – Systematic Hedge Fund

About:

Our client, a leading systematic Hedge Fund based in the City, is looking for bright Junior Developers to join their elite IT team made up of world-class engineers. This is an outstanding opportunity for a talented Developer to work closely with Quants and Portfolio Managers developing automated trading systems and solutions, having a direct impact on alpha generation.

As a Python / C++ Developer, you must be passionate about programming and technology with the ambition to continually progress and develop your career in an environment with a steep learning curve. They are looking for Junior Developers who can demonstrate their absolute passion for Computer Science, constantly keeping up to date, as well as putting their ideas/research into practise (GitHub, StackOverflow, Hackathons, Olympiads etc..).

Requirements:

• Excellent development skills in Python, C++ or any other OO language
• Strong Computer Science foundations: data structures, algorithms and complexity theory
• Passion for solving complex computer science & mathematical related problems
• BSc/MSc/PhD in a technical discipline with a minimum of a 2:1 degree from a top tier university (Oxford Cambridge, Imperial or similar)

This is a fantastic opportunity to learn alongside some of the brightest minds in the industry, and build a long term career.

For further information, please submit your CV.

We will respond to all successful candidates shortlisted for this opportunity within 3 days and would advise all candidates to follow our company page for all the latest opportunities.

We are working with a highly technologically-driven firm that operates at the intersection between insurance, investment and pension, running like a boutique Hedge Fund. They are looking to add a Quant Developer to their team of exceptional tech talent, to work on multiple and varied projects running in parallel (think trade modelling and pricing, scenario analytics tools, market data processing and more).

What you’ll get:

• Strong compensation packages with generous base, bonus and benefits
• Lots of greenfield/brownfield projects to work on
• The opportunity to work on large-scale migration project
• Hybrid work environment

What you’ll bring:

• Strong experience in programming in either Python, Rust or C++
• Good communication skills and the ability to be a true team player
• A ‘get stuck in’ attitude, with the drive and curiosity to get your head around different complex systems

People are not checklists: if you are curious about this opportunity, but not sure if it’s the perfect match, please apply attaching your CV or emailing it to nicole@durlstonpartners.com and a member of the team will get back to you asap.
Feel free to email nicole@durlstonpartners.com or contact me on LinkedIn if you want to arrange a discreet discussion about any of the current openings with Durlston Partners’ client base.

We are working with a top-tier global HFT firm, looking for low latency C++ developers to work on complex algo trading problems, giving the right candidate the chance to have an immediate impact in the organisation and see the real-world implications of their work.

The firm trades billions each day across multiple assets and platforms, and are looking for passionate developers to join their highly collaborative technology team. Expect your day-to-day to include working on thing such as trading systems optimisation, development of low-latency exchange connectivity, and full SDLC for market making.

If this sounds like something you’d like to get your teeth stuck into, and you have:

• experience coding in C++
• an understanding of low-level program optimisation
• hunger to solve complex technical challenges
• previous exposure to trading systems (though not mandatory),

Please apply directly or submit a copy of your CV to nicole@durlstonpartners.com

People are not checklists: if you are curious about this opportunity, but not sure if it’s the perfect match, please reach out to me on LinkedIn or via email (nicole@durlstonpartners.com) and we can have a chat.

Python Developer – Systematic Hedge fund – Up to £130k base + Bonus

A fully systematic hedge fund with over $1.5B in assets under management, who put technology at the heart of everything they do and is looking to add to a highly impressive team of technologists.

As a result of the firm focus on optimization, its technology team is the largest within the firm covering every aspect of the trading operations. Sitting alongside, Quants, treader, CEO and CTO this firm operates a flat inclusive structure where everyone has a voice to impact the decision.

Role

Successful candidates will be asked to contribute to all aspects of software development. The systems in place, which are almost all proprietary, cover a broad scope of problems and tasks across research, trading, operations and marketing, including internal tooling, data ingestion, signal generation, portfolio construction and optimisation, automated order flow, interaction with third parties, internal GUI.

The codebase is predominantly written in Python, heavily relying on pandas, NumPy, SQLAlchemy (with PostgreSQL) and internal utilities and frameworks

Ideal Background:

• 2+ years of commercial or open-source Python development, with a deep knowledge of Python
• Strong knowledge of computer science fundamentals (algorithms, data structures, computer architecture, network, OS etc.)
• Experience working with a compile-based language (C++, Java, C# etc)
• Knowledge of Linux, shell scripting and basic server administration
• SQL and database design, working with timeseries; ideally PostgreSQL.

Bonus Skills:

• Numerate university degree: Computer Science, Physics, Mathematics, etc.
• Financial markets experience
• Experience with Web-based GUIs and HTTP services
• JavaScript, Flask, and general web development skills

Unfortunately, our client does not currently provide sponsorship for individuals without the right to work in the United Kingdom.

We will respond to all successful candidates shortlisted for this opportunity within 2 days and would advise all candidates to follow our LinkedIn company page for all the latest opportunities.

Network Operations Engineer

Systematic Hedge Fund

Up to £90k base + excellent bonus + potential sign-on

A reputable Systematic Hedge Fund with excellent returns is looking to hire a talented Network Operations Engineer to join a relatively new team of 3 responsible for supporting their growing network infrastructure. In this role you will be working closely with application, security and engineering teams across the firm to continuously improve platform automation and monitoring initiatives. As well as day to day support and troubleshooting, the role will also include project-based work such as new deployments, general administration tasks and upgrades.

Responsibilities:

• Becoming a key member of the infrastructure support team
• Building, administering, upgrading and supporting network infrastructure
• Contribute to monitoring and automation initiatives
• Troubleshooting networking issues including but not limited to 3rd Party Connectivity Issues, Performance, Outages, Investigating alerts
• Working with vendors to resolve issues
• Working with engineering teams to document and improve process
• Some out of hours work will be required, typically performed remotely

Requirements:

• 2-5 years of hands on experience of configuring network switches and routers
• CCNA qualified (or equivalent industry experience)
• Good understanding of network technologies and routing protocols including BGP, OSPF, PIM, Multicast, NAT
• Strong problem solving, communication and analytical skills
• Familiarity with Linux systems
• Some automation (ie Ansible, Python, Git)
• Experience with firewall platforms (ie Fortinet) would be advantageous
• Experience with monitoring tools such as Corvil would be advantageous

We will respond to all successful candidates shortlisted for this opportunity within 2 days and would advise all candidates to follow our LinkedIn company page for all the latest opportunities.

Angular Developer • Prop Trading Firm • FTC or Perm • £120k + Bonus

A UK based prop trading firm are searching for a full stack engineer with a focus on frontend development to join their front office team in the heart of London’s west end.

The firm who are up over 100% for the year, have offices in London, Hong Kong, Geneva & across North America and started life as a Hedge Fund until the moved to private partnership 5 years ago, which now allows them to trade in almost every asset class.

You’d join a small, dynamic team on a complete greenfield project where you’ll build a new portfolio management system from scratch which will be used daily by various trading desks and portfolio managers within their equities and derivatives teams.

The focus is on Angular, although this is by no means the limits of the roles responsibilities as you’d be working across the full stack.

Technical Requirements

– Angular (9)

– Typescript

– C#

Soft skills

– Strong communication skills

– 5+ years of development experience

– Previous experience working within the financial services industry with knowledge of at least one asset class

– Bsc in Computer Science or similar stem subject

This is primarily an in office position however the firm operate with a hybrid working policy and are currently in the office 4 days per week.

I will respond to all successful candidates shortlisted for this opportunity within 48 hours. If you are interested in other roles, please feel free to contact me at charlie@dulrstonpartners.com as well as follow Durlston Partners on Linkedin.

Systematic Trading Developer – 1-2  yrs experience – $150k base + bonus – FinTech

Durlston Partners are working with a FinTech, born out of a renowned Hedge Fund. The FinTech aims to provide ., to financial institutions and investment funds.

They are looking to onboard 2 Junior Software Engineers (Java or .Net), to develop the core technology and high-speed processing engine required to support their growing roster of Systematic Trading clients.

This is an exciting greenfield opportunity that will build on your experience working with low latency, high throughput trading applications, across electronic trade booking, portfolio tracking, pricing, risk and back office systems.

Technical Requirements:

• Excellent Java or .NET (C#)
• Familiarity with various frameworks such as Java Spring Boot or ASP .NET Core Services
• Strong system architecture skills
• Experience working across some of the following;
  • Trading APIs
  • Pre-trade risk & compliance checks
  • Liquidity provider connectivity (via FIX and other APIs)
  • Reference & real-time data sources

Who you are:

• Computer Science (or similar subject) Graduate from a reputable establishment.
• Experience developing and maintaining financial systems (electronic booking/trading systems).
• Knowledge of electronically traded asset classes and instruments
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to work in a team and build and maintain cross functional relationships.
• Excellent triage/problem diagnosis skills

If this sounds interesting – Please Apply! All candidates successfully shortlisted will be contacted within 24 hours of application.

Low Latency C++ Developer, High Frequency Trading

Salary: Up to £200k Base + Bonus

We are working with a top-tier global HFT firm, looking for low latency C++ developers to work on complex algo trading problems, giving the right candidate the chance to have an immediate impact in the organisation and see the real-world implications of their work.

The firm trades billions each day across multiple assets and platforms, and are looking for passionate developers to join their highly collaborative technology team. Expect your day-to-day to include working on thing such as trading systems optimisation, development of low-latency exchange connectivity, and full SDLC for market making.

If this sounds like something you’d like to get your teeth stuck into, and you have:

• experience coding in C++
• an understanding of low-level program optimisation
• hunger to solve complex technical challenges
• previous exposure to trading systems (though not mandatory),

please apply directly or submit a copy of your CV to freya@durlstonpartners.com

People are not checklists: if you are curious about this opportunity, but not sure if it’s the perfect match, please reach out to me on LinkedIn or via email (freya@durlstonpartners.com) and we can have a chat.

Software Engineer
AI / Tech
Up to £120k + Generous share options scheme
Working environment: Hybrid

Durlston Partners is working with a VC backed Tech firm with over $100m funding looking to considerably expand their engineering team with an additional 80 engineers in the next 12 months, across Paris, London, Munich and Berlin. Their ambition is to build AI solving some of the most complex real-world / global problems to help and serve democracies through cutting-edge technology and an ethic first approach.

In your role working alongside highly talented software engineers and AI researchers, you will define, create and build the technology, the processes and the organisation itself. Most of the projects are Greenfield and involves building brand new systems in Rust & Python (no previous experience needed – our client is are open to hire strong candidates from any OOP background as long as you are happy to learn new technologies).

Responsibilities:
• Contribute to product roadmap and architecture by working closely with customers and various colleagues
• Build and improve components and services and continuously improve existing systems when needed
• Design and implement real-time data, processing systems, backend services and APIs
• Mentor junior team members when needed

Requirements
• Excellent programming skills in Rust or any OOP languages (ie Java, Python, C++)
• Strong systems design and architecture skills
• Deep knowledge of Algorithms and Data Structures
• Experience building with distributed systems using cloud native technologies
• Good communication skills
• Passion for staying up to date with new technologies
• Strong education background in STEM

Benefits:
• Hybrid / Flexible environment
• Working in an innovative organisation focused on solving real world problems
• Opportunity to drive impact in a fast-growing company
• Be part of a diverse, collaborative, mission led team
• Excellent leadership and talents
• Lots of freedom to explore with new projects and technologies

We will respond to all successful candidates shortlisted for this opportunity within 2 days and would advise all candidates to follow our LinkedIn company page for all the latest opportunities.

Durlston Partners have partnered up with one of the worlds largest Hedge Funds Globally that is currently managing over $140bn assets. They are looking for talented Python Developers to work alongside their Quants and Traders in a high paced environment.

You will be working as a Python Quant Developer focusing on building trading applications and market facing prop Algos, as well as working hand in hand with Quant Researchers/Traders. You will be responsible for implementing new trading strategies, building new research frameworks and the development of new portfolio construction techniques or building out risk analysis tools.

Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the running of systematic strategies, by implementing signals and monitoring trading systems.
• Work closely with PMs and assist with reports.
• Build tools directly used by Quants and Traders.
• Collaborate directly with Seniors and PMs ensuring you understand their needs.
• Develop new portfolio construction techniques or build risk analysis tools.

Requirements:

• Professional experience with either Python.
• Experience in finance and working in a front office environment.
• Knowledge of algorithms, data structure and systems design.
• Strong communication skills and willingness to work closely with clients when required.

I will respond to all successful candidates shortlisted for this opportunity within 48 hours. If you are interested in other roles, please feel free to contact me at dylan@dulrstonpartners.com as well as follow Durlston Partners to be kept informed.

Front Office Software Developer role at successful multi-strategy Hedge Fund – Compensation up to £120k + bonus

The role will involve working closely with portfolio management teams to:

• Develop pre- and post-trade analysis tools
• Integrate pricing and risk models
• Build the real-time Risk and P&L apps.

It is a fast-paced, collaborative environment with great exposure to the business and wider tech team of 30 talented developers.

***Please note they are also able to buy-out bonuses or offer sign-ons given the time of year***

Don’t hesitate to apply here if you have:

• 2 years’ commercial core Java experience
• Some finance experience
• An interest in business

C++ is probably the most sought-after skill on the Financial Tech market today. An up-and-coming one is Rust too. Most roles have you doing similar things, especially in finance, which is usually latency related.

I’m not going to try to sell you the responsibilities of the role, I am going to tell you about the team you will be working with and the manager that will be taking care of you. Because let’s face it, that’s what most people care about in their next role.

This role is titled “Trading Strategy Developer” which basically means they would like someone with either:

• C++ exchange connectivity experience
• Experienced with execution management systems/algorithms/automated trading systems in FX etc.

You will be reporting to the Global Head of Digital Markets. This guy is an ex-Quant Trader at a world-famous Prop Firm and lives, breathes, and eats what he does. He is a natural leader of people, a pretty good salesperson and a brilliant manager.

This guy reports to the CTO of the firm. He used to work for the best High-Frequency Trading company on the market, this guy started coding on a ZX Spectrum before joining junior school (6 years old). He had a 94% success rate for engineers that he promoted during his career (one of the highest ever at this HFT) and of the 34 people he hired, 17 got promoted in his first year. 16 of the 17 succeeded in their new role.

As a CTO, his weekends are made up of working on Github Projects and building a Robot. Since becoming the CTO, he brought the firm from an efficiency of around 25-35% to now 55%, he wants them to be around 80% in the next 12 months and this comes from bringing people on with similar mindsets.

If you want to work for managers like this, get in touch.

Note: if you haven’t received a reply within 3 days, your application was unfortunately not accepted. Please apply via the website, or send your CV to karolis@durlstonpartners.com

Java Risk Developer- Hedge Fund – Glasgow – Up to £110k base + bonus

We are working with a global hedge fund who are building out their engineering team for their new Glasgow office, who are currently managing over $9bn in assets. We are looking for a Risk Technologist to work alongside Risk Managers developing key aspects of the clients risk systems. You’ll be working within a team of 6 in Glasgow as well as being part of a wider team of around 30 developers globally.

Responsibilities:

• Developing and enhancing Risk specific analytics alongside the business
• Both small- and large-scale systems required to implement and inform decision making
• Improve and support the existing systems

Requirements:

• 3yrs+ commercial Java experience
• Middleware experience (ActiveMQ, Kafka)
• Strong SQL/ RDBMS

If you’d like to find out more details of this role or any others that we have open at the moment, please apply here or email me directly on freya@durlstonpartners.com

We will respond to all successful candidates shortlisted for this opportunity within 2 days and would advise all candidates to follow our LinkedIn company page for all the latest opportunities.

Junior Quant Researcher – Working with Successful PM – Growing Hedge Fund

A well renowned Hedge Fund, who have been growing significantly over the past few years, are looking for a Junior Quant researcher to join a highly successful Portfolio Manager in a collaborative environment.

The team trade systematic mid-frequency Equities strategies – you’ll gain exposure to the full investment life cycle (idea generation, modelling, portfolio construction, risk management).

To apply, you should have:

• Up to 3 years of industry experience working within a systematic trading team or a PhD in a highly quantitative and technical discipline
• Excellent Bachelors or Master’s degree in ideally mathematics, physics or statistics
• Proficiency with at least one of the following OOP languages: Python, C++, Java

We will respond to all successful candidates shortlisted for this opportunity within 5 days and would advise all candidates to follow our company page for all the latest opportunities.

Would you like to be mentored by a CTO who, when working at one of the world’s top High Frequency Trading firms, had a 94% success rate in promoting engineers who worked for them? Now the Chief Technology Officer at an emerging Market Maker in Digital Assets, this person will regularly sit down with you and ensure your career development is as important to them as it is to you.

We’ve teamed up with a Crypto HFT and Market Maker keen to bring in a Network Security Engineer to their high performing infrastructure team. In this senior role you’ll take the lead on the entire Palo Alto estate and will work closely with a DevOps Engineer on security challenges regarding AWS.

If career development is your priority, there aren’t many opportunities likes this in security engineering.

Requirements

• Firewalls experience (Palo Alto preferred but open to any)
• AWS knowledge in a security context
• Linux experience
• Familiarity with Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems

Benefits

• Hybrid
• Owner-mentality reflected in equity
• Low hierarchy
• Huge learning curve working with distinguished engineers

For more information, please contact: josh@durlstonpartners.com

A chance to work for a globally renowned Quantitative Systematic Investment Firm with a $5 billion AUM?

I’m currently searching for a Senior Full Stack C#. NET Developer. In this role, you’ll play a key part in enhancing my clients systems to help evolve the technology in order to meet the growing demands of the business.

Essential:

• Minimum of 5 years – Hands on C# experience and automated testing
• Front office experience at asset management, hedge funds or banks
• Experience with React, Redux (and ability to demonstrate fluency with Javascript)
• Extensive experience building and testing full stack .net applications (.net 6 preferred)
• Experience with a front end language e.g. JSX, Typescript, Javascript and associated testing frameworks.
• Strong communication and presentation skills

Company Sells:

• Exceptional performance track record
• Collegiate nature of the small team – impact of your work can be seen in near real-time.
• Everyone works on the same floor. Surrounded by researches and trader, so able to see the real-world impact of their work.
• 9:00am -5.30pm (Non Burnout Culture)
• Large Bonuses
• Wfh one day a week

Due to the volume of applicants, successful candidates will be contacted within 2 working days.

Durlston Partners are working with a global based hedge fund who are looking for a Technical BA to join their Trading Operations Tech team in Glasgow collaborating directly with the Treasury team, internal developer and external vendors.

**Glasgow based office
**Up to £80k base + bonus
**$10bn AUM

The client are looking for strong candidates with experience in:

**Comfortable with SQL
**Some Tableau / BI Tools
**Hands on working with treasury team

If this role sounds like it might be of interest, please apply now and we will respond to all successful candidates shortlisted for this opportunity within 3 days and would advise all candidates to follow our company page for all the latest opportunities.

We are working with one of the world’s leading hedge funds, overseeing assets on behalf of institutional investors from around the world, who are looking for a Front End engineer to work on the development of a macro trend-spotting platform.

As part of this project, you will not only be cooperating with project managers and strats, but also working closely with front office teams and quantitative developers in a highly collaborative environment.

Technical requirements:

• Strong JavaScript and React expertise
• Prior experience in single-page apps architecture
• Experience in testing with Jest (or similar)

Benefits:

• Salary up to £140k base + bonus
• Flexible hybrid working arrangements, with a 3/2 WFH day split
• Swift and streamlined interview process

People are not checklists: if you are curious about this opportunity, but not sure if it’s the perfect match, please apply attaching your CV or emailing it to nicole@durlstonpartners.com and a member of the team will get back to you asap.
Feel free to email nicole@durlstonpartners.com or contact me on LinkedIn if you want to arrange a discreet discussion about any of the current openings with Durlston Partners’ client base.

A top systematic fund trades Equities in a fully automated fashion around the world with horizons ranging from days to weeks.  The business has enjoyed a great deal of success over the years they have been operating, growing both their capital and team at an impressive rate. They are now looking for individuals who can help expand into different markets and frequencies.

This is a great opportunity to work with some of the most brilliant minds in the industry in a collaborative and supportive working environment with ample exposure.

Whilst my client endorses a collaborative working environment, they also place great emphasis on recognizing individual achievements.

Requirements:

• Hold an MSc and above degree in a quantitative discipline (Mathematics, Statistics, Compute Science etc.)
• 2+ years’ working experience in a statistical arbitrage environment, developing or improving existing short term alpha signals (HFT – Intraday)
• Experience working with Python, C++ is a plus
• Knowledge of statistical learning, linear algebra and market microstructure

Please get in touch for more information or if you’d like an initial confidential chat at pei@durlstonpartners.com.

We will respond to all successful candidates shortlisted for this opportunity within 5 days and would advise all candidates to follow our website for all the latest opportunities.

The company

The only market maker who continually provided quotes for clients during the recent saga in the crypto world is seeking a Quantitative Trader to manage risk for the firm. Informed decision making and being considered in their practices is one of their core values. As a firm whose service level is heralded as better than any other market maker, compensation includes a bonus which has potential to be multiples of base.

You will

• Actively and tangibly boost their earnings
• Enhance customer trading experience to increase customer service quality
• Increase exchange trading efficiency to keep them at the forefront of cryptocurrency trading

This role would best suit someone who has spent 6-18 months in a trading environment and wants to step into an industry leading market maker to be mentored by world class traders.

Requirements:

• Bulletproof academics in Maths, Physics or Statistics
• Solid Python experience
• 6+ months commercial experience

Culture is at the core of any successful business and this firm prides themselves on having created an environment that gets the best out of the team while maintaining a healthy atmosphere. To reach their big ambitions, you will work in one of their high performing teams where your contribution is rewarded fairly

The Company

We are working with a pioneering firm that specialises in trading and market making for cryptocurrencies. Despite a challenging backdrop currently in the world of digital assets, this firm continues to hire throughout, a positive sign of their approach towards risk.

The Opportunity

Your overall opportunity as a Business Development Executive is to build a strong brand name and presence in the digital assets space. You will do this by boosting strategic alliances while preserving existing business connections (e.g. cryptocurrency exchanges). Another key aspect of this role is to satisfy their trading and business demands by facilitating and leading discussions with cryptocurrency exchanges.

Requirements

• 2 – 3 years Business Development experience
• You love relationship management
• Demonstrable interest in digital assets

Benefits

• Hedge fund style bonus
• Non-hierarchical company
• Flexible working environment

Overview:

A top-tier global HFT based in New York City is looking to hire into their Low Latency Trading Systems team. They’re seeking an experienced Low Latency C++ Developer with engineering, analytical and quant skills, committed to leveraging technology to solve complex Algo Trading problems.

Boasting impressive returns in their second year of trading with a Sharpe of ~10 (year to date). They’re trading ~$1 Billion every day across dozens of different platforms. You will have the opportunity to have an immediate impact and the option to lead your own projects.

The ideal candidate is passionate about technology, loves to code, and is excited to be at the cutting edge of automation in every aspect of their organization. This opportunity will consistently challenge you and improve your skills by working in a small, highly collaborative team of experienced technologists.

Role:

As a C++ Developer, you will play an influential role in various aspects, including:

• Optimizing major HFT trading system components (Feed Handles, Alpha & Strategy Infrastructure & OMS)
• Full lifecycle of software development for market making
• Develop low latency exchange connectivity for new markets
• Working alongside Quants to enhance the distributed pricing platform

Requirements:

• Strong C++ (17/20)
• Trading Systems experience from an HFT
• Knowledge of low-level program optimization, processor architecture, and performance measurement & tuning
• Bachelors in Computer Science (or similar)

We will respond to all successful candidates shortlisted for this opportunity within 2 days and would advise all candidates to follow our LinkedIn company page for all the latest opportunities. Feel your experience does not fit all these requirements? We encourage you to apply anyway!

For more information, please contact:
👉Xander Oliver👈
📧xander@durlstonpartners.com

A leading Systematic Hedge Fund based in London is looking for a Full Stack Developer role to join a small collaborative team of 7 responsible for building a large suite of post trade applications.  They are looking for a passionate technologist with a keen interest in finance and keeping up to date with the latest technologies.

The role offers great business exposure and involves working directly with business functions across the firm and senior management to understand requirements, design and implement solutions.

The tech stack is Angular, TypeScript, C#, SQL, AWS but they are open for candidates to interview in any languages.

Responsibilities:

• Write and maintain good quality, well-tested code across UI, services and data storage layers
• Collaborate with team through active contribution in code reviews, knowledge-sharing and design discussions
• Work directly with technology and business functions across the firm and senior management
• Build domain knowledge in business and technology areas

We will respond to all successful candidates shortlisted for this opportunity within 2 days and would advise all candidates to follow our LinkedIn company page for all the latest opportunities.

A rapidly growing FinTech based in London providing digital infrastructure for crypto trading built on industry-leading cloud technologies. They have developed relationships with global leading asset managers and are going through a period of tremendous growth.

The Role:

Working closely with the entire team this role will require you to provide technical client support whilst managing enquires and dealing with them efficiently and effectively. In addition to this, you are expected to provide appropriate technical and non-technical solutions to client queries and proactively create and drive impactful changes to workflow, policies and tools.

Requirements:

• Background in financial trading systems and software
• Front-to-back trading systems exposure
• Trading Operations experience
• Experiencing supporting customers with technical and product issues
• Awareness for blockchain and cryptocurrency
• Experience in creating new client support processes

Technical Trading Operations Support – Crypto/Blockchain – Up to £90k + Bonus

We will respond to all successful candidates shortlisted for this opportunity within 2 days and would advise all candidates to follow our LinkedIn company page for all the latest opportunities.

You take pride in your ability to not only manage complex pipelines, processes, and models but build the pipelines from scratch to ensure their efficacy. Your last greenfield project seems like a lifetime ago. Compensation may be acceptable, but your progression has stagnated or your work is undervalued compared to other aspects of the business.

Sound familiar? It doesn’t have to.

We’re looking for an exceptional Data Engineer to join a multi-strat global hedge fund that believes success is driven by constant innovation. The firm has been rapidly expanding as a result of its ability to consistently provide value. In the past year, they have doubled their AUM to the tune of ~$20million.

The Role: 

• Build the best Data Platform in the market via institutional-grade, robust software enabling investment teams to make better decisions
• Develop ingestion processes, migrate Data Lakes, and build the models capable of curating large amounts of data
• Take initiative to improve performance & reliability through identifying and solving bottlenecks

The Environment:

• Your team collaborates with all strategies across the firm providing insights and a statistical backbone that guides ideas, investment strategies, and alpha decisions
• Heavily invest in their engineers through modern technologies and internal promotion
• Small and flat-structured teams with high visibility that create a fast track towards career progression

What you’ll need to be considered for this role:

• Highly capable data engineering skill set and CompSci fundamentals
• Expertise in building pipelines from scratch, optimizing large dataset processing & Data lake migration
• Professional experience with Python, SQL and Cloud technologies

I will respond to all successful candidates shortlisted for this opportunity within 48 hours. If you are interested in other roles, please feel free to contact me at dante@durlstonpartners.com as well as follow Durlston Partners to be kept informed.

An established Systematic Hedge Fund based in Central London is looking for an Investment Risk Analyst to join a team of 5, including the Chief Risk Officer.

Our client has been highly successful since inception a few years ago and has been considerably expanding over the past few months. This is an exciting time to join the firm and have a major contribution as part of their Risk department.

Responsibilities:

• Taking ownership for the day-to-day operations of the Risk function
• Validating and optimising margin methodologies across multiple counterparties and asset classes
• Enhancing the existing reporting framework
• Building and improving the Risk limits database and maintaining the quality of Risk data
• Partnering with various internal teams and managing requests from Investor Relations, Compliance, Treasury, Finance and Portfolio Managers
• Managing desk and fund level FX exposures
• Assisting in adding new counterparties and funds to the daily Risk processes

Requirements:

• Experience working in a similar position (ideally in another buy-side firm)
• Excellent analytical and data analysis skills
• Experience with scripting in Python
• Deep understanding of financial markets and risk management
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong mathematical background with BSc or MSc degree in a finance, engineering or other mathematical field

We will respond to all successful candidates shortlisted for this opportunity within 2 days and would advise all candidates to follow our LinkedIn company page for all the latest opportunities.

This is an exciting role for a Senior DevOps Engineer with expertise in AWS to join the Research Infrastructure Team of a top performing Systematic Hedge Fund based in Central London. This is to join a team 9 engineers globally (and growing) working closely with the research and trading teams to build and support the research and public cloud infrastructure using a combination of on-premises and cloud AWS-based services.

Our client has been one of the best performing hedge funds over the past few years and therefore establishing themselves as one of the leaders in the space, growing over 100% over the past 2 years.

They have a collegiate and flat-structured environment with a strong company culture. Their compensation packages have also been very attractive with bonuses linked to the fund performance + outstanding list of benefits (listed below).

The role:

• Build and support the trading and research platforms on different OS environments – predominantly Linux with some Windows.
• Automation of core AWS services
• Support the release management process ensuring stability of the production environment
• Develop tools to continuously improve the ability to monitor the environment
• Research and implement new technologies
• Co-ordinate with various front-to-back teams to resolve issues
• Some out of hours work will be required (usually performed remotely)

The requirements:

• Expertise with AWS ecosystem
• Experience with Terraform and Ansible
• Experience with container technologies (Docker & Kubernetes)
• Experience automating AWS services including EC2, S3, VPC and ECS/EKS
• Good knowledge of networking technologies in an AWS environment (ELB, Transit Gateway, Route53, NACLs/Security Groups)
• Some Linux sysadmin experience

Benefits:

• Excellent bonus linked to fund performance
• 25 days of holidays (+ carry over vacation day & Holiday Buy/Sell)
• Non-contributory pension of 10.5%
• Private Medical Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Income Protection
• Discounted Health Screening
• Company Doctor Scheme
• Season Ticket Loan
• Paid year for maternity leave

We will respond to all successful candidates shortlisted for this opportunity within 2 days and would advise all candidates to follow our LinkedIn company page for all the latest opportunities.

A reputable Systematic Hedge Fund with excellent returns is looking to hire a Data Analytics Engineers to join its new Data Analytics Team. Currently made up of 8 people, the team is looking to grow to 15 in the next 18 months.

Our client has a flat structured, transparent and collaborative environment. You will have plenty of opportunity to grow and have an important impact on the business and PnL.

Responsibilities:

• Test and evaluate new alternative datasets in collaboration with quant researchers and data teams
• Use machine learning and statistical methods to automate the extraction of predictive features
• Manage the full lifecycle of data science projects including Data acquisition/exploration/engineering, prototyping and production
• Operate a wide array of methods, including unsupervised, supervised, learning, natural language processing (NLP), anomaly detection etc
• Work in collaboration with data engineers, quantitative researchers to help build and architect the systems

Requirements:

• Strong programming skills with Python (including scientific libraries like Pandas)
• Interest in financial markets, data analysis and programming
• Experience with data science / data manipulation
• Structured and unstructured data management experience
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong education background in STEM

We will respond to all successful candidates shortlisted for this opportunity within 2 days and would advise all candidates to follow our LinkedIn company page for all the latest opportunities.

Durlston Partners is working with a digital asset trading platform with a role as a frontend engineer available!

They provide institutional investors with access to digital assets via crypto exchanges, liquidity providers, and custodians. They are based in London and are looking for a frontend engineer to work closely with the product team, contributing to the development and functionality of the London team.

The product provides market infrastructure at scale, meaning that their clients (financial institutions, neobanks, and corporations) are all able to access digital asset markets as quickly and efficiently as possible.

This is a great opportunity for Frontend Engineers with experience in finance, big tech, and fintech that are looking to be part of a team of skilled engineers and developers.

They are looking for Frontend Engineers with experience in modern front-end frameworks and experience building professional front-ends from scratch.

This is the best time to get into the Crypto space – whether you know it or not being my job.

Requirements:

• Fluency in Javascript (typescript is ideal)
• Strong React Experience
• Strong coding skills
• UI/UX experience

Benefits:

• Hybrid work balance
• One of the fastest growing fintech companies
• Startup with deep financial backing and a strong market presence
• Modern tech stack
• Competitive comp package

If you are interested please get in touch:

Apply via this page

Email me at ruairidh@durlstonpartners.com

Or message me on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/ruairidhhandyside

Investment Management Firm – Algorithmic Trading Software Engineer – Up to £200k Base + Bonus

Our client is a quantitative and systematic investment manager with offices in London, Paris, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Their market presence is global and expands across the largest liquid electronic venues in Europe, Asia-Pacific, and North America. They combine, trading expertise, research, and new technologies to achieve high-quality returns for investors.

Responsibilities:

• A key member of the development team, building and enhancing key components for the trading and research platform
• A role with the potential to touch many aspects of electronic and algorithmic trading, back testing, and data management systems roll out
• Working with traders and quants to role, support, and run strategies
• Building and supporting new quantitative trading framework software
• Designing clean architecture and leveraging state-of-the-art tools and components
• Bringing new ideas and experimenting with new technologies

Requirements:

• Up to 5 years of professional experience
• Proficient in C++ and Python skills
• Very high standards in code quality and good development practices
• Knowledge of real-time systems, high-performance computing, and quantitative applications an advantage
• Team player
• Fast learner
• A first experience in trading algo is a plus

If you are interested in this role please feel free to contact me on:

Email – shoibe@durlstonpartners.com

Phone – +447400803306

Referrals are appreciated and well-rewarded!

We are working with a global hedge fund with Internal and Partner portfolio managers working primarily on an exclusive or semi-exclusive basis, across quantitative, fundamental equity, tactical, and discretionary macro & fixed income trading strategies.

Over the last decades, they have capitalized on inefficiencies and opportunities within the markets, developing and investing heavily in proprietary technology, infrastructure, and risk analytics, and their portfolio exposure has expanded across multiple asset classes with a significant presence in the Americas, Europe, and Asia.

They are now looking to add Data Engineers to their quantitative investment team, working directly in a PM pod on a number of key cloud-based, proprietary data platforms that are being developed across backtesting, simulation and research.

The right candidate will have good Python programming skills (you can be a SWE with a passion for all things data) and looking for a role where they can have a big impact from day 1, working in a small team that highly values collaboration. The salary for this opportuntiy is flexi

People are not checklists: if you are curious about this opportunity, but not sure if it’s the perfect match, please apply attaching your CV or emailing it to nicole@durlstonpartners.com and a member of the team will get back to you asap.
Feel free to email nicole@durlstonpartners.com or contact me on LinkedIn if you want to arrange a discreet discussion about any of the current openings with Durlston Partners’ client base.

Data Engineer – Quant Investment Team – Greenfield – Hedge Fund – London – £250k TC

Well established Hedge Fund based in Mayfair is looking to hire an exceptional Data Engineer to join their new Quant Investment Team, a key revenue generating team to design, implement and maintain functionality across various elements of their cloud native data platform. This team will have multiple greenfield tech buildouts on cloud based environments including but not limited to ML, data warehousing, ELT and ETL, containerization, analytics engineering.

You must be a strong Python Developer who is passionate about Data. You will be working closely with Quant Researchers, Data Scientists to build cloud-based, end-to-end Data Pipelines to move data from the central data repo and external datasets to push into various strategies and models. You will also be manipulating data and formatting for ML models, Data Quality checks etc.

Required:

• Strong Python and SQL experience
• Cloud based data warehousing tech experience (Databricks, Snowflake, Redshift etc)
• Cluster computing experience (Spark, Dask etc.) and schedulers (Airflow, Dagster, Prefect)
• Solid analytical problem solver with quant aptitude and logical thought processes
• Excellent communication skills to collaborate in a dynamic, fast paced team
• Analytics engineering exposure (with dbt or other ELT frameworks)
• ML and NLP data pipelines a nice to have
• Experience in a similar firm- quant trading fund working with timeseries / market / alt data a real plus

If you would like to work in this exciting new revenue generating team alongside researchers and data scientists working on greenfield projects then please apply now.

Durlston Partners is working with one of the leading energy and commodities trading firms in the world, who are looking for a senior .NET/React developer. Their clients can include national oil companies, utilities providers, and industrial companies, covering the entire energy sector.

You’ll get the opportunity to continue to expand their global analytics platform, which is powered by data from their in-house trading systems, and external data. Alongside this you’ll have the opportunity to interact directly with the business itself, spanning a range of areas from tank operators to C-level management, to drive the business’ requirements, and deliver a wide range of capabilities.

Some areas of the role include:

• Provide application support and training to users
• Turn feedback into actionable design improvements and bug fixes
• Be part of the global development team
• Build analytics platforms for brokers, analysts, researchers and data scientists

Requirements:

• Experience working with C# and related .NET technologies
• Experience in JavaScript development
• Recent experience with React.js – thorough understanding of React.js and its core principles
• Experience with React.js workflows (such as Flux or Redux)
• Experience working in an agile scrum development model
• Genuine interest in the functional as well as technical aspects of each challenge

Benefits:

• Close to major London train station
• Potential for travel to international offices
• Modern, high quality gym
• 1 Day WFH hybrid work balance
• Competitive compensation – up to £140,000 + bonus

If you are interested please get in touch:

Apply via this page

Email me at ruairidh@durlstonpartners.com

Or message me on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/ruairidhhandyside

Lead Application Support Engineer (Systematic Trading) – Leading Hedge Fund (London, Hybrid)

A leading multi-strat Hedge Fund is looking for an Application Support Engineer with leadership experience to play a hands-on lead role, providing support for their systematic and quantitative front-office applications.

This role will require a technically confident individual with strong business facing acumen, as the role will have a high level of interaction with Portfolio Managers, Traders, Investment Staff and Application Support leaders.

Candidates will need strong leadership skills and effective communication, as well as taking an interest in leading, mentoring and coaching a team. This is a hands on role, so the successful candidate will still be involved with partnering with investment staff to provide engineering support to systems focused on systematic and quant strategies.

The client is a successful, long-standing Hedge Fund with an excellent reputation, certified a “Great Place To Work” most recently in January 2022.

Responsibilities: 

• Lead an established support team, providing 2nd and 3rd line support for systematic systems.
• Take part in a follow-the-sun model, working appropriately with support teams in corresponding geographies.
• Manage allocation of resources within the team.
• Foster and maintain relationships with business users, including Portfolio Managers and Traders to identify and fix issues, and proactively work on improvements.
• Work with Developers and Quality Assurance to support projects from requirements gathering to roll-out.

Requirements:

• A wealth of front-office Application Support experience, ideally experience within Equities and listed products.
• Previous leadership experience.
• Experience with low-latency or systematic applications.
• Strong technical skills, including Python, SQL, Linux and Powershell.

Please apply even if you feel you do not meet all of the criteria above. We will endeavour to respond to all successful candidates within 5 days and would advise all candidates to follow our company page for the latest opportunities. 

London office

Great entrance into the buy-side!

𝑨𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕:

A prop-trading firm that focus on fixed income macro trading working in every asset class is looking for a Senior Frontend Angular Developer to work on an internally developed portfolio management system providing real time market info, used by the front office teams.

𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔:

• As a Senior Frontend Developer, you would be developing and driving enhancements to the UI for the data analysis platforms.
• You would be working with front office risk & treasury teams to build desktop applications used across the trading teams.
• Work alongside the quant developers to deliver robust and efficient system architectures for the front end of the platform.

𝑹𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔:

• Excellent knowledge of Angular, Typescript
• Experience with C# is a bonus
• Experience with STP Trade Flow
• Exposure to cross asset domain knowledge
• Confidence to take appropriate risk-based actions when deemed necessary

𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕’𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓:

• Up to £120,000 base + bonus
• London office, 1 day WFH
• Chance to work for one of the most prestigious funds in Europe.
• Great entrance into the buy-side

We will respond to all successful candidates shortlisted for this opportunity within 3 days and would advise all candidates to follow our company page for all the latest opportunities.

A remote working opportunity with a well funded Fin-Tech based in London and New York. Focused on utilising Blockchain technology, they are offering an exciting package with superb benefits. 

Having raised considerable capital, they are looking to invest in exceptionally talented software engineers (at all levels) to work on new Crypto technologies. This greenfield opportunity offers the potential to make a significant impact using Java and Python skills.

Your Responsibilities: 

• Design and implementation of exceptional software
• Ownership of projects and it’s life-cycle from start to finish
• Encouraging best practice programming and inspiring others to do the same
• (Senior Candidates) Leadership to encourage and inspire junior team members

Your Requirements:

• Strong competency of data structures and algorithmic programming
• Able to apply both OO and functional style to coding 
• Dedicated leadership and planning skills
• Expertise in at least one domain like Distributed Systems, Cryptography, Databases, or AWS
• Excellent programming skills in one of the following languages Java, Kotlin, Go, C++, Rust, Python etc.

Your Benefits:

• Competitive salaries and stock options are offered on top of other benefits
• Completely Remote
• Unlimited holidays
• Health insurance
• Travel Insurance
• Gym subsidy
• Pension

Fin-Tech – Greenfield Software Development – Up to £150k + Equity

We will respond to all successful candidates shortlisted for this opportunity within 2 days and would advise all candidates to follow our LinkedIn company page for all the latest opportunities.

Java Engineer

This well-backed FinTech working with over 50 of the top financial firms, offering a highly sophisticated software package (SaaS) that is at the cutting edge of cloud-based services. This is a small company where every individual is expected to take ownership of projects and add value to the company.

Role:

It will be your job to engineer the foundations of the services, incorporating AWS based infrastructure to support calculation libraries and providing the functionality expected from clients. 

Requirements:

• Solid Java knowledge with an understanding of Java foundations, memory models, common frameworks and APIs.
• A competent background in computer science
• Familiarity with the financial industry and trade lifecycle
• Good analytical problem-solving skills

Remote FinTech – Java Engineer – Up to £120k + share options

We will respond to all successful candidates shortlisted for this opportunity within 2 days and would advise all candidates to follow our LinkedIn company page for all the latest opportunities.

• Recruit and lead technical talent
• Collaborate with various functions, drive engineering initiatives, and have an impact at an organisational level
• Measure the impact of your team and set clear expectations and goals
• Work with the CTO and Development Director to develop and implement the strategy for technological development (the architecture, tech stack and infrastructure) in support of firms strategic vision and objectives
• Represent the firms as a senior management role to senior stakeholder

• Up to £140,000 + Bonus + Stock
• Hybrid working minimum of 2 days in the office
• Modern Tech Stack – Kotlin & GCP (Interview in any OOP)

A leading European capital management company is looking for innovative product developers with a strong focus on collaboration accountability and excellence. Having been fuelled by a successful period of growth they are looking to invest in ambitious talented programmers.

Your Responsibilities:

• Design and implement new features
• Collaborate with others to review and improve projects
• Provide problem-solving to new and challenging problems
• Continuously look to improve processes and usability throughout the business

Your Requirments:

• Competent Python programming skills
• An understanding of financial services
• Knowledge and understanding of other programming languages
• A professional, level headed, passionate attitude

Benefits:

• Competitive Salary
• Direct business exposure
• Personal development and learning opportunities
• Generous bonus

We will respond to all successful candidates shortlisted for this opportunity within 2 days and would advise all candidates to follow our LinkedIn company page for all the latest opportunities.

Senior Site Reliability Engineer

A key technology and research driven systematic market maker, have engaged with Durlston Partners to help onboard a critical position for the business, a Senior Site Reliability Engineer. The organisation trades globally, through a myriad of asset classes, leveraging their state-of-the-art systems to execute millions of trades a day that help them keep a competitive edge over the market and similar organisations.

They are a growing company that understands the difference talented individuals bring. Operating with a culture of transparency and minimal bureaucracy, clarity is provided on how your objectives will impact the business, allowing for maximum impact and little interference beyond this.

Some of what you will do:

• You will develop solutions to complex technical problems to improve the performance of our ultra-low latency exchange and liquidity provision services
• Help develop and innovate the team’s CI/CD pipeline, including build and test orchestration
• Monitor and triage production issues, improving the team’s ability to detect and mitigate such issues
• Research, implement, and operate new software and technologies as applicable to the businesses trading and research infrastructure
• You will architect and develop tooling to enable rapid delivery of new features
• You will work in a fast paced, and dynamic environment complementing our existing high calibre team

Skills You’ll Need to Succeed:

• Prior experience in a DevOps, PRE, or SRE position where you’ve had experience taking strong ownership of an operational and development lifecycle
• Strong programming proficiency in Python (other OOPs also considered – Java, C++, Rust, Go)
• Proficient experience utilising Linux operating systems
• Experience with Containerisation tooling (Kubernetes, Docker) highly desirable
• Passionate about solving problems from technology and automation
• Ability to be well-organised but flexible, willing to change priorities as dictated by exogenous events
• Prior experience working with automated trading systems is a bonus

Durlston Partners is working with a global leading algorithmic trading company who have an opening as an IT Support Engineer. This firm provides liquidity to FX/Fixed Income/Commodity/Equity markets.

You would be working within the small group of engineers in the End User Computing team, providing and supporting a tech platform for the users within the company to utilise, maintaining their Windows infrastructure, covering the LINUX and Windows workstations, and enterprise applications automation.

Requirements:

• Experience with admin level access to Windows systems
• Powershell knowledge
• LINUX command line familiarity
• Basic Cisco networking command understanding
• Python familiarity (beneficial)

Benefits:

• Close to major London train station
• Flat heirarchy
• Onsite gym
• Competitive compensation

Durlston Partners is working with an innovative New York based startup revolutionising the Real Estate and Healthcare industry through machine learning and state of the art engineering.

As a NLP Engineer you will be accelerating product growth and strategy building out the platform infrastructure all the while helping millions of people. Client is an office 1st firm so you must be keen to work alongside colleagues within a collaborative environment where you are proactive, looking to continually improve and make a high business impact.

What to expect in the role:

• Apply engineering expertise to build out the core ML infrastructure producing high quality code and components
• Drive customer improvements creating new tools and features
• Work in a cross functional team liaising with software development, data and operations specialists
• Contribute to research of innovative ML approaches

Requirements:

• Strong understanding of programming fundamentals and experience using Python in a backend environment for 2+ years
• Obtained Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in STEM or other quantitative discipline, PhD is a plus
• Experience with implementing ML models
• Strong understanding of deep learning frameworks
• Command over natural language processing is a plus
• Demonstrated carrying out quantitative research in personal project or in academia

If you are interested, then please apply and reach out to bethan@durlstonpartners.com. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted within 48 hours.

Windows and Virtualisation Engineer 

A Systematic Hedge Fund is looking for a Windows and Virtualisation/Systems Engineer to join their Infrastructure team. With significant growth in the last 5 years, this firm is now horizontally scaling out into new asset classes. This brings new technological challenges for the platform and Infrastructure Team.

The right Systems Engineer for this role will be highly automation-focussed, with extensive experience in a Windows-based role and automation technology such as Powershell in order to rapidly deliver to the business and overcome challenges. Experience with Azure and VMWare are also highly necessary. This is a team lead position and will involve the management of 3 people, the perfect opportunity to take ownership and impact the technological expansion of the firm.

The Role:

• Manage the global Windows and Office 365 estate
• Key resource for architecting the Windows environment, ensuring high levels of availability
• Manage our globally distributed backup infrastructure using Veeam
• Evangelise automation across the Infrastructure team
• Manage our global VMware ESX estate

Tech Requirements:

• Strong experience across the Windows stack
  • AD design, Exchange, Office 365, GPOs, DFS, DNS, DHCP, etc.
• Expert knowledge with PowerShell scripting is essential
• Experience in managing VMWare ESX clusters
• Experience with CI/CD tools including:
  • Source control tools
  • Ansible, Puppet or Chef
• Deployment tools – Terraform 
• Desirable: Veeam for backup; Terraform for deployment

To register your interest in this role, please submit a CV.

Successful candidates will be shortlisted and contacted within 2 days.

Please email gabriella@durslstonpartners.com to arrange a discreet call about the job market or roles Durlston Partners have to offer in general.

Durlston Partners is working with one of the leading commodities trading firms in the world, who are looking for a Python or C#) developer to join their the trading desk on the central team. Their clients can include national oil companies, utilities providers, and industrial companies, covering the entire energy sector.

You will have a chance to work in the largest business in the company, creating new analytical tools and support existing applications, and translating users’ needs into solutions, along with the opportunity for you to impact the commercial decisions, and business as a whole, giving you far more responsibility than your average developer. You’ll focus on vital tooling in order to make quick decisions and increase the speed of their trades.

They are looking for Front Office Developers to sit on one of two desks:

• Crude oil
• Utilities

Requirements:

• Interest in commodities
• Full stack development experience (Typescript, React.js, C#, Python, .NET)
• UI/UX design interest – experience designing
• Relevant university degree/experience
• Results driven
• Commercial mindedness

Benefits:

• Close to major London train station
• Potential for travel to international offices
• Modern, high quality gym
• 1 day WFH hybrid work balance
• Competitive compensation – Up to £130,000 + bonus

If you are interested please get in touch:

Apply via this page

Email me at ruairidh@durlstonpartners.com

Or message me on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/ruairidhhandyside

A successful and well-established Fintech building the future of finance with Blockchain technologies is actively looking for talented Senior Software Engineers. They are a very profitable business and are now going through a stage of explosive growth!

You will be joining a fast-paced company, working alongside a world-class engineering team and your work will enable major disruptions in the financial systems.

As Senior Software Engineer you will be responsible for:

• Designing and implementing high quality software
• Taking responsibility for design, coding, testing and deployment of key software components
• Applying best practices in engineering including unit and integration testing, source code version control and agile planning/estimation
• Providing technical leadership to junior members of the team

Requirements:

• Excellent programming skills in one of the following languages Java, Kotlin, Go, C++, Rust, Python etc.
• Experience building distributed systems
• Experience with cloud technologies (AWS / Docker / Kubernetes)
• Strong computer science and programming fundamentals (data structures, algorithms)
• Strong communication skills with the ability to work closely with colleagues from across our technology and investment teams
• Desire to learn new technologies and keep improving your problem-solving ability

Benefits:

• Up to £175k + stock options
• Fully remote working anywhere in the UK
• Pension, health insurance, travel insurance, gym subsidy

We will respond to all successful candidates shortlisted for this opportunity within 2 days and would advise all candidates to follow our LinkedIn company page for all the latest opportunities.

Senior Frontend Developer (React) – Global Hedge Fund – Up to £140,000 Base + Bonus

A Global Hedge Fund is looking for a Senior React Developer to build the UI of a crucial internal platform for mapping macro trends for portfolios to best leverage them. They are consistently one of the leading hedge fund managers and take pride in hiring top tier technologists in order to drive their growth.

In this highly collaborative role, you will partner with portfolio managers and strategists to drive the development and enhancement of internal data analysis systems. You will also regularly work alongside front office risk and treasury teams to build strategic desktop applications to be used across trading teams. Hence, communication skills will be crucial for success in this JavaScript/React Developer role and will allow you to most effectively develop your finance/capital markets understanding through broad and deep exposure to this side of the business.

Tech Requirements:

• Excellent professional knowledge of JavaScript & React
• Experience architecting SPAs
• Exposure to building desktop apps with Electron
• Jest or similar for testing React applications

To register your interest in this role, please submit a CV.

Successful candidates will be shortlisted and contacted within 2 days.

Please email gabriella@durslstonpartners.com to arrange a discreet call about the job market or roles Durlston Partners have to offer in general.

A leading Multi-Strategy Hedge Fund is looking for a talented Quant Developer to join their tech-focused Pricing Quant Dev Team.

Responsibilities:

• Analytical work to research, implement and support pricing and risk models for different asset classes.
• Development work on server–side processes as part of a micro–service infrastructure.
• The role is part of the firm’s core dev team, and within that its front–office support specialists; this sub–team supports several trading desks globally.

Desirables:

• Programming skills in at least one language from C++, Java, C#, Python.
• Financial products knowledge in at least one asset class from Fixed income, FX, Equities and Credit.
• Financial modelling (vanilla and exotic products, probability and stochastic calculus, Monte Carlo, numerical methods)
• Working knowledge with SQL databases.
• Ability to communicate efficiently and concisely in writing and verbally.
• 1–3 years’ experience.

Benefits: 

• Very fast interview process.
• 2 days in the office.
• As close as you could be to the trading activity in Technology.
• Amazing exposure to every financial product.

Machine Learning Engineer – New York City – Up to $600k base + Bonus

How does a systematic, quantitative investment firm that focuses on generating alpha in the cryptocurrency space post positive returns every month since inception, whilst the assets they trade have been doing the opposite?

Pretty simple – hire the best talent, coming from the likes of Citadel, Susquehanna, Five Rings Capital, AQR, DRW, and leading academic professors from schools like Stanford, MIT, and UPenn/Wharton.

According to their documentation, they are currently managing around $150 million in 3 different funds (different strategies, DeFi, HFT, MEV, stat arb) with the scope to scale in the billions in a few years.

They are looking for a switched-on ML Engineer to join them.

The role involves building and constantly improving their cloud-native research infrastructure, building end-to-end ML pipelines, and optimizing ML algorithms to handle distributed training over massive data sets (they gather and store >40TB per day of memory pool data).

Strong programming ability in Python is needed. Intermediate C++ experience is a nice to have. Experience with technologies such as AWS EC2/Batch or their counterparts, Airflow, Spark, and Kubernetes is also nice to have.

Looking for someone with experience working with cloud-based research environments and machine learning workflows.

If you are interested please get in touch: karolis@durlstonpartners.com

All shortlisted candidates will be contacted within 48 hours.

Machine Learning Engineer – New York City – Up to $600k base + Bonus

We are working with one of the world’s leading hedge funds, overseeing assets on behalf of institutional investors from around the world, who are looking for a Front End engineer to work on the development of a macro trend-spotting platform.

As part of this project, you will not only be cooperating with project managers and strats, but also working closely with front office teams and quantitative developers in a highly collaborative environment.

Technical requirements:

• Strong JavaScript and React expertise
• Prior experience in single-page apps architecture
• Experience in testing with Jest (or similar)

Benefits:

• Salary up to £140k base + bonus
• Flexible hybrid working arrangements, with a 3/2 WFH day split
• Swift and streamlined interview process

People are not checklists: if you are curious about this opportunity, but not sure if it’s the perfect match, please apply attaching your CV or emailing it to nicole@durlstonpartners.com and a member of the team will get back to you asap.
Feel free to email nicole@durlstonpartners.com or contact me on LinkedIn if you want to arrange a discreet discussion about any of the current openings with Durlston Partners’ client base.

We are working with a successful Fintech start-up, looking for Java developers to play a key role in their journey of continuous growth.

Working with top names in the banking and hedge fund space, the firm deploys data to provide margin analysis through cloud-native technology. You will be working in partnership with other teams to ensure you deliver the best possible solutions to your clients.

You will have the opportunity to have a direct impact on the company’s growth plans through your work and leverage your skills and expertise to support the scaling of the platform.

In this role, you’ll be:

• Responsible for designing the code behind the platform
• Taking ownership of the entire development cycle, including functionality
• Developing your knowledge on how equity analysis benefits your clients
• Working closely cross-team in order to deliver the best product offering

You will have:

• Production knowledge of Java
• Commercial experience and product-focussed mindset
• Problem-solving attitude
• Finance experience

What you can expect:

• Fully remote working environment
• Access co-working spaces at your leisure
• Firm-sponsored team and multi-team socials and events
• Meritocracy and clear progression, investment in your development

People are not checklists: if you are curious about this opportunity, but not sure if it’s the perfect match, please apply attaching your CV or emailing it to nicole@durlstonpartners.com and a member of the team will get back to you asap.
Feel free to email nicole@durlstonpartners.com or contact me on LinkedIn if you want to arrange a discreet discussion about any of the current openings with Durlston Partners’ client base.

We are working with a Alternative Data Vendor which recently closed their Series A funding round and has 4x in size over the course of 2021.

They are growing their data platform currently streaming 100’s Terabytes per month and looking for developers to cope for this by rebuilding all their internal platforms from Python to Golang focusing on scalability, efficiency and speed. The new platforms will be entirely hosted on AWS.

The Firm is partnered with leading Trading Firms globally and is highly tech-driven with 90% of employees coding on a daily basis.

Essentials:

• Experience building pipelines from scratch in Python
• Knowledge of Big Data Tools – Apache Spark / Kafka
• Exposure to AWS / cloud technology is desirable

Benefits:

• Fully Remote anywhere in the UK / USA
• Non-bureaucratic, flat-structure environment – meetings are kept to the minimum
• Exposure to Data Science and Machine Learning algorithms

To avoid any disappointment and immediate feedback please apply now or send me an email with your CV at: gio@durlstonpartners.com

We are working with a Top 3 Global Multi-Strat Hedge Fund, who are leading the space in terms of both technology and compensation.

One fully-systematic fund within this firms is looking to hire a C++/Python Quant Developer to join their extremely collaborative and flat-structured team. This team, as well as the wider firm, are very well-known for prioritising the latest and most cutting-edge technology to solve some of the business’ most exciting challenges.

They love to see top Devs/Quant Devs who want to have high impact and collaborate with Quants, working towards their huge plans to increase the speed and scale of their simultaneously strategies (multiple thousands).

Expect to be:

• Back-testing and implementing trading strategies and signals into live trading.
• Developing Trading infrastructure
• Working with huge datasets (both structured and unstructured)
• Gaining exposure to multiple asset classes (Equities, Futures, Fixed Income etc)
• Learning with unrivalled opportunities, working collaboratively with industry leaders
• Using the best technology, with innovation being the priority

Requirements:

• Strong experience with C++/Python
• Strong Academics ( Top Undergraduate degree from a Top 50 University)
• Knowledge of financial markets is a huge plus, but not essential

If you are interested in this or any other roles, then please apply or reach out by email: Rahn@durlstonpartners.com

Due to the the high volume of applicants, only successful applicants will be contacted within 48 hours.

A London based DeFi protocol, incubated by a hedge fund management company are currently searching for a full-stack engineer to join their growing team.

The firm, who are fully set up for remote working is composed of deeply experienced TradFi and crypto specialists working on a Web3.0 platform.

This is a great opportunity for someone who has a true passion for decentralisation and is keen to transition from Web2.0 to Web3.0. You will work with designers, blockchain developers and product owners to bring products to life, handle front end and back end requirements to integrate blockchain data and transactions.

Requirements:

• Coding experience with Javascript: NodeJS/Express on backend and ReactJS on frontend.
• Knowledge of unit and end to end testing frameworks such as Jest
• Working knowledge of SQL, noSQL and GraphDBs
• Working knowledge of state management using React Redux

Benefits:

• Competitive salary and bonus + token exposure further down the line
• Exposure to international team of professionals from TradFi and Crypto.
• Flat and cross-functional team which offers learning opportunities.

If you are interested in this role please apply or contact me directly at danny@durlstonpartners.com

DevOps Engineer

We have partnered with a financial services organisation that is looking for talented DevOps Engineer to join their growing technology team. This individual will be responsible for assisting in key Cloud projects that are at the foundation of their infrastructure modernisation programme. This position will reinforce the businesses technology driven approach and ensure that their infrastructure is both stable, scalable and on the cutting edge of tech in finance.

This is an opportunity to work in a small team where you’d have plenty of responsibility and impact in a well performing and growing investment management firm.

Some of the responsibilities you will own:

• Deploy and maintain critical applications on cloud–native microservices architecture
• Contribute to and help establish development best practices for our infrastructure
• Implement automation, effective monitoring & logging, and infrastructure–as–code
• Cloud Infrastructure design, deployment, change management and ongoing support (AWS)
• Implement and roll out change management processes, governance, and security tooling for our Cloud
  platform.

What you will bring to the business:

• At least 3 years of practical experience as a DevOps Engineer, Platform Engineer or similar discipline
• Strong working knowledge of Linux and AWS Services (experience with GCP will be considered.)
• Strong experience in a scripting language (Python preferred, but happy to consider any OOP)
• Experience in architecting and deploying solutions based on security best practices across AWS
• Good exposure and proficiency with DevOps tooling including Terraform and Kubernetes
• Familiar with CI / CD, monitoring and logging best practices for microservices
• Start–up mind–set – happy working in a small team, owning solutions, and flexing where needed to learn
  new skills

C++ Developer – Market Maker – City – up to £200k + Bonus

Global Market Making client who are leaders in their space is looking to hire at all levels of experience the best and brightest in the tech, research market to work alongside exceptionally talented developers who are passionate about programming and working on the most interesting real world challenges in the space including latency sensitive projects and optimisation.

You must have a deep passion for technology with solid C++ skills and an ambition to solve open ended problems using analytical models. You will be joining a highly collaborative environment so must have strong communication and interpersonal skills that would be applicable to a dynamic trading environment.

Required:

• Excellent C++ skills
• Solid computer science fundamentals with a passion for learning, adapting to changing requirements and tech
• Side projects / Olympiads a huge plus
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills applicable to a dynamic trading environment.
• Solid academics: Ideally a 1st Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science at a top University (e.g. Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial)

This client has an extremely high bar so if you are an exceptionally talented developer who loves coding and wants to work on the most complex and challenging problems then please get in touch. Client reflects the high calibre by paying the best in the market.

Our client has built a state of the art Crypto Trading platform offering investors, that connects investors to global exchanges in real-time, with the benefit of multi-currency exposure.

Their system is a full OMS, PMS and EMS, and has been built with industry-leading cloud technologies to provide scale and global deployment.

They are looking to hire Software Engineers at different stages of their career, from a variety of OOP backgrounds, who are keen to work in Go – no need for an endless list of requirements, we’re simply looking for high calibre, dedicated, collaborative and passionate software developers – If you think you fit the bill, please apply.

There are a number of firms that are currently looking to hire Machine Learning Quant Researchers from junior (2 years experience) all the way through to PMs – this is the hottest year I’ve ever seen in systematic trading.

The roles are classic ML quantitative research roles focused on alpha signal generation. The most important skills for this are (on the junior end) (Finance experience not required):

• Strong quantitative academic credentials (in Machine learning, Artificial Intelligence, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science etc.)
• Demonstrated research experience/projects in Reinforcement Learning or Bayesian inference
• Competent programming (usually in Python or C++)

OR (on the more senior end) (Finance experience required)

• • Machine Learning signal research experience with track record
  • Programming skills in (Python or C++)

If you’d like to understand the current market, please e-mail pei@durlstonpartners.com for a confidential chat.

We are working with a highly technologically-driven firm that operates at the intersection between insurance, investment and pension, running like a boutique Hedge Fund. They are looking to add a Quant Developer to their team of exceptional tech talent, to work on multiple and varied projects running in parallel (think trade modelling and pricing, scenario analytics tools, market data processing and more).

What you’ll get:

• Strong compensation packages with generous base, bonus and benefits
• Lots of greenfield/brownfield projects to work on
• The opportunity to work on large-scale migration project
• Hybrid work environment

What you’ll bring:

• Strong experience in programming in either Python, Rust or C++
• Good communication skills and the ability to be a true team player
• A ‘get stuck in’ attitude, with the drive and curiosity to get your head around different complex systems

People are not checklists: if you are curious about this opportunity, but not sure if it’s the perfect match, please apply attaching your CV or emailing it to nicole@durlstonpartners.com and a member of the team will get back to you asap.
Feel free to email nicole@durlstonpartners.com or contact me on LinkedIn if you want to arrange a discreet discussion about any of the current openings with Durlston Partners’ client base.

Our client is a leading cryptocurrency trading firm with a bold dream to change crypto trading and make it more accessible and safer.

Due to astonishing results for the last few years the uniquely skilled crypto team is going through an expansion and looking for a talented Quantitative Developer. You would be joining a team of seasoned professionals with extensive experience in the Crypto market.

As a Quantitative Developer you will be working to build and optimise strategies and products alongside highly experienced and skilled traders and tech professionals.

If working in a challenging, dynamic and rewarding environment is something that describes you please keep reading …

As part of the team you can expect to become part of a broad range of complex projects that may include:

• Support, implement and optimise models and trading systems
• Architecting new risk models and Trading risk management
• Latency investigation / monitoring and optimisation
• Trading risk management
• Improve and optimise execution models

Requirements:

• Work experience in cash products (FX, Equity) OR exchange-traded options
• Proficiency in any OOP (5+ years)
• Experience in algorithmic trading
• Understanding of messaging
• Analysis skills
• Deep Fluency in Linux
• Good communication skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and handle pressure (front-office)
• Dealing with work interruptions and prioritising

Why work for us:

• WFH up to 50%
• Bonuses every 6 months
• Up to 33 day holiday per year
• Amazing healthcare and pension scheme

C# Developer – Risk / TDD / SQL – Hedge Fund – Mayfair – £250k TC

Well known, tech focused client based in Mayfair is looking to hire talented C# Developers for their small, collaborative teams across their business including front office working closely with Researchers and Traders. The client has a strong tech focus reputation in building world class tech teams by providing the latest tools necessary for talented developers to achieve their goals and reach their highest potential.

You must have a strong desire to learn and gain exposure to the business side of a trading operation and related aspects of the business as well as a solid understanding of the full software lifecycle and had previous experience working with execution platforms. You will be joining a collaborative environment so must have excellent communication/interpersonal skills with an ability to take on ownership, work independently as well as a team member.

Required:

• Strong C# programming experience and SQL database knowledge, TDD practices.
• Experience working with any OMS/EMS platform and with REST.
• Excellent communication / interpersonal skills to understand and transform business requirements into tech solutions in a fast paced environment.
• Familiarity with FX, Futures, Bonds/Repos, Options and Swaps.
• Solid Academic background – 2.1 Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent from a top tier University.

If you are interested then please apply now. Due to the volume of applications, shortlisted candidates will be contacted within 72 hours.

Python Developer – FinTech – London & Paris – up to £150k base

Our client is a quantitative and systematic investment manager with offices in Hong Kong, London, Mumbai, Paris, and Singapore. Their market presence is global and expands across the largest liquid electronic venues in Europe, Asia-Pacific, and North America. They combine, trading expertise, research, and new technologies to achieve high-quality returns for investors.

Skill and Experience Required:

• BSc or Higher in Computer Science.
• 3+ years of Software engineering experience in writing high-quality, testable in an object-oriented environment.
• Prior experience with Python and Rest APIs.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Understanding of modern software architecture and cloud platforms.
• Experience in the financial services industry

Other preferred skills:

• Experience with query optimization and performance tuning
• AWS, Kubernetes, docker, Helm
• Experience with message queues
• Experience with more than 1 programming language

Responsibilities:

• You will be responsible for building and delivering solutions to our Risk Management and Trading desks.

Our client is an exceptional multinational investment bank and financial services company and a prominent market maker.

Due to outstanding trading performance, Currently going through an organic expansion of their high frequency trading division and looking for an exceptional Java Developer to join their existing team, consisting of 6 talented programmers.

As a Java Developer you will work on projects such as: building and optimising strategies and adding new products. No day will be the same and you will be working on new and existing projects in partnership with seasoned traders and other high calibre tech professionals.

If working in a dynamic environment, taking initiative and a desire to make a significant impact on projects in the company you work for is something that describes you, please read on…

You can expect to take on a broad range of complex projects that may include:

• Support, implement and optimise models and trading systems
• Architecting new risk models and Trading risk management
• Latency investigation / monitoring and optimisation
• Trading risk management
• Improve and optimise execution models

Common attributes shared by existing team members include:

• Python used for analysis and research ( Numpy, Scipy, Pandas)
• Experience and confidence using Java
• Machine learning or Deep learning
• Reporting directly to Senior Stakeholders
• An advantage to have: KDB, Networking, Django, Rust

Some of the benefits working for us:

• WFH up to 50%
• Bonuses every 6 months
• Up to 33 day holiday per year
• Amazing healthcare and pension scheme

Durlston Partners is working with a next-gen crypto trading platform with a role as a frontend engineer available!

Their interfaces are pushed to some of the largest institutions in the space and you could work on implementing and integrating their systems, whilst having a meaningful input into the design and development of the interfaces. They look to allow clients access to cutting edge trading and financial tools across CeFi and DeFi by providing high performance scalable distributed systems to their clients.

They are based in New-York and are looking to expand their reasonably small team.

Current engineering talent has come from firms like Citadel Securities, Five Rings, Facebook AI (FAIR) as well as self-taught technology tinkerers that love being challenged with difficult problems.

This is a great opportunity for Frontend Engineers with experience in finance or big tech that are looking to be part of a small team of skilled engineers and developers. They are looking for Frontend Engineers with experience in modern front-end frameworks and experience building professional front-ends from scratch.

This is the best time to get into the Crypto space – whether you know it or not being my job.

Requirements:

• Experience with a modern front-end framework e.g. React, Vue, etc.
• Proven track record of building professional front-ends from scratch
• Experience with financial trading interfaces is a plus
• Strong communication skills and leadership qualities are desirable

Benefits:

• Competitive comp package
• Small team, so plenty of chances to get hands-on
• Opportunity to work closely with others in the firm

If you are interested please get in touch:

Apply via this page

Email me at ruairidh@durlstonpartners.com

Or message me on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/ruairidhhandyside

Asset Management Firm – Python Quant Developer – Up to £140k Base + Bonus

Our client is a global, alternative investment management firm operating across a broad range of derivatives-based strategies with a deep understanding of volatility. With approximately $9 billion of AUM, offices in New York, London, Hong Kong, Amsterdam, Stamford, Boston, and Los Angeles.

Responsibilities:

• Analytical work to research, implement and support pricing and risk models for different asset classes.
• Development work on server-side processes as part of a micro-service infrastructure.
• The role is part of the firm’s core dev team, and within that its front-office support specialists; this sub-team supports several trading desks globally.

Requirements:

• Programming skills in at least one language from C++, Java, C#, and, Python.
• Financial products knowledge in at least one asset class from Fixed income, FX, Equities, and Credit.
• Financial modelling (vanilla and exotic products, probability and stochastic calculus, Monte Carlo, numerical methods).
• Working knowledge of SQL databases.
• Ability to communicate efficiently and concisely in writing and verbally.
• 1-3 years experience.

Building a cloud-hosted Data Platform processing 100’s Terabytes of Data per month?

We are working with a Fintech Startup which 4x in size and 2x revenue in 2021 looking to add talent to their Data Engineering team.

The firm is expanding into new markets and is looking for Data Engineers to build AWS-hosted Pipelines from scratch processing Alternative Data from multiple sources. You will have full ownership on project delivery and work on greenfield solutions.

The Firm is partnered with leading Trading Firms globally and is highly tech-driven with 90% of employees coding on a daily basis.

Essentials:

• Experience building pipelines from scratch in Python
• Knowledge of Big Data Tools – Apache Spark / Kafka
• Exposure to AWS / cloud technology is desirable

Benefits:

• Fully Remote anywhere in the UK
• Non-bureaucratic, flat-structure environment – meetings are kept to the minimum
• Exposure to Data Science and Machine Learning algorithms

We are working with one of the fastest growing global FinTech working across the digital assets space. By leveraging a team of industry experts with substantial experience in alternative investment management and working with a modern tech stack, our client provides market infrastructure to support institutions’ access to digital assets markets.

As they continue their growth journey, they are looking to add Frontend Engineers to their team. Building on your previous UI experience and React and Type/JavaScript skills, you will be working on creating the best user experience for the firm’s clients.

If you want to be solving high impact problems, get out of red tape and join a start-up with strong market presence and financial backing in a diverse team that values passion, respect, teamwork and excellence, this could be the place for you.

People are not checklists: if you are curious about this opportunity, but not sure if it’s the perfect match, please apply attaching your CV or emailing it to nicole@durlstonpartners.com and a member of the team will get back to you asap.
Feel free to email nicole@durlstonpartners.com or contact me on LinkedIn if you want to arrange a discreet discussion about any of the current openings with Durlston Partners’ client base.

We are working with a renowned bank, who are looking for a pragmatic, talented individual to join their systematic eFX market making team team.

This is a well-funded, greenfield build out that will give you opportunity to learn from some of the best in the industry and allow you to play a key role in their expansion.

Responsibilities:

• Building new spot fx market making algorithms from scratch
• Microstructure analysis of market data and statistical analysis of client flows
• Algorithmic pricing for the FX single-dealer platform

Essential:

• Keen interest in solving difficult financial problems using Technology and Statistics
• Taking a pragmatic approach towards solving problems
• Experience of statistical analysis and interpretation of quantitative data
• Masters / PhD in a Quantitative field (Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Engineering, etc)

We specialise in Systematic Quant recruitment. For a confidential discussion about this role, or the market in general, please reach out to me at ben@durlstonpartners.com or send an application.

We will respond to all successful candidates shortlisted for this opportunity within 5 days and would advise all candidates to follow our company page for all the latest opportunities.

Our client provides a technology solution to institutional managers looking to trade digital assets. They provide a number of services including risk management and trade booking required to trade in both CeFi and DeFi. 

This firm is technologist heavy and is seeking like-minded individuals capable of taking ownership of their role and helping the business grow. They are hiring individuals from a minimum of 2 yrs up and ideally, you will have experience working with: Trade Execution, CeFi Connectivity, Options, FX or Equities

Benefits: 

• Collaborative Environment
• Flat Structure
• Exposure to modern technologies 
• Hybrid working environment 
• Possibility for Equity 

Due to the volume of applicants, successful candidates will be contacted within 2 days.

Java Developer – Trading and Risk Analytics – Front Office – Global Hedge Fund – Up to £500k TC

Highly successful Global Hedge Fund Client is looking to hire a talented Front Office Java Developer to join their talented, flat structured tech team to build front office applications as well as providing core features and commercial solutions to the client’s Equity Trading and Risk platforms within a fast moving collaborative environment working closely with Traders and Researchers.

Required:

• Solid Java skills
• Experience working closely with traders and researchers on trading platforms / front office
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to interact with teams across the organisation
• Strong background in computer science fundamentals and distributed systems

Desired:

• Strong interest in financial markets and electronic trading and risk in particular
• Experience working with tech tools in an enterprise context across C++ / Java and Python
• Familiar with multiple varieties of middleware and datastore, ideally in a cloud-native context

I will respond to all successful candidates shortlisted for this opportunity within 48 hours. 

A small but highly successful Systematic Hedge Fund based between New York & Chicago is looking for a Quantitative Developer to join a close-knit team of Engineers and Researchers.

The fund is only a few years old so there is much left to do. They are seeking Quant Developers with proven experience at a leading Buy Side / Prop Firm to work with their Quant Researchers and Core Dev team to build, optimize, and evolve the firm’s current research pipeline and strategy development. This is a small, flat-structured, and collaborative environment where you will have plenty of opportunities to grow and have an important impact on the business and PnL.

As a Quantitative Developer, you would be working on:

• Develop real-time execution strategies and constantly improve execution/alphas
• Help productionise new strategies and models
• Bring new ideas and experiment with new technologies

Requirements:

• Previous Buy Side / Prop Trading experience
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Strong coding experience, ideally in Python and/or C++
• Familiarity with Linux
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong education background in STEM

Feel your experience does not fit all these requirements? We encourage you to apply anyway!

We will respond to all successful candidates shortlisted for this opportunity within 2 days and would advise all candidates to follow our LinkedIn company page for all the latest opportunities.

Fully systematic hedge fund with technology at heart of their business, this is where technology and science meet to solve the toughest challenges in investment management.

You would be joining a well established team and working alongside the best people in the industry, this is a chance to work with like minded people and have a business impact from day one.

As a Quant Developer you should be comfortable working on the trading floor and interact daily with researchers and portfolio managers,they operate in a very collaborative and intellectually stimulating environment. Internal flat structure and agile teams means working towards rapid prototyping of products with immediate user feedback.

The candidate must possess great academic and analytical skills, love to code daily and be ready to take responsibility for their work. Quant Developers will design, code and implement proprietary systems and tools to drive internal capabilities.

Some of the traits shared by the existing team:

• M.S. or Ph.D from a top university in CompSci, Physics or related field.
• Top of the class graduates
• Expert-level knowledge of algorithms, design patterns, threading and multiprocessing
• Able to express complex concepts in simple terms
• Genuine interest in systematic trading

Durlston Partners have partnered with one of Europe’s largest hedge funds. The Hedge fund firm is looking for an ambitious java developer to work on a greenfield trade execution and order management platform.

This is a key position for the business and as a java developer, you would have the opportunity to work across high-impact features where you will be constantly challenged in a fast-paced tech-driven environment.

Requirements:

• Experienced Java development skills. Distributed systems REST, Event-Driven processing.
• Database development/analysis
• Test-driven development Performance testing, analysis, and improvement
• Financial Services Experience
• Professional experience with a server-side language, ideally java +, ideally 11 or 17

I will respond to all successful candidates shortlisted for this opportunity within 48 hours. If you are interested in other roles, please feel free to contact me at Ashwin@durlstonpartners.com as well as follow Durlston Partners to be kept informed.

Our client is set to become one of the biggest game changer protocols in DeFi once launched. Right now the team is operating behind closed doors. However, even without public coverage infrastructure and trading models are being built in anticipation of the launch.

You would be joining at a very early stage of the project and work directly with the founders. This would give you an opportunity to learn from the best talent in the industry. They operate at some exceptional standards and would expect someone ready to dive in and work hard to meet the same level of commitment.

On a daily basis you would be responsible for laying down secure development processes through architecting, writing, reviewing, and maintaining all parts of the protocol’s smart contract stack.

You will  be joining a collaborative team where your contributions and ideas will have a direct impact on the success of the company. If you love DeFi, Crypto and engineering then keep reading.

Requirements:

• Remarkable academics
• Solidity development experience
• Deep understanding of Ethereum
• Extensive exposure to blockchain fundamentals
• Design, test, review smart contracts that hold material funds

Benefits:

• Remote
• Ownership in the form of tokens
• Unlimited Holiday

A Systematic Hedge Fund with significant funding are looking to expand its research team. Researchers, alongside Senior Partners, will be tasked with developing profitable, statistical arbitrage strategies across global equity markets, with holding periods ranging from minutes to weeks.

This role will suit someone whose passion resides in designing, testing and deploying complex statistical models and trading algorithms in a collaborative environment.

You’ll work alongside industry experts with a strong track record in the space, which makes it an exceptional opportunity for an ambitious Quantitative Researcher looking to develop their career and knowledge.

Responsibilities:

• Equity Alpha Signal research and development
• Design rigorous experiments into the behaviour of stocks
• Find stationary relationships and profitable strategies
• Write bespoke techniques for analysing predictive relationships that can be systematically used to form strategies
• Apply data science best practices systematically

We will respond to all successful candidates shortlisted for this opportunity within 5 days and would advise all candidates to follow our company page for all the latest opportunities. Please press ‘apply’, or email ben@durlstonpartners.com with your CV.

We are currently working with one of the most well-funded startups in EMEA. They operate in the Defence Sector building tech and utilising AI to maintain democracies. Their technology has a high level of variety including drones, information processing, operator extraction and considerable camera and other sensory technologies.

Working in this firm could be considered any coders dream as within the role you will be exposed to an array of hardware and contribute directly to the development and testing. They possess a very strong ethical stance ensuring their technology is only used for the good of democracy.

𝐑𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬:

• 2-6 years of experience
• Strong Computer Science fundamentals
• Independent builders “Doers”
• Proficient in Python and or Rust (Willingness to learn Rust)

𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐬:

• Opportunity to work alongside the top AI developers in the world
• Mission led environment
• Dynamic and mature team structures
• Offices full of gadgets

Senior Frontend Developers (React) – Prestigious Hedge Fund – Up to £140k base + Bonus

(Data Analysis & Real-time Trading UI’s) – Flexible Working (Hybrid)

Great entrance into the buy-side!

𝑨𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕:

A prestigious Hedge Fund client of ours based in London with over $16 billion AUM focusing on Fixed Income & FX Markets is looking for a Senior Frontend React Developer to sit within the front office to develop data analysis charts & real-time trading UI’s.

𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔:

• As a Senior Frontend Developer, you would be developing and driving enhancements to the UI for the data analysis platforms.
• You would be working with front office risk & treasury teams to build desktop applications used across the trading teams.
• Work alongside the quant developers to deliver robust and efficient system architectures for the front end of the platform.

𝑹𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔:

• Excellent knowledge of JavaScript/React
• Experience architecting SPA’s – Single-page applications.
• Exposure to building desktop apps with electron
• Testing React applications with Jest or similar

𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕’𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓:

• Up to £140k base + bonus (30%+)
• Flexible Working – 2/3 Days per week in the office.
• Chance to work for one of the most prestigious funds in Europe.
• Great entrance into the buy-side

We will respond to all successful candidates shortlisted for this opportunity within 3 days and would advise all candidates to follow our company page for all the latest opportunities.

Durlston Partners are currently recruiting for an AWS DevOps Engineer to join a crypto financial services firm headquartered in New York.

They operate across HFT: Prop, asset management and venture capital to provide clients with institutional grade access to crypto.

As a DevOps Engineer you’d be responsible for assisting in key Cloud Infrastructure projects, ensuring that their infrastructure is stable, scalable and on the cutting edge of tech in finance.

Working in a small team you would have lots of responsibility and impact in a growing start-up.

Requirements:

• Extensive experience as a DevOps or Cloud Engineer
• Strong AWS commercial experience
• Linux
• Python scripting
• Implement automation, effective monitoring & logging, and infrastructure-as-code
• Experience designing and implementing security patterns and best practices
• Familiar with CI / CD, monitoring and logging best practices for microservices
• Strong communication skills

We are working with a crypto fund in New York that despite operating in an incredibly challenging environment continues to benefit enormously from general liquidity and activity in the market. Backed by some of the biggest names on the traditional Buy-Side, this firm has been posting positive returns every month since they went live, whilst every single crypto has been going the opposite way.

As part of a team build out, the Market-Neutral Crypto Quant Fund (CeFi & DeFi) is looking to bring on a Data Engineer who can scale their data sets to Petabytes worth. For context 1PB is the equivalent of 11,000 4k films (~100GB each).

The opportunity:

• Design ETL workflows
• Build storage and retrieval solutions for the wide variety of data sets used in research
• Scale said data sets to petabytes worth
• Onboard new datasets, including traditional finance data and alternative data
• An integral part of a small but growing team whose employees include Olympiad Winners, an ethical blockchain hacker and top-of-the-class students from top global universities.

Requirements:

• Bulletproof Computer Science fundamentals
• Exceptional programming ability in Python
• Experience designing ETL workflows
• 3+ years managing tick-data or other large data sets

We have partnered with one of the UK’s fastest growing FinTechs who made no layoffs during the crypto winter. They continued hiring throughout thanks to a significant round of funding, a solid product and an avoidance of rapid scaling for the sake of scaling. This company is positioned to embark an exciting growth journey due to exceptional demand for their platform.

They are currently seeking a seasoned engineer who can develop post trade features such as position and risk reporting, trade booking, settlement, and reconciliation processes. An exceptional customer experience is central to this firm. Your opportunity is to develop sophisticated tools that instantly update P&L to meet clients’ reporting and compliance requirements.

Requirements:

• Deep SQL knowledge (SQL Server, Postgres SQL or other RDBMS)
• Experience developing post trade functionality
• An advocate of the SDLC

Benefits:

• Strong equity
• Hybrid working
• Working for one of the UK’s fastest growing FinTech companies
• Huge responsibility from Day 1. Be the owner of your own learning curve. The possibilities are limitless and depend on you

Python Risk Quant Developer (Front Office)

A high-performing London-based Systematic Hedge Fund is actively looking for a Python Risk Quant Developer to join their Front Office team and have direct interaction with the business.

As a Python Risk Quant Developer, you will be responsible for building and delivering solutions to their Risks Management and Trading desks. You will join a dynamic and flat structured environment where access to information is shared across the business.

Great communication skills, an entrepreneurial mindset and financial knowledge are required.

Guaranteed bonus for year 1 offered!

Essentials:

• Experience in Python 3 and Rest API
• Cloud experience in AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Helm
• BSc/MSc from a technical discipline

For immediate feedback and to avoid disappointment, please apply now.

We will respond to all successful candidates shortlisted for this opportunity within 3 days and would advise all candidates to follow our company page for all the latest opportunities

Quantitative Developer – Heavyweight Hedge Fund – London – Up to £160,000 base + Excellent Bonus

Are you tired of not being challenged technically?

Have/are you being compensated above market rate (especially with the increasing costs across the board)?

Would you like to leave the bureaucracy behind and work in a smaller, more versatile Hedge Fund?

If any of the above apply to you, then please read below:

A Hedge Fund that has grown by over $10bn in the last year, is further expanding their Quantitative Development team in London. This team sits directly with the Portfolio Management and strategist team focused on building Signal Research, backtesting and simulation systems using very modern Python.

Alongside the development of these new systems, the adoption of modern ML libraries throughout their research systems and would ideally look to hire an engineer interested in developing knowledge in this area from individuals within the team.

Responsibilities:

• Architect, Develop and deploy modern Python solutions for research, trading and backtesting systems.
• Work directly with senior stakeholders, portfolio managers, and strategists on custom requirements.
• Build strategic pricing and data analysis tools/systems to be used by multiple trading teams.
• Build out and enhance greenfield Risk and Treasury Systems for front office teams.

Requirements:

• BSc in Computer Science or similar stem subject.
• Previous finance experience is desirable but not required (Fixed Income experience would be preferred)
• Excellent Python skills, with practical experience with Numpy, Pandas and Jupyter
• Exposure to front-office Pricing Libraries, as well as NoSQL.

For more information, please apply with a copy of your resume, you can expect a response within 24 hours. If you would like to learn more about the current market, and opportunities you could be suitable for, or to have a discrete conversation, please apply and we can set up a call. James@durlstonpartners.com

You take pride in using your tech skills to solve deeply challenging problems alongside intellectually driven colleagues at the forefront of financial markets. You enjoy taking initiative and are motivated to make an actual impact in the organisation while learning valuable transferable skills. Currently as an engineer, you may feel that your long term progression has stagnated or your work is undervalued compared to other aspects of the business.

If this sounds familiar, why not consider other opportunities?

We’re looking for a talented Frontend Software Engineer to join a rapidly expanding global FinTech start-up with the best in class crypto market access platform for Banks, FinTechs and Corporates. The firm has raised $100mil in the past 2 years to invest in their engineers in order to create an end to end full trading lifecycle platform with low latency and single API connectivity to global crypto venues.

The Role:

• Develop new products and bespoke features
• Leverage commercial understanding of the product to improve the decision making process
• Collaborate with engineers, senior leadership, and designers to positively influence the future of the firm

The Environment:

• Small and flat-structured teams with high visibility that create a fast track towards career progression
• An autonomous culture guided by shared aspirations of continuous self-development
• Tech driven, purely greenfield projects with an emphasis on the right tool for the job

What you’ll need to be considered:

• Highly capable engineering skill set and CompSci fundamentals
• Professional experience with Javascript(Typescript preferred), React, Cloud
• Interest in Golang & passion for Blockchain, Crypto, and Digital Assets space

I will respond to all successful candidates shortlisted for this opportunity within 48 hours. If you are interested in other roles, please feel free to contact me at dante@durlstonpartners.com as well as follow Durlston Partners to be kept informed.

Engineering Manager – Crypto FinTech – Up to £170k base + Stock options – Fully Remote (UK / US)

One of our favourite clients is a leading and well-established FinTech within the Crypto space with significant funding behind them to build a financial system that is open, trusted, and accessible to all.

Consistently listed in numerous publications as one of the top FinTechs to watch out for as well as a ‘Best Place to Work’ they’ve attracted talented Engineers from all the major Big Tech firms and looking to add an exceptional Engineering Manager to join their growing team. They operate in a flat and collaborative structure to reduce red tape

About the role

This is an impactful role across the business where you’ll have decision-making responsibilities on the technical direction of the company including architectural guidance, mentoring and leading other engineers, reviewing new technologies, and leading best practices. You will also have the opportunity to collaborate with pioneers outside the company who are also looking at blockchain adoption

A bit more about the roles and responsibilities

• Technical ownership over major components of the codebase once you’ve developed a deep understanding of their technology stack (relevant to your area of the business)
• Guide technical direction across multiple teams, including choices around language/framework and system architecture/infrastructure
• Stakeholder management across the business, communicating across all levels both technical and non-technical individual contributors and senior leaders
• Improve developer experience by adopting tools and best practices that raise productivity for the entire engineering organization
• Owning the team’s output and taking responsibility for your team’s performance
• Ramping up on relevant industry updates and trends, immersing yourself in blockchain technology

Requirements:

• Experience managing a product development focused Engineering team
• Experience building modern systems and services using tools such as Go, Kotlin, AWS & Kubernetes
• Excellent communication skills to effectively get ideas and instructions across the business to all levels
• Building high scale/complex distributed systems
• Building scalable APIs, backend and full-stack services

Nice to haves:

• Hands-on – expertise in multiple business and technology domains
• Demonstrated understanding of core engineering concepts and computer science fundamentals, data structures and algorithms, and other key Engineering competencies
• Capable of establishing goals for the technology stack, identifying areas of critical need based on future growth, and developing roadmaps to solve those problems.
• Experienced in mentoring and coaching individual contributors during 1:1s and code reviews to level them up over time

Why you should join this company:

• They care about personal development and offer quarterly allowances for exactly that
• Given they’re fully remote, they offer an allowance to set up your home office – you can of course go into their office if remote work isn’t for you
• Health insurance and family leave
• Unlimited annual leave

I will respond to all successful candidates shortlisted for this opportunity within 48 hours.