Quantitative Developer, Commodities

We seek an experienced and talented quantitative developer to join the Investment Management & Research group at Winton. The role sits within our Fundamental Commodities strategy and will work closely with the Senior Portfolio Manager. You will work within a collaborative quantitative research environment to design and implement trading systems and tools that support the firm's trading and research capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Develop reliable and performant trading systems and strategies
• Design and optimise trading infrastructure to provide a seamless path from research to live trading
• Partner with the Portfolio Manager to develop frameworks for data validation and monitoring

What we're looking for

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field
• 5+ years of commercial development experience, with strong skills in Python.
• Hands on experience with building and deploying data pipelines
• Familiarity with modern infrastructure (CI/CD, Kafka, Airflow)
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Detail orientated, with a commitment to best engineering practices
• The ability to prioritise, plan and deliver to projects in a timely manner

What would be useful

• Experience of developing trading systems for commodity derivatives in a systematic hedge fund
• Experience of working closely with researchers and portfolio managers
• Basic knowledge of statistical modelling in a financial context
• Experience with parallel & concurrent processing, e.g. Dask
• Familiarity with containerised cloud development, deployment and management (Docker, Kubernetes, AWS)

Equal Opportunity Workplace

We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We do not discriminatebased upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexualorientation, gender identity/expression, age, status as a protectedveteran, status as an individual with a disability, or any otherapplicable legally protected characteristics.