Team Lead - C++ Quant Development | London- Global Hedge Fund

Salary: £600-800k target range

Summary:

My client is one of the world's most prestigious hedge funds. They have a unique and exciting opportunity for an experienced, hands-on Team Lead to contribute to their continued success.

As the London lead you will mentor and manage a small team of quantitative developers; providing guidance and driving technical direction. You'll bring passion and enthusiasm to the design, architecture and implementation of low-latency C++ systems that are not only robust, resilient and accurate, but also exceptionally fast and efficient.

The successful Team Lead will be an exceptional communicator, with the confidence to face off to the central trading teams to optimize the firm's overall execution performance. You will need to be a strong technologist, but also very commercially-minded and have the ability to work closely with the business and have a passion for the trading industry.

Skills and Experience Required:

• 12+ years' experience in hands-on software development, with 7+ years in front-office, financial services firms
• Proven track record as a senior contributor or technical lead
• Deep-level OO programming skills in C++, including C++17/20 and multithreading/asynchronous environments
• Strong understanding of data structures and algorithms, as well as low-latency & real-time system design
• Bachelor's degree (or higher) in Computer Science, Engineering or other quant field

Rewards and Incentives:

• Significant salary + bonus and growth
• Greenfield work / big impact in a highly visible and high-profile area of the business
• Very collaborative culture, ideas are implemented

Whilst we carefully review all applications, to all jobs, due to the high volume of applications we receive it is not possible to respond to those who have not been successful.

Contact
If you feel you're suitable for this role, want to hear about similar positions, or would like help hiring similar developers for your company, then please send your CV or get in touch:

Richard Allan
[email protected]
+44 (0)20 3137 9574
linkedin.com/in/richardallanok/