💼 Full-Time Position

Python Research Engineer

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Oxford Knight
📍 London, England, United Kingdom
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Location
London, United Kingdom
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Posted
June 02, 2026
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Type
Full-Time
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Full-Time Opportunity: This is a permanent, full-time position with a competitive package and real career growth potential.

Job Description

High-frequency prop trading firm with offices worldwide is looking to expand one of its trading teams in London with a talented Python Research Engineer.

In this role, you’ll collaborate with traders and researchers as you help architect and develop unified systems that enable strategies to be produced. You’ll reduce the time and cost required to conduct research, as well as enabling new research by designing flexible, efficient, scalable systems that the business can use easily.


Qualifications

  • Software development experience in Python, proficiency in C++ & Bash

  • Strong background in data structures, algorithms and OO programming

  • Experience with distributed systems, scientific computing and ML algorithms

  • Deep understanding of machine- and network-level details of computer hardware and OS

  • Solid troubleshooting and problem-solving abilities

  • Minimum bachelor’s degree in Computer Science (or relate...