Sr Python Developer - Front Office Trading (Quant)

Gravitas Recruitment Group Hong Kong

Posted 11 hours ago Permanent Competitive

Senior Developer – Trading Tech

What you will do
You will join our front-office technology team to help our stock and investment business grow. You will act as the go-to technical expert on the trading floor, working directly with traders, quants, and financial researchers.
Your daily tasks will include:

Building software: Designing and improving applications used for day-to-day trading.
Adding new data: Speeding up the way we bring in and use new financial datasets and trading ideas.
Fixing problems: Watching live systems and quickly troubleshooting technical bugs to reduce system downtime.
Helping the business scale: Creating reliable systems so the trading team can enter new markets faster.

What you need to know - MUST Have Skills

Expert Python skills: You can write high-quality, clean, and reliable code.
Stock trading knowledge: You understand how futures, options, and complex trading strategies work.
Front-office experience: You have a proven history of collaborating directly with live trading desks.
Financial data systems: You know how market data feeds work on standard terminals like Bloomberg or Reuters.
Reliability mindset: You take full ownership of your code, focus on system quality, and support your applications when issues arise.

Bonus points if you have

Knowledge of how trading prices and financial risk metrics (like Greeks) are calculated.
Familiarity with commodity markets.
Experience with cloud platforms, container tools (like Docker or Kubernetes), and data automation pipelines.

Job ID 173708

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