Quantitative Developer - London, United Kingdom - Thurn Partners

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    Company Insight:

    Are you passionate about leveraging cutting-edge technology and scientific data-driven strategies to revolutionise the world of investment management? A global-leading quantitative and systematic hedge fund is on the lookout for a talented quantitative developer to join their dynamic Commodities trading team. You will impact the business at the highest level, contributing towards delivering high-quality returns for investors in crucial global markets through technological innovation and the building of industry-leading trading systems.

    Role Responsibilities:

    • Develop ETL pipelines to integrate and test large alternative datasets for the Commodities trading desk, working in close collaboration with quant researchers and data engineering teams.
    • Architect, deploy, and manage cloud-based systems for storing and exploring vast alternative datasets in collaboration with the AWS infrastructure team.
    • Monitor, support, debug, and extend existing Commodities trading and research infrastructure alongside Researchers and Support Engineers.

    Requirements:

    • Elite proficiency in Python, especially in numerical libraries such as numpy, pandas, and matplotlib.
    • Basic knowledge of AWS and databases (e.g., SQL).
    • Familiarity with development practices including version control with Git, unit testing, etc.
    • A quantitative mindset and a collaborative attitude.
    • Experience with data visualization software (e.g., Tableau, Dash) and creating dashboards is a plus.

    Desirable:

    • Advanced knowledge of AWS services (e.g., DynamoDB, RDS, S3, Lambda, AWS CDK).
    • Expertise in databases, including query optimization and understanding relational vs. non-relational databases.
    • Experience with parallel computation and geographic data using geopandas, xarray.
    • Financial knowledge is a plus, but not mandatory.